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25,000 Crusaders Attacked Nicopolis — Fewer Than 5,000 Escaped the Battlefield (1396)

In 1396, a massive crusader army marched to crush the Ottomans at the Battle of Nicopolis. Nearly 25,000 crusaders—French knights, Hungarian forces, and allied Europeans—were confident of an easy victory.

Instead, they charged headlong into a carefully prepared trap set by Bayezid I. Poor coordination, arrogance, and reckless assaults shattered the crusader ranks. Surrounded and cut down, the army collapsed in brutal fashion—fewer than 5,000 escaped the battlefield alive.

This video breaks down how one of the largest crusading armies was annihilated in a single day, why Nicopolis shocked Europe, and how it marked the catastrophic end of medieval crusader warfare in the Balkans.

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