The Uncensored Story of Pizarro's March to the Inca Capital

You can now make movies on your laptop. I would like to teach you how! - https://www.skool.com/aicinematicdirectors/about 168 Spanish soldiers marched into the heart of the largest empire in the Americas, captured its emperor in a single afternoon, and took his kingdom. This is the full, uncensored story of how Francisco Pizarro and his conquistadors brought down the Inca Empire, and how the conquerors then destroyed each other. Told from the firsthand accounts of the men who were there: the ambush at Cajamarca, Atahualpa's ransom room filled with gold, the siege of Cusco and the battle for Sacsayhuamán, the civil wars between Pizarro and Almagro, the murder of Francisco Pizarro in Lima, Gonzalo Pizarro's rebellion against the Spanish Crown, and the last Inca resistance at Vilcabamba until the execution of Túpac Amaru in 1572. In this video: - How 168 men defeated an army of tens of thousands at Cajamarca (1532) - Atahualpa's capture, ransom, and execution - Manco Inca's great rebellion and the siege of Cusco (1536) - The Battle of Sacsayhuamán and the death of Juan Pizarro - The Battle of Las Salinas and the execution of Diego de Almagro (1538) - The assassination of Francisco Pizarro (1541) - Gonzalo Pizarro's Amazon expedition and his war against the Crown - The fall of Vilcabamba and the end of the Inca line (1572) CHAPTERS 0:00 [add your timestamps] PRIMARY SOURCES - Pedro Pizarro, Relación del descubrimiento y conquista de los reinos del Perú (1571). Francisco Pizarro's cousin, an eyewitness from Cajamarca to the siege of Cusco. - Francisco de Xerez, Verdadera relación de la conquista del Perú (1534). Pizarro's secretary and an eyewitness at Cajamarca. - Pedro de Cieza de León, Crónica del Perú (1550s). A soldier-chronicler who interviewed the conquistadors and Inca survivors. A great book to read on this is Conquistador Voices by Kevin Siepel. It is available on Amazon. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R9658FN Visuals are AI-generated reconstructions and dramatizations. Music: CO.AG - Ambient Soundscapes - Edge of Silence Darkness Rises Will Curiosities Outweigh Your Fear From the Darkness Darkness Awaits 08 Frozen in Darkness