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Suleiman before the siege: "I will be capturing Vienna in time to have breakfast in St Stephen's Cathedral" Letter to Suleiman during the siege: "Suleiman, your breakfast is getting cold"

2:10 - Chapter 1 - Prelude 4:50 - Chapter 2 - The ottoman's march 7:15 - Mid roll ads 8:55 - Chapter 3 - Vienna gears up 12:55 - Chapter 4 - The siege itself 19:20 - Chapter 5 - Consequences & reception

Simon, can you cover the Korean War? Specifically surrounding the events/battle that took place when China got involved and the American led UN Troops had to break an encirclement. I know a little about it, but the Korean War feels like it gets less coverage. It's interesting to think that China flooded soldiers in against America back when they couldn't afford shoes for them all and it made a difference. America still got out of the encirclement, which I remember being described as a major military success. Though being American may have caused a slant in how it was described. :)

And then the winged hussars arrived.

This was a very interesting video - and I appreciate the extra effort in giving so much context before discussing the battle itself. But man this script was stuffed FULL of great little humorous gems!!! Writing team, give yourselves extra cookies and pats on the back! Still cracking up at "He didn't lose, he just didn't win" and "Martin Screw-the-Pope Luther"

It would be very interresting if you could make a video about the longest siege in history, which was the siege of Candia (today Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece) by the Ottomans. It lasted 26 years (!) and ended with the Ottomans conquering the entire island of Crete from the former conquerors, the Venetians.

Simon really quoted Bill Wurtz 'entire history of the world' what a time to be alive.

Quick note: the Ottomans didnt lose ALL of their Balkan territories in 1699. They managed to keep Macedonia, Albania and Thrace until the First Balkan War in the early 20th century a few years before WW1

Well now you’ve teased the third siege of Vienna. You can’t leave us hanging now.

An episode on the battle of Osowiec Fort would be awesome.

How about the 2008 Russian-Georgia war? It is like the prequel to the current Ukraine crisis. Few noticed the war, because Putin timed the Russian invasion with the American presidential election and the Beijing Olympics.

Kudos on the quotation from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They said something along the lines of "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries".

Please may you do some Biographics videos on some figures from the Ottoman Empire.

I jumped when this video came up while I was listening to the Winged Hussars by Sabaton. Awesome if you do that battle as well

Not sure if you've done Agincourt yet, but I think it needs to be covered soon. Love your channels, please don't stop.

I find the two (Ottoman) sieges of Vienna mark the plateau period of the Ottoman empire. Essentially the period where the Ottoman are at their peak power, but also no longer expanding. The first siege marked the capping of Ottoman expansion in Europe, while the second marked the start of the decline of the Ottoman empire. The time between is a sorta golden age for the Ottoman's where the loom over Europe as the strongest nation in the region.

Martin “screw the pope” Luther killed me 😂😂

Fun fact ……. Look up Devshirme ….. Devshirme[a] (devşirme; usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax"was the Ottoman practice of forcibly recruiting soldiers and bureaucrats from among the children of their Balkan Christian subjects ). This formed the backbone of the Janissary army .

Thanks

excellent video 📹

You forgot the most important consequence of this battle. Coffee. It is said that when the Ottomans retreated one of the things they left behind was sacks of coffee beans. Coffee was pretty much unheard of in Europe at the time so the victorious soldiers planned to feed the beans to their horses, but an advisor that had worked with the Ottomans recognized it for the bitter gold it was and used the abandoned stores to found the first coffee shop in Vienna. This soon spread to more of Europe and led to the filtering of coffee, to make it smoother for European consumers.

Simon, I live watching the various projects you put up here. What are you education credits. Your vast knowledge is impressive…..

"Martin 'Screw the Pope' Luther!" I can't stop laughing!

Simon this channel is awesome it has expanded my knowledge

The third siege was the most epic, make a video on it simon! Do it!!

That map at 8:55 - I guess I see where Games Workshop got their inspiration for the Siege of Terra maps.

I was expecting the winged Hussars to arrive.

Ahh Simon doing war, what more can you ask for. There's some interesting ones I hope to see one day

There’s a song by sabaton about this siege, called “winged hussars” Edit: I was wrong, different siege of Vienna. It’s still a fun song.

Can you please cover the battle of Monte Casino?

Hi Simon, can you make a video on the Battles of Khalkhin Gol? Thanks.

18:03 Nice EU4 reference Simon

Simon, the balkan wars are never well covered. Would you look into those?

The most funny thing of this video for me was Simon's pronunciation of the word "Landsknecht". This is not "Land-Sknecht" but actually "Lands-Knecht" translating roughly to "Soldier/Mercenary of the Land". ("Knecht" has the same roots as the english "Knight")

Hello Simon

Can you please cover the WW2 Wind Talkers. The Navajo servicemen whose language was used by the US military as a radio cypher that couldn't be broken by Japanese military intelligence.

