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🚩 The Franks, led by Charles Martel, met the Muslim army commanded by Abd al-Rahman, the Umayyad governor of Spain, in early October 732 AD. Some have argued that this brief conflict influenced the fate of Christian civilization in Europe, while others see it as a simple border skirmish. The truth, it seems, lies somewhere in-between.
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There is a little footnote that is still present of this battle. The Islamic forces rode mostly mares instead of geldings. Charles Martel gathered these Arab and Berber mares and distributed them to knights and nobles that would breed this new stock into o their own. We see this influence in the Percheron dray/heavy horses which were once war horses. These horses have the spotting color pattern associated with Arabian and Berber steeds.

Their Tour de France ends at Tours.

It's called the "Battle of Poitiers" in French history, though the exact location is disputed.

The Spanish Reconquest began in 722 in the Kingdom of Asturias! Before Poitiers a.o.

It is amazing that these videos can be more entertaining that movies and tv series (while also being highly educational)

Although many battles are won by flanking and cavalry charges, there's something fundamentally appealing in seeing a well drilled and experienced infantry based army.

Nothing better to end a week than see HistoryMarche upload a new video

We need these warrior's again it seems.

I'm a Frank from upper Frankonia which is now in north bavaria. Our dialect is still strong in our region but completely different to every other dialect in Germany.

Age of Empires 2 Outro:
The soul of the Frankish army was its knights, but Charles Martel knew that his cavalry-undisciplined, buried under weight of weapons and armor-could not match the swiftness of the Muslim riders. Therefore, he ordered the knights to dismount and join ranks with the Frankish swordsmen to form a tight shield-wall.

The Muslims had always conquered with swift offensiveness and were not equipped to counter the Franks' defensive strategy. The arrows of the Muslim archers bounced harmlessly off the heavy Frankish armor, and the light Muslim cavalry could not breach the human chain.

Battered and bleeding, the invaders broke ranks and fled back to the Pyrenees and the protection of Spain. From Charles Martel's Frankish kingdom eventually grew the Holy Roman Empire, making him the founding father of both Germany and France.

I need this guy to narrate my CK3 gameplay

the fact that cavalry was sent straight into enemy infantry shows how dominant cavalry typicaly was , it took nerves to hold that ground when faced with the thunder of hooves and that is shown throughout history : it takes veteran infantry (typicaly) to withstand this onslaught

If you ask me, medieval battles remain the peak of historical battle videos on Youtube. It feels like there's always something special about them.

The battle of Tour and later the Battle of Vienna determined the fate of Europe.

Can you do a series on the Persian battles against the Caliphate. The Persians fought stubbornly against the Muslim

Kudos to HistoryMarche. You sit permanently in my subscriptions because you keep putting good quality content. Thumbs up!

Outstanding, your channel wipes the floor with anything on cable, keep up the good work.

Always interesting and informative.  As a retired military officer I can asolutely appreciate the discussion of tactics and politics in each episode

From this victory, he gained the name Martel, "the Hammer".