Vