[Antoninus]

You are correct and I wasn't aware of that. Apparently, the great battle that broke the second siege of Vienna began on September 11, 1683.

The Battle of Vienna

[Ancesthntr]

The 1683 battle is the subject of Day of the Siege. Available on Amazon Prime Video and (I believe) Netflix.

[PapaBear3625]

You are correct and I wasn't aware of that. Apparently, the great battle that broke the second siege of Vienna began on September 11, 1683.

And that defeat marked the decline of Islam for the next several centuries.

Islam only did well when conquering and expanding. They NEEDED the wealth of conquered Christian countries, and slaves who understood how to run a civilization. When that flow of wealth and slaves ended, Islam sank down into poverty, until a new source of unearned wealth appeared, with the discovery of oil in Arabia.

Now that source of wealth is going to end eventually, which is why the Muslim countries are desperate to conquer Europe and America via immigration.

[hoagy62]

The 1683 Battle of Vienna was the inspiration for a song by the Swedish metal group Sabaton. When I ran across it and played it for my kids, they were curious about the battle, so it led to a homeschool study about it.

So here, for your listening pleasure, is the song...

Winged Hussars-Sabaton

"We remember...in September...when the Winged Hussars arrived!"

(BTW...the movie clips in the song were from the movie "Day of the Seige" about the Battle of Vienna.)