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The thing I like most about your channel right now, is that you don't do half-assed standalone videos on random battles... but a series on military developments for the whole era or a person's military career/campaign. Please PLEASE don't change that style. It's what make this one special!

God bless the souls of Mihai The Brave and Baba Novak!

I live near Guruslau,i pass everyday the former battlefield

There needs to be a HBO series based around Mihai, that would be some great drama.

Very interesting documentary, and a good explanation to why every second Romanian I meet is called Mihai.

What a man, a shame to see his end. He took the worst situation I’ve ever seen, and got so far. Most certainly one of the greatest kings in history

Quality of this channel and its content is insane.

Mihai's story is a real tragedy. A stunning genius, brought down by not only enemy action, but also by said genius.

Mihai: unites the Romanian principalities Austria: “Hey he can’t do that!” Commonwealth: “wait, that’s illegal!” Ottoman Empire: *grabs popcorn*

Mihai went up against 3 of the major powers of their time and almost came out on top. Mihai's story is one of defiance and a fiery need to change the world. It seems sheer numbers and a failure to understand political scheming became the source of his exacerbation, and in the end his loss

This was most definitely one of the better historic documentaries.

Thank you for this documentary. As a Romanian and a historian I thank you.

This guy was a straight boss

Only the gods can answer to the question of how a single man within a time span of a little over a month managed to make 3 videos that were over 15 minutes and are at this level of quality! I can only marvel at the feat my friend!

This series and Stephan the Great deserves 1 milion views

"It was strategically more favorable to keep Moldavia and Wallachia as buffer states" And now the same is happening to the Republic of Moldova - a buffer state between the West and Russia. How many similarities exist between historical events and today's politics. Hopefully we can re-join our Romanian brothers soon!

wow, we really are spoiled this month, part 5 , cool

Achilles - " Imagine a King that fights his own battles , wouldn't that be a sight .." Michael The Brave - " Hold my beer.. "

Brilliant. This is now firmly my favourite region on earth for its history. The Balkans from the peloponnesian war, to Alexander the Great, to the Roman conquest of Greece, the eastern Romans and the rise of Bulgaria, then to the almost 500 years (overall) of conflict with the Ottoman Empire. The rise of the south Slavic nations. It’s just absolutely fascinating. Not to mention full of historic figures like Michael the brave. Well done.

God bless you, Michael the Brave, you were as faithful and powerful on the Earth as Michael the Archangel is in heaven

Romania is created: Mihai: I can now rest in peace. Thank you for a wonderful series! Moment of silence for Mikai the Brave!

Whenever the bureaucrats and politicians cannot beat you in the field, they will seek a most dishonourable way to deliver you. History is a testament to that, be it Caeser or Michael.

Thank you for telling the tale of someone I'd heard next to nothing about before. Respect to Romania for one of your heroes!

And thus ends the story of the last of the Draculeans. Mihai the Brave was the last in a long line of Wallachian voivodes from the House of Drăculești, a house thus named because its founder - Vlad II Dracul - had been a member of the Medieval Order of the Dragon. In medieval times, "drac" was the Romanian name given to dragons (and devils), though the meaning changed over time to mean devil only. Centuries before George R.R. Martin thought up House Targaryen for his books, history gave us a real House of the Dragon. Also, Vlad III Țepeș aka Vlad the Impaler aka Vlad Drăculea was also a part of this House. So now you know where the origin of the name Dracula comes from :)

In the end Romania survive as a nation while the three empires are no more !

I have seen many videos of this kind, but this last battle.. to turn around defeat with such a bold move, as if he could read the opposing commanders mind. A great commander and very brave man.

meanwhile Mehmet III just chillin in the background

It's amazing that the christian kings kept fighting among themselves while the ottoman juggernaut was literally at their gates. Will HistoryMarche cover other episodes of the relatively unknown romanian military history?

5:27 what a seemingly hopeless situation. Many Japanese lords comitted suicide in circumstances more favorable than that.

