1 posted on
10/07/2004 9:47:44 AM PDT by
omega4412
To: omega4412
This probably isn't even taught in schools anymore; with the mean Christians defeating the Religion of Peace and all.
2 posted on
10/07/2004 9:49:16 AM PDT by
Aetius
To: omega4412
Is'nt Austria land locked?
To: omega4412
I just bought that book last week & read it. Awesome.
6 posted on
10/07/2004 9:50:59 AM PDT by
nina0113
To: omega4412
Highlights:
In September of 1571, Don John moved the Catholic fleet east to intercept the Turks at Corfu, but the Turks had already landed, terrorized the population, and then moved on. While anchored off the coast of Cephalonia, news reached Don John that the Christian stronghold at Famagusta on Cyprus had fallen to the Turks, with all prisoners being tortured and then executed by the Moslems.
Over 12,000 Catholic galley slaves had also been rescued from the Moslems.
When news of the victory finally reached Europe, church bells rang out in cities all across the continent. The Battle of Lepanto was a decisive victory, with only 40 of the over 300 Moslem ships surviving the engagement. The Turkish force of some 75,000 men was in ruins.
7 posted on
10/07/2004 9:56:25 AM PDT by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: omega4412
In a tangentially related incident, today is also the anniversary of Leon Klinghoffer taking his last dip in the Mediterranean in 1985.
8 posted on
10/07/2004 9:56:40 AM PDT by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: omega4412
9 posted on
10/07/2004 9:59:06 AM PDT by
BayouCoyote
(The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices it.)
To: omega4412
Pointless side note:
Lepanto is also a small town in Arkansas. I remember back when Rick Dees was a Memphis disk jockey, one of his many characters would often refer to "LePantyhose, Arkansas."
19 posted on
10/07/2004 10:18:35 AM PDT by
Drawsing
To: omega4412
Also a tip of the hat to Battle of Lepanto veteran, Miguel de Cervantes.
To: omega4412
For battle details, a book with many maps and illustrations that I liked was:
Lepanto 1571, The greatest naval battle of the Renaissance: Angus Konstam. Pub: Osprey
The battle also merited a chapter of the Victor Davis Hanson book "Carnage and Culture".
22 posted on
10/07/2004 10:28:13 AM PDT by
Willgamer
(Rex Lex or Lex Rex?)
To: omega4412
The Battle of Lepanto (1571)
Paolo Veronese
23 posted on
10/07/2004 10:29:28 AM PDT by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: omega4412
29 posted on
10/07/2004 11:04:45 AM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
To: omega4412
What would surprise pretty much any well-educated person who is even
aware that such a battle took place, is the number of famous "recognizable" names who participated in this battle and the larger war.
I won't spoil it for anyone...
31 posted on
10/07/2004 11:10:15 AM PDT by
Publius6961
(I, also, don't do diplomacy.)
To: omega4412
41 posted on
10/09/2004 1:37:04 AM PDT by
dennisw
(Gd is against Amelek for all generations.)
To: omega4412
48 posted on
10/07/2005 5:50:13 AM PDT by
murphE
(These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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01/31/2013 5:34:31 PM PST by
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01/31/2013 5:35:10 PM PST by
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