Knight Who Used Ottoman Heads as Cannonballs to CRUSH 40,000 Invaders | Siege Of Malta скачать в хорошем качестве

Knight Who Used Ottoman Heads as Cannonballs to CRUSH 40,000 Invaders | Siege Of Malta

Cannons answered drums on Malta’s walls as Grand Master Jean de Valette stared down an army that outnumbered his Knights ten to one. St. Elmo had fallen in a month of hell, Senglea and Birgu were next, and Ottoman guns hammered the harbors day and night. When the invaders paraded severed Christian heads to break the defenders’ spirit, Valette flipped the script: prisoners were executed and their heads were fired back into the Ottoman camp—a brutal message that the Knights would not fold. Morale inside the bastions surged; panic and fury rippled through the trenches outside. From there the siege turned into a masterclass in psychological warfare and field engineering. The Knights crushed assaults with chained cannon, hidden ditches, and night sorties that spiked guns and burned ladders; Ottoman attempts to bridge the creeks were smashed by crossfire from ravelins and ship batteries. When Dragut died and the summer wore on, disease and desertion crept through the besieger’s lines. In early September, the Gran Soccorso landed—Spanish and Italian troops stormed the high ground, the Ottomans broke, and the fleet pulled anchor in defeat. One island, a handful of steel-nerved Knights, and a chilling signal shot from the guns: Malta would be held or die on the walls. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 so you never miss the craziest secrets of history! medieval history, military history, history, curiosities, rome, greece, egypthistory facts,historical mysteries,ancient history,historical curiosities,history channel,history secrets,historical events, trivia,history trivia,world history,history discoveries,strange history,weird history,forgotten history,mysterious events,ancient civilizations,historical stories,history education,famous mysteries,bizarre history