Simon, Talking about Ottomans, how about Malta? I lived there for a while and there is a great story about the siege there (Ottomans, Jean de la Vallette, etc)...

I hope this channel gets more popular so it's more likely someone will set up the sposorblock stuff before I click on videos.

Can you do a story, on any channel, of the Habsburg dynasty?

Battle of Stalingrad please? Much love

Please make a video about the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, Sir Simon

Please do the Siege of Malta.

Simon, can you please do an episode about the fall of Berlin in 1945?

10:11 Can you guess which one is the Bard of the party?

Then the Winged Hussars arrived!

How many channels can one man have

Love this! ⚔️ Round 2! Turkish Ottomans were to the Austrians what the French were to the British - Arch rivals and old enemies!

Im literally protecting my ally from a siege in vienna in supremacy 1914 while listening to this lmao

How many Channels does this guy have

Are you going to do the siege of vienna in 1683?

Is the background noise the sound of your writers trying to escape?

Interesting

"Things of that nature" is the best way to procure a long description short

It'd be very good if you make a video on russo-japanese war.

King Bloopy looks pretty knackered 😴

Do a vid about Rhodesia

Every interesting .

Simon can you make one on russo-japanese war?

“Martin screw the pope Luther” lol

"American war against Mexico" = Brutal imperialism while Suleiman and the Ottoman conquests = Badass Can we just call all these acts of war brutal altogether?

they gave us coffee... right?

Simon doesn't know Monty Python.

Can you do a video on the battle of Sekigahara?

Simon! You forgot Croatia, it was also a part of this kingdom.

Sabaton!

@9:29 AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA ! I'm here because of the first September 11th

1529 is the first siege of Vienna ended in failure like the second siege in 1683

At that time parts of France also belonged to the HRE.

Please do the Crusades!

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this about the first siege of Vienna or is the title a typo?

Sir Simon please make a video about the Russo-Georgian War in 2008

I want a video on charles v now. Please would you

6:07. Ottomans used both Bactrian camel and Dromedary. Bactrian camel is more suitable to European climate, that's why Ottomans used Bactrian camel in her European campaign.

Deleted by a cannonball 😂

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

I think a good war to cover would be the Margraviate Wars over the succession of Charles IV

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

Sweet Jesus I came here from the CasCrim Ed Gein episode and brutal warfare is a genuinely nice reprieve.

Who else apart from me thought this was the 1683 siege of Vienna

20:59 I knew Simon liked Simple History

camels evolved in north america :D

Didnt the second siege of Vienna happen in 1683?

I got here earlier than I normally do :)

If you're visiting Vienna if you sit in the Starbucks vis a vis the Opera, you pretty much sit on the location of Suleimans Breach :)

A few little known battles I'd like to see: Battle of Caporetto Battle of Isonzo Battle of Kursk Siege of Nagashima

This is a description of the 1st Ottoman Siege of Vienna. The 2nd was in 1683!

Carthaginians bring elephants into Europe ....how smart. Ottomans bring camels into Europe.... even smarter .

I feel like a miniseries on the various important battles of the crusades. Could even go into the details behind them for more content

There hapsburgs mightve been some seriously incesty people but they still hold their own. At least for awhile 😂

CHANGE THE MUSIC AT THE START. It's used on all the spam adverts.

how was this the "second", when this 1529 was the "first" and the 1683 was the second siege of Vienna?

That was the moment in which the the polish aid really turned the tide and effectively changed the curse of history.

Eventually, Simon, you are going to run out of examples showing how the past was the worst.

Love the EU style insult at 18:04

Nice Holy Grail reference

*AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARIVE*

Love to see a video about Gettysburg and Tsushima.

We all talk about the Polish Winged Hussars, but can we also show respect to the Austrian defenders of Vienna here? The Ottomans massacred & destroyed entire towns and villages near Vienna and killed/enslaved 90% of the population here. Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg was pretty much smart enough to reject Kara Mustafa's capitulation offer, it would've only resulted in more suffering for the Austrian population. Tired, starving and palgued by illness the defenders of Vienna was bravely defended the city with brave tactics. They knocked very large tree trunks into the ground to surround the walls, demolished many of the houses around the city walls and cleared the debris, leaving an empty plain that would expose the Ottomans to defensive fire if they tried to rush into the city, and even dug their own tunnels to intercept the placing of large amounts of gunpowder in the caverns. Finally, Sobieski and his Polish & German forces liberated the city and prevented more massacres and destruction. The Christian forces would then chase the fleeing Ottomans in Hungary and the Balkans. Eugene of Savoy, Austria's most brilliant commander, would exactly end what the Ottomans started by defeating them at the battle of Zenta (which exactly only happened 1 day before the 14th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna)! The Great War then ended in large territorial gains for the victorious Christian forces and the inevitable decline of the Ottoman Empire.

So, the ottomans were... alegandly undefeatable