Post B2H9QxPNBGGnfRIvWS by Dan_Hulson@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B2Gy47dDuBZdDbgw1w by Fash-E@poa.st
2024-02-17T14:46:05.651667Z
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For the 17th Day of White History Month we celebrate the leaders of the Third Crusade, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Phillipe Auguste, and Richard the Lionheart!After the legendary and stunning success of the First Crusade, all of Christendom was awed by the establishment of Christian states in the Holy Lands. Now the task was to defend them against the Islamic world which surrounded them. The defense budgets of these states were so high they dependent on constant charity flowing from across Europe. In 1174, the greatest Islamic leader, Saladin took power as Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He began campaigning against the Christians who were led by a King Baldwin IV. King Baldwin IV was dying of leprocy which the Muslims saw as a curse for his sins but the Christians viewed as a symbol of divine grace. Regardless of his sickness, Baldwin was resolved to fight until the end. He fought Saladin all across the holy land, personally leading battles. At the Battle of Montgisard in 1177, 3,000 Christians led by Baldwin defeated 26,000 under the command of Saladin. Eventually Baldwin succumbed to his illness and died, leaving the Crusader states vulnerable. Saladin was able to retake Jerusalem and every city up to Acre. The new King of Jerusalem attempted to retake Acre, while the Pope called a new Crusade. This time the monarchs of Europe would answer the call personally. Emperor Barbarossa was the most respected ruler in Europe at this time, at 60 years old, he was at the end of his reign and seeking to secure a legacy for his dynasty. He wrote a letter to Saladin in which he claims right over all lands in Egypt and the Levant as the true Roman Emperor and led 20,000 men towards the Holy lands. While crossing through Byzantine territory, a rogue Greek prince Isaac launched raids on and fought skirmishes with Barbarossa's army but was soundly defeated and fled. Isaac would later kidnap Richard the Lionheart's sister, forcing Richard to hunt him down. Isaac was imprisoned in silver shackles "befitting of a prince", after he had begged Richard not to be put in irons. When setting out for the Siege of Acre, the rival Kings Richard and Phillipe agreed to put aside their differences for the good of Christendom. Phillipe took a red flag with a White cross while Richard took a White flag with a red cross, which became the flag of England. Richard was by far the most interested in taking the cross, much preferring honorable battle to politics. He was perhaps the greatest fighter of his age, leading several battles from the vanguard, earning him the moniker Lionheart. To fund the Crusade, Richard sold most of his titles and holdings, joking he would have sold London too if he could've found a buyer. Entering Anatolia in 1190, the Emperor Barbarossa won 2 major battles against the Turks. At Philomelion 2,000 Crusaders beat 10,000 Turks, killing 5,000. At Iconium the two main armies met, with Barbarossa heavily outnumbered. There they cut down the remaining Turk forces. Crossing the Saleph River, seen as the dividing line between Anatolia and the Holy lands, Barbarossa died of unknown causes, likely due to his age. He fell from his horse into the river. Many men departed for home, seeing this as a dark omen. A large contingent continued to join the Siege of Acre, eventually founding the Knights Hospitaller, a volunteer force that protected Pilgrims to the Holy lands. Richard and Phillipe now arrived at Acre. After a 2 year siege, the city fell back to Christian control in 1191. Saladin began protracted negotiations for the Muslim garrison, buying for time while his forces were massing. Saladin counted on the Franks chivalry, knowing he could delay negotiations as long as possible. Richard however was not a Frank, he was a pragmatic English ruler. Richard massacred the entire Muslim garrison, shocking Saladin and even his French allies. Richard then defeated Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf. 11,200 Crusader allies mainly infantry attacked and defeated 25,000 Saracens, Saladin was forced to retreat South where he besieged a Crusader fortress at Jaffa. Arguments between Phillipe and Richard began over who should become the new king of Jerusalem, both men had different candidates but Richard eventually yielded to Phillip's decision. Then arguments began over strategy. Phillipe, his men, and the Germans, were all determined on retaking Jerusalem but Richard understood there was no defending Jerusalem against the strength of Egypt. To hold Jerusalem they first had to Conquer the Nile. These arguments led to Phillipe returning for France, where he would retake continental lands from Richard's brother John, who had usurped the throne in Richard's absence. Phillipe argued his truce was only with Richard and not John. Regaining most of the mainland he became Phillipe Auguste. After losing the Angevin Empire John "Lackland" was forced by his lords to sign Magna Carta, further weakening the power of the Crown.
