Posted on 07/24/2023 10:54:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Yesterday in history, on July 22, 1456, the West scored one of its greatest victories over the jihad — and, in so doing, inaugurated the ringing of church bells at noon.
Three years after conquering Constantinople, the Ottoman Sultan, Muhammad II, at the head of over 100,000 Turks, marched towards the strategic fortress town of Belgrade, key to Western Europe, in the spring of 1456.
Cognizant of all the death, destruction, and mindboggling atrocities this massive Muslim march presaged — the memory of the sack of Constantinople was still fresh — a great panic swept through the Danube region. Even Hungarian king Ladislaus V fled his capital to Vienna (on the pretext that he was going “hunting”).
Only one stood his ground — only John Hunyadi, the Transylvanian voivode who had long been a thorn in the Turks’ side. Even as the king fled west, Hunyadi raced to the eastern frontier — towards, not away from, the Turkish army. He immediately manned the fortress of Belgrade with 6,000 veteran fighters at his own expense. Although he implored the higher nobles for aid, few were responsive.
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Serbian bump!!!
Fascinating read about the Belgrade stand and war. Thanks.
Unfortunately for Christendom, this battle was only a temporary check on the rise of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The Turks would succeed in taking Belgrade in 1521. Their expansion into central Europe would finally be stopped at Vienna in 1529.
The Muzzies haven’t changed much, have they?
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