Romania has had an interesting history but never really had a chance to win. It is wedged in between major powers and always at the crossroads of war.

as a Romanian, seeing this seriously gives me goosebumps

Vlad the Impaler: You can't fight the Ottomans and expect for anyone to support you. Mihai: Hold my Moldavia

Couldn't wait to watch it. Personally didn't want to see the sad ending that i knew from the history books. If only he had managed to unite the 3 principalities and maintain them, the contemporary Romania would be a very well developed country! Thank you for your hard work into making these vids possible and loved the small yet significant details!

Michale the brave! ,we dont deserve you...rest in peace great warior+

Easily the best military series I've ever seen, I loved every bit of the story of Mihai the Brave!

Thank you for this amazing series! Looking forward to Mircea the Elder or Ioan Voda the Terrible. Also, Targoviste is the place where Nicolae Ceausescu was executed. We know that Tepes attacked the Turks on the outskirts of Targoviste during the Night Attack, it is where he also had the impalement forest, and now we know that it holds the head of Michael the Brave.

Wow what an impressive leader. Great content as always. Greetings from Saudi 🇸🇦

These places really got beaten up over the centuries. Constant turkish invasions, the entire destruction of the hungarian kingdom, and then forced to stay in line by three uber powerful nations... they just couldn't catch a break.

William wallace, arminius, mihai, Caesar... The great ones always seem to die by treachery.

Starina Novak was a warrior

Well done, you dont stop to surprise us with your quality content. Michael the Brave is somewhat of a romanian Alexander the Great, leading his own troops into battle, winning battles against all odds and having their kingdom/empire fall after their death! I loved this series, and i hope you do more romanian history in the future! ❤❤❤

Mihai was the kind of leader and general that would not even shy from attacking the "ottoman capital" as in one of the first episodes he came really close to Constantinopole, but didnt receive any support. Instead he had to spend the rest of his time on this rock... fighting his other christian neighbors that saw a strong unified Romanian territory as a threat rather than something good. While he was brilliant on the battlefield, he couldn't have possibly won back then against all these political schemes, he did do well for a long time but, its way too complicated, the time was not right yet. But he literally created a Blueprint variant of the future. He recreated the old Dacia for a brief moment ...like a little drop in an ocean , insignificant at first...yet the ripples would continue to impress and inspire Romanians and possibly other peoples as well, including our neighbors with which we are mostly in very good relations. RIP Michael the Brave, Duke and... King. RIP Mihai Viteazul.

This has easily been my favorite series on this channel and other channels like it. Thank you so much for putting in the effort to create it @HistoryMarch

One of the greatest and saddest stories I've watched so far 🙌

In my opinion, Micahel the Brave and Khalid Ibn Walid are the greatest military commanders never told.

RIP, our grey hero.

They way he said "Curtea de Arges" is kinda funny

What an incredible military leader, a truly fascinating series. It would be really amazing if you guys can do a video on Bayinnaung, another brilliant military leader and ruler of the Toungoo empire, the largest empire in SE Asian history. No one ever covers SE Asian history, and it’s a shame because it’s also incredibly interesting!

Truly an awesome series! It really made me appreciate and respect Michael. It's great that you are spreading the knowledge about historical figures that aren't widely known. For me though the bast part was that it's the first anglophone video I know of that mentions the Chancellor and Hetman Jan Zamoyski. He was a fascinating figure too. He was a politician first and kinda an intellectual known for his oratory skills. Thus when he was made the Great Crown Hetman in 1581, without previously serving as the Field Hetman or having extensive military experience in general, it was viewed by many as a purely political nomination. A popular joke even suggested that he would be more fit to become a priest (using a derogatory term "klecha") but he turned out to be a competent commander, first making a great team with King Stephen Bathory, later doing pretty well on his own, as we could see in this very video. Fun fact: a major part of his legacy is creating from scratch the private city of Zamość, a pearl of Polish late Renaissance, the little "Padua of the North" which is now on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List.

