Remembering when Christian cavalry smashed the Muslim army and saved Europe

The Bridgehead ^ | Jonathon Van Maren

[Fiddlstix]

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[Fungi]

HaHa. Not touching that......

[Pearls Before Swine]

Thanks for the Vienna Roast story.

[dfwgator]

John III Sobieski is one of my heroes. God knows, Europe could use another man of his vision and caliber.

Him, or Jozef Pilsudski, who saved Europe from Bolshevism in 1920.

[Fungi]

Cheers, happy thanksgiving.:)

[BradyLS]

A forgotten French hero, Charles Martel (”The Hammer”) also rescued Western Europe when his army turned back a Moorish one out of Spain at the Battle of Tours on October 12, 732.

[Fiji Hill]

In today’s Europe, the statesman closest to Jan Sobieski is Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán.

[dfwgator]

This guy rocks...

Dominik Tarczynski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP_6oB1Sxkw

[Fiji Hill]

A forgotten French hero, Charles Martel

Most certainly forgotten by the cheese-eaters who have run France since Charles De Gaulle resigned.

[Salamander]

[Fiji Hill]

Dominik Tarczynski

I like that guy!

[Phil DiBasquette]

Famous descendant of Jan:

[Founding Father]

I’ve supported Martel for years....see tagline

[Berlin_Freeper]

“I hope that the paths of Turkey and the EU will continue in the same direction, and that the result of this... will eventually be Turkey’s membership, full membership, of the European Union,” Duda said after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

[GMMC0987]

I just watched El Cid last night. It depicts another period of Christian vs Muslim conflict. It’s available for free on Youtube.

[Berlin_Freeper]

“I hope that the paths of Turkey and the EU will continue in the same direction, and that the result of this... will eventually be Turkey’s membership, full membership, of the European Union,” Duda said after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Germany says no:

Recent developments
On 20 February 2019, a European parliament committee voted to suspend the accession talks, sparking criticism from the government of Turkey

[Ciaphas Cain]

She even has his eyes.

[Maine Mariner]

And we should never forget the Polish victories over the Red Army of Trotsky in 1920. He planned to go all the way to London. The Battle of Warsaw, also known as the Miracle of the Vistula. As an aside there were a group of American pilots that assisted the Polish army.

[Silentgypsy]

Thanks for posting that.

[Bigg Red]

I second that.