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Vienna 1683

By Simon Millar

Vienna 1683 book

Vienna 1683

By Simon Millar

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A vivid account of the dramatic struggle for Vienna that stopped the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. The capture of the Hapsburg city of Vienna was a major strategic aspiration for the Islamic Ottoman Empire, desperate for the control that the city exercised over the Danube and the overland trade routes between southern and northern Europe. In July 1683 Sultan Mehmet IV proclaimed a jihad and the Turkish grand vizier, Kara Mustafa Pasha, laid siege to the city with an army of 150,000 men. In September a relieving force arrived under Polish command and joined up with the defenders to drive the Turks away. This book focuses in on the final 15-hour battle for Vienna, which peaked with a massive charge by three divisions of Polish winged hussars. This hard-won victory marked the beginning of the decline of the Islamic Ottoman Empire, which was never to threaten central Europe again.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
2008-02-06
Publication Date:
2008-02-19
Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1846032318
ISBN13:
9781846032318
Weight:
308 g
Height:
184 cm
Width:
248 cm
Thickness:
9 cm

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