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To: massatoosits

And to make things perfectly clear, the Turks under Sulieman the Magnificent beseiged Vienna for the first time in 1529. With a bit of help from fellow Hapsburg Charles V’s Spain it was repulsed by the Germans alone.
Sulieman intended a second time to conquer Vienna in 1532. But less than 1000 Croats at the Hapsburg fortress of Guns delayed his 100,000 man force for so long he abandoned the campaign.


9 posted on 03/26/2011 2:24:59 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: nkycincinnatikid

I have always believed war to be hell...but imagining thousands of winged Hussars in full charge induces awe at minimum...


14 posted on 03/31/2011 2:01:24 PM PDT by massatoosits
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