(DIR) Post #B2GybZPReIt2vTCDUu by Fash-E@poa.st
2024-02-17T14:53:28.707248Z
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1192, Richard the Lionheart had raced by sea to relieve the Crusader held city Jaffa, besieged by Saladin's 10,000 Saracen cavalry. Richard's ships held at most 54 mounted knights including himself, 300 infantry, and 2000 crossbowmen. Once within sight of the city however, they saw Abbasid flags flying on the walls and feared they were too late. Seeing ships on the horizon, a priest in Jaffa risked his life by swimming out and warning Richard that the citadel was still holding out but would likely surrender soon. The King of England was the first man on shore, personally leading the amphibious assault on Saladin's forces and quickly routing them. Saladin was forced to withdraw from the city when it's citadel garrison joined in the fighting.When Saladin returned to counter-attack the city, the Crusader force stood in tight formation outside the cities walls with wood stakes protecting their crossbowmen. The small force of 300 infantry repelled wave after wave of massive cavalry charges. Each charge suffering heavy losses to crossbow fire, while the Crusaders held firm. The Saracens soon became afraid of the Crusaders and even disobeyed direct orders by Saladin to attack, enraging him. According to a Muslim source: "On that day the King of England, lance in hand, rode along the whole length of our army from right to left, and not one of our soldiers left the ranks to attack him.” Finally Richard the Lionheart personally led a cavalry charge of no more than 54 into thousands of Saracens, routing their army completely.With the situation in Europe, Richard was forced to return home. He signed a truce with Saladin, leaving Jerusalem in Muslim control but regaining control of the coast from Acre to Jaffa. He was determined to eventually return and conquer from Egypt to Jerusalem but it would not be. While fighting to regain control in France, Richard was struck by a rogue crossbow bolt. While dying, he had his men find the man who had shot him. He complimented the crossbowman on his aim, gave him a bag of gold, and ordered his men not to hunt the man down. After Richard's death however the man was executed for Regicide.
(DIR) Post #B2GyjyBdPaPQ5Vk2nw by Fash-E@poa.st
2024-02-17T15:08:39.701080Z
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After the death of Frederick Barbarossa, a legend emerged in Germany that the old Emperor was not in fact dead but was sleeping in a hidden chamber underneath the Kyffhäuser hills. Legend told that he would one day awaken, when Germany was in her hour of greatest need. That is why on the eve of their invasion of the Soviet Union, Hitler personally changed the name of Operation Siegfried to Operation Barbarossa.
(DIR) Post #B2GyjzZ4HwkQMTiGy8 by gav@cawfee.club
2024-02-18T04:49:45.496723Z
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@Fash-E there are versions of the zoroastrian myth that describe the first king being killedbm by an evil second one, his son will return from out from under a mountain, there are similarties to christ prophecies, in the book of daniel describes that after the statute of four metals and clay is struck by a stone(if it is a meteor it would be iron which in its role as the stone matches with the description of iron as a metal of ultimate destruction) which then leaves or becomes a mountain that is perfectly stable, christ is the stone is the mountain ,which is the axis mundi/creation, is god is the the place from which the stone flies is thor the stone thrower is the son of jamshid who kills zahhak and becomes king is arthur is fredrick barbarossaidk if the somehow knew to associate the mountain as the place from which christ would come in the mataphora and then applied this to frederick as with arthur or if it was reflexive somehow
(DIR) Post #B2GyrwZ7K6idNOWlzU by Fash-E@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:57:47.257416Z
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Around the time of the Third Crusade, the Islamic Caliphate in Spain was undergoing a resurgence in power. The Almoravid Caliphate had united all of North Africa under their rule. The Christian Kingdoms of Iberia meanwhile had become badly divided, fighting battles against each other. Setting aside their rivalries for the good of their collective civilization, they joined forcers together and attacked the Caliphate in the largest and most pivotal battle of the Reconquista. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa took place on the 16th July 1212. King Alfonso VIII of Castile joined with the armies of his rivals, Sancho VII of Navarre and Peter II of Aragon, against the Almohad caliph al-Nasir. 12,000 Christians attacked into as many as 30,000 Moors Arabs and Saracens. Suffering only 2000 losses they annihilated over two-thirds of the Muslim Army. The Largest and most decisive battle in the Reconquista. The Muslims lost control over large territories in central Iberia. Islamic rule was reduced to the emirate of Cordoba until the Siege of Córdoba 1236 by Ferdinand III of Castile. The Moors then retreated to the Emirate of Granada which fell to King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1492.
