Siege of Rhodes 1522 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY

Go to to get started on your website today! Check out our new website at Our animated historical series on the Ottoman Wars continues with the siege of Rhodes of 1522. By the early XVI century the famous Crusaders from the Order of the Hospitallers controlled Rhodes and became a constant threat to the Ottoman naval dominance and economic interest. New sultan Suleiman I, who would be later known as the Magnificent just took Belgrade and opened the road into Europe, yet he needed to take control of Rhodes to secure his flank and that led to the siege of Rhodes in 1522. Previously in our animated historical documentary series on the Ottoman Wars, we have covered the battles of Kosovo (), Nicopolis (), Ankara (), Varna (), Second Kosovo, Constantinople (), Belgrade, Targoviste and Otlukbeli (), Vaslui, Valea Alba (), Skanderbeg's rebellion (), Breadfield, Krbava, Otranto and Chaldiran () and the Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517 (). Support us on Patreon: or Paypal: We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: The script for this video was written by Leo Stone This video was narrated by Officially Devin ( & ) Machinimas were made on Total War: Attila engine () ✔ Merch store ► ✔ Patreon ► ✔ Podcast ► iTunes: ✔ PayPal ► ✔ Twitter ► ✔ Facebook ► ✔ Instagram ► Sources: Crowley, R. (2008). Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580. London: Random House. Middleton, J. (2004). World Monarchies and Dynasties. New York: Routledge. Packard, B. (2018, 15 January). The Sieges of Rhodes: Print and Propaganda. Retrieved from Museum of the Order of St. John: Tschen-Emmons, J. (2017). Hospital of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes. In J. Tschen-Emmons, Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe: The Middle Ages Revealed (pp. 34-39). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. Woodhouse, F. C. (1879). The Military Religious Orders of the Middle Ages: The Hospitallers, the Templars, the Teutonic Knights and Others. London: Pott, Young & Co. Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: #Documentary #Ottoman #Hospitallers