The Forest of the Impaled – Vlad’s Psychological War (1462)

Описание: In the summer of 1462, fear became a weapon sharper than any sword.
When Sultan Mehmed II — the conqueror of Constantinople — demanded tribute, Prince Vlad Țepeș of Wallachia answered not with obedience, but with dread.

The envoys were impaled, the villages set ablaze, and the Danube ran red — 23,000 Ottomans left behind in a trail of ruin.
As Mehmed marched with 90,000 men, Vlad unleashed the wilderness itself: poisoned wells, scorched fields, and sudden strikes that vanished back into the forests.

Then, at Târgoviște, the invaders halted before a nightmare —
a “forest” of 20,000 corpses impaled on stakes, stretching into the horizon.
The message was unmistakable: this land belongs to death.

Days later came the infamous night attack — a whirlwind of fire, blades, and terror.
The Ottoman camp descended into chaos. Mehmed, undefeated by armies, withdrew before the unseen enemy of every conqueror: fear itself.

Can terror alone shatter an empire’s will?
The campaign of 1462 remains one of the darkest masterpieces of psychological warfare — when one man turned horror into strategy.

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📜 Chapters:
00:00 Into the Shadows of Wallachia
01:02 Tribute Rejected – The Envoys Impaled
03:15 Fires on the Danube – 23,000 Dead
05:42 Mehmed II Assembles the Great Host
07:50 The Invasion Across the River
10:36 Scorched Earth and Silent Villages
13:24 The Forest of the Impaled at Târgoviște
17:58 The Night Attack – June 17, 1462
21:47 Chaos in the Sultan’s Camp
24:35 Withdrawal, Aftermath, and Vlad’s Legacy

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