(DIR) Post #B2H9MHNDWUEU8m46ts by WTFPurpleAlpaca@poa.st
2026-01-14T12:32:12.627375Z
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@Fash-E If Jews hadn't stirred internal European conflicts imagine what could have been?
(DIR) Post #B2H9QxPNBGGnfRIvWS by Dan_Hulson@poa.st
2024-02-17T15:01:59.688242Z
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@Fash-E Once again the Norman proves he is the superior Anglo Saxon Frenchman and Crusader all in one easy sweep 😤
(DIR) Post #B2H9QzFsJXrROYsMzo by Dan_Hulson@poa.st
2024-02-17T15:03:26.221279Z
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@Fash-E I hope @DEERBLOOD doesn't see this poast
(DIR) Post #B2H9R0KAL4t4i9tJK4 by DEERBLOOD@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:17:10.667593Z
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@Dan_Hulson @Fash-E Richard was so French he out French'd the French
(DIR) Post #B2H9R13BdgtqxmxGUq by Kang_Kong3@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:24:24.276743Z
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@DEERBLOOD @Dan_Hulson @Fash-E He had blood from the french-norman usurpers, the royaI house of wessex, the jocks and the regular french-french. They all spoke bloody french though.
(DIR) Post #B2H9R1l90G3tA7WN0q by Dan_Hulson@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:28:50.431264Z
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@Kang_Kong3 @DEERBLOOD @Fash-E Normans are Vikings and not French but the same can't be said for those bloody Huguenots 🤨
(DIR) Post #B2H9R2xEYnKIruBXUm by DEERBLOOD@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:30:30.941415Z
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@Dan_Hulson @Kang_Kong3 @Fash-E Normans were French sweaty 💅
(DIR) Post #B2H9RJk297ruvt8jmS by Fash-E@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:30:55.240819Z
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@DEERBLOOD @Dan_Hulson @Kang_Kong3 No theyre Sicilian
(DIR) Post #B2H9RL3ZFz5X0lHqro by DEERBLOOD@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:32:16.887017Z
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@Fash-E @Dan_Hulson @Kang_Kong3 Some of them became sicilian
(DIR) Post #B2H9RadZKPnZKlFJZ2 by Dan_Hulson@poa.st
2024-02-17T16:56:04.959434Z
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@DEERBLOOD @Fash-E @Kang_Kong3 White people can't become wogs 🙄
(DIR) Post #B2H9ZVgNdKn6HfKzc8 by WTFPurpleAlpaca@poa.st
2026-01-14T12:34:35.950263Z
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@Fash-E >Richard and Phillipe now arrived at Acre. After a 2 year siege, the city fell back to Christian control in 1191. Saladin began protracted negotiations for the Muslim garrison, buying for time while his forces were massing. Saladin counted on the Franks chivalry, knowing he could delay negotiations as long as possible. Richard however was not a Frank, he was a pragmatic English ruler. Richard massacred the entire Muslim garrison, shocking Saladin and even his French allies. Richard then defeated Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf. 11,200 Crusader allies mainly infantry attacked and defeated 25,000 Saracens, Saladin was forced to retreat SouthA timely reminder that mercy is for virtuous and innocent Whites, not the aliens and traitors.
(DIR) Post #B2HIQJhFj78u5jR8y0 by dictatordave@poa.st
2026-01-14T14:13:43.600863Z
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@WTFPurpleAlpaca @Fash-E my boi machiavelli would agreeyou can't leave survivors to rise against you