why did the Second Crusade fail (to take Damascus in 1149)?
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- why did the Second Crusade fail (to take Damascus in 1149)?
- Poor leadership
- Straegy
- 1)Baltic Crusade again Wends
- Real aim= recruit Conrad
- protect his land from Saxons
- Bernard's aim
- Saxons V Wends (Pagans)
- convert
- wipe out
- distracted man power
- did not convert or wipe out
- Real aim= recruit Conrad
- 2) Siege of Lisbon
- Bernard's change of penance rule distracted man power
- 10,00's troops attracted by booty
- East had no trade possibilities
- After siege...
- loss of manpower
- many stayed in lisbon
- loss of manpower
- Distraction
- could have shadowed Conrad and Louis
- across Anatolia
- supplied them
- Cross Anatolia
- Conrad (Germans)
- went coastal road like 1st crusaders
- refused to wait for French
- army too small
- attempting too much
- ignore Greek advice
- attempting too much
- army too small
- Dorylaeum massacre
- retreat to Nicea / Constantinople/ gave up
- Louis (France)
- crosses Bosphorus- negotiate supplies
- direct route across Anatolia
- few supplies
- attempt too much
- few supplies
- Louis retreats after Conrad's gone
- leaves infantry
- wiped out
- leaves infantry
- Conrad (Germans)
- Dorylaeum
- ally of franks :(
- no siege engines
- limited rations
- West in orchard= supplies, cover and water
- more East= no cover, supplies, water or time
- Muslims on way
- more East= no cover, supplies, water or time
- too big to surround
- no man power
- 1)Baltic Crusade again Wends
- Logistics
- Anatolia
- could not blame Byzantines
- no their crusade
- could not blame Byzantines
- leaders fault no supplies
- Louis went inland
- no help from Greeks
- Anatolia
- Tactics
- Conrad- Anatolia
- stupid
- poor tactics
- fell for feigned retreat
- Dorylaeum
- ignored Greek adviced
- Louis VII
- won battles against Muslims
- Damascus
- Franks blamed for betrayal and move East
- Religiously important
- heavily defended
- Crusaders too small
- no siege engines
- easily ambusghed in Orchards
- move East= :(
- United Muslims attack
- Conrad- Anatolia
- Straegy
- Factionalism
- Bernard's fault
- Antioch= don't help at all...
- Antioch V Edessa
- strong dislike
- Edessa under attack, Antioch refused to help
- Edessa fell
- Melisende help
- too late
- Edessa under attack, Antioch refused to help
- Edessa fell
- Damascus= doomed to fail
- Baldwin III V Melisende+Amalric
- Melisende kept the throne
- Ascalon would go to Amalric
- no to Ascalon
- Byzantine sabotage
- Louis crossing Anatolia
- there was Greek escort
- army still wiped out
- not enough ships for whole army to leave
- there was Greek escort
- Manuel signs a contract with Sultans of Rum
- does not trust Westerners
- Not their fault
- German's should have taken Greek advice
- wait for Louis
- Manuel still provides supplies
- French
- supplied by Byzantines
- warned of Turks
- offered shelter in witer
- Manuel sends fleet to save them
- German's should have taken Greek advice
- Louis crossing Anatolia
- Muslim skill and unity
- Mamluks
- took children and brainwashed them
- turned them into Mamluks
- took children and brainwashed them
- Zengi
- Aleppo- begins empire--> Mosul
- allied with Damascus
- captured Edessa
- Mamluks
- Poor leadership
- traitor
- Manuel signs a contract with Sultans of Rum
- does not trust Westerners
- Manuel signs a contract with Sultans of Rum
- very loyal
- Mamluks
- took children and brainwashed them
- turned them into Mamluks
- took children and brainwashed them
- Mamluks
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