How Hungary finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY

How Hungary finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY
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How Hungary finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY. When the Mongols entered Europe, people often remembered how Europe was devastated and defeated by the horseshoes of the nomads. And a question was raised: Could they have conquered Europe? Of course they could. They faced many different enemies, many different weapons, many different tactics, different terrains, different fortifications and they defeated them all. They conquered from the Sea of ​​Japan to Vienna, Austria. From the Arctic Circle to Afghanistan and Persia. They fought in deserts, rainforests, mountains, steppes.
The only army in history that could begin to compare with them in their particular era was Alexander's Macedonian army.

How Hungary finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY. Perhaps that is why they rarely mention one of the most bitter defeats in the history of the invasion of the steppe warriors when they encountered the Hungarian knights for the second time.
To really understand what happened, let’s take a look back at the first time the Mongols set foot in the heart of Europe.
In the 13th century, the Ogodei inherited a territory that stretched from northeastern China to the Caspian Sea, just north of present-day Iran. The total area measured 11 million square miles from his father Genghis Khan, who conquered more than twice as much as any man in history." After Genghis Khan died, Ogodei Khan continued his father's dream of conquest and expanded the khanate east and west, conquering the rest of northwestern China and advancing into Russia, aided by a wet period that allowed the Mongol armies to bring thousands of horses across the largest desert in Asia: the Gobi.

How Hungary finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY. By 1240, Kiev had been sacked and the army was rapidly advancing west. Their siege tactics and cavalry devastated the cities of Europe and brought the mighty Mongol army to Hungary in March 1241, marking the First Mongol invasion of Hungary that we are more familiar with as the battle of mohi. The reason Hungary became a target wasn’t just due to its resources and strategic location, but also because of a significant event—after the Mongols defeated the Russian principalities, a group of Cumans, who had been allies of Russia, fled to Hungary for refuge. King Béla IV of Hungary allowed them sanctuary, which provided the Mongols with a legitimate excuse to invade.
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