If you could do the romano-dacian wars 87, 101-102 and 105-106 AD, that would be awesome. Thank you for this awesome series of Mihai the Brave!

And the word BASTArd was born.

The man who did the impossible and "restored" Dacia after 1500 years albeit for a few months. Respect!

Can’t believe the series is over. This was such an amazing, insightful series of an easily overlooked hero’s life. Thank you so much for this content, and I’m hoping you guys will put out more videos like this in the future

13:58 i see you made the romanian flag.. Very nice!

One of the best series ever about Romania 🇷🇴 history. Will you create more interesting series like this in the future , Mr HistoryMarche ? 😀

Just imagine if these European powers would've united against the ottomans. Their army would've been 100k strong and easily could've made it to the steps of Constantinople. It boggles my mind...

this has been a brilliant mini series. very nicely told story. this is such an event rich region in history. so much to learn. hats off to you guys for having such a talent for story telling.

Extraordinary video. A tragedy end for a man who successfully accomplished the impossible for these poor nation under pressure from all sides at that time. The music, narration and graphics made by you are always entertaining me, and this video was so far 10/10. I hope your hard work to be appreciated. We are waiting another series about another rulers wich accomplished big things , wrote history and barely made popular. A great work 🥰😍🤩 I will try to support you with everything I can.♥️

Nothing I can give to you but a simple word of thank you, I have no idea what efforts you've been through all this time to give us this awesome series of history. Once again, thankyou historymarche, may God always bless your kind soul....

A brilliant documentary. I knew nothing about Mihai before, thanks for bringing this up. I wish the highlights of history of smaller nations were covered more often since even though small in number, these nations have outstanding records of breathtaking moments. Thank you again for your research, hard work and passion

In 1602 have the battle of Stănilești betwen Wallachians and Tatars were Stroe Buzescu make duel on batlefield with a Tatar Prince and won killing the Tatar,after dies himself because Tatar have poisoning his sword.

Congratulations to HistoryMarche. I am Romanian , I`m fond of history and we studied at school about Michael the Brave ,(Mihai Viteazul). Some things are new even for us, Romanians.Congratulations to all team who worked at this ! Accuracy and professionalism

This has been a fantastic series. Thank you.

Mihai, Michael the Brave has one of the most brilliant and saddest stories for a man with outstanding qualities. It remembers me another tragic figure with good intentions, great potential but not ruthless enouph: Eumenes Cardian. Like Mihai outlived the worst obstacles, won the unwinnable battles but betrayed by former trusted allies who inserted his camp.

I'm really curious why this part of history isn't almost told in polish education. Moldavian/Transylvanian politics was one of the most important direction in around 1450-1650, second only to fight with Sweden for Baltic and the Eastern Frontier Wars (Russia, Crimea). Yet it's almost completely omitted. Great miniserie, would watch again!

This whole series was fascinating. I know nothing of this era in history. So impressed with Michael the Brave. You can imagine a TV series of his life?

By far my favourite channel on KZfaq. Your content covers less we’ll known aspects of history, is beautifully animated and professionally narrated. The attention to detail is sublime. I’d gladly watch your videos all day, and have done before!

Finally done! What a great series. I can't imagine how much time and effort you put into this Mago but it turned out great.

Wow I'm impressed by the rapid fire succession of episodes in this series. Must have taken you guys quite a lot of time and effort and get it all ready for release in such a short span of time for each episode. Kudos

As a romanian this series touched me. This is basically the history of Romania, we are good for western Europe as long as we can keep the threat from the east at bay, if we get too strong we need to be put down. About Mihai, he managed something that seemed impossible at the time, he was so close, yet so far in the end....

Finally I've finished editing the subtitles, I also wanted to add subtitles for part 4, the Battle of Mirăslău, but KZfaq doesn't show me the English version of it. Editing and translating by ear would take me too long and I have school and work to do... Sorry for that.

This is worthy of a TV miniseries

13:27 STARINA NOVAK (Romanian: Baba Novac, meaning "old Novak") was a Serb hajduk (brigand and rebel) who distinguished himself in many battles against the Ottoman Empire. Novak was born to a lower-class family in 1530s in the village of Poreč (today ‪‎DonjiMilanovac‬, ‪Serbia‬), Ottoman Empire. Novak's parents on his father side were Serb, and according to a legend, his mother was Romanian, a descendant of the Basarab family. He studied at the monastery of Poreč and was fluent in both Serbian and Old Slavonic. He also spoke Romanian and Greek. He began his career as a hajduk at an early age after he was imprisoned and beaten by Turks. At some point he had to take refuge in the forests of Timočka krajina where he quickly learned the use of weapons and military from a harambaš Hajduk. He soon formed his četa (band of hajduks) and started a violent fight against the Turks. He joined the forces of Michael the Brave in Banat with 2000 Serbian hajduks for the liberation of the Vlach lands and was made captain of the Brigands. His forces participated in the seizure of Călugăreni, liberated Târgovişte, Bucharest and Giurgiu in October 1595. He also fought the Turks in Bulgaria and liberated Plevna, Rahovo, Vratsa, Vidin and Florentin. He was accused of treason by ally-turned-rival Giorgio Basta and was sent to the Hungarian authorities in Cluj (Kolozsvár), sentenced to burning. He is venerated as a Serb hero in the Serb epic poetry and in Romanian tales. A tower in Cluj-Napoca (Baba Novak Tower) and streets in ‪Bucharest‬, ‪‎Brasov‬ and ‪Belgrade‬ are named after him. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obJyp9N01KuxZ58.html

What a epic mini series! Excelent work HistoryMarche!

Absolutely amazing piece of history, really enjoyed this series. Great job!!

Thank you for this series and i wish you good luck on your future projects !

Thank you for this series, God rest Mihai’s soul, and all the brave men who fought and died.

Mihai, a sad goodbye to you.

The last king of Romania , Mihai I (1921-2017) received the name of Mihai when he was baptized (orthodox christian), after of course ... Mihai Viteazul (in romanian) or Michael The Brave (in english) (1558-1601)

Thank you again for the great content !

Mihai seems like a resourceful guy. His talents were mostly wasted by short-sighted rulers around him. However, that Basta seems like a bastard. His only strength is that he is empowered by Austrian king.

Thank you very much HistoryMarche for this amazing series about one of our most important romanian heroes!

Thanks for the great and informative works you always do!

Great mini series. First I've heard of this conflict.

Great end to an awesome series. Maybe do a series on Albrecht von Wallenstein, from his expulsion of the Protestants from Bohemia to his assassination in 1635.

Thank you very much for this beautiful series about Michael the Brave!

You're spoiling us with so many great videos. Many, many thanks for doing this amazing work. It's really appreciated and I'm always looking forward to it!

Great series i thoroughly enjoyed this.

When 2, 3 star generals attack a death-stack

Wow, simply amazing. Kept me glued to my screen

Thank you fir the barrage of videos you have been putting!

Can you do a video about Dacia and Burebista? First comment.

Great story.please upload more stories like this

Thank you for this wonderful documentary!

I love it when you see enemies having to work together against the common struggle, usually you see the most amazing victories and most interesting relationships from those situations

Would love to see more episodes about this area!

I would like to thank you for making this, we were always ruled by other empires be it Roman, Austrian, Ottoman etc or controlled indirectly through vassals, me and my people would like thank you for covering our history, as a lot of people see us as just another unimportant eastern European nation.

The quality of the material of this channel is absolutely mesmerizing! I will definitely donate to Patreon. Thank you for your amazing work. This is beyond exceptional. Keep it that way!

Thanks for another fantastic series guys! Your videos are so well made and it has been really interesting to follow the story of Michael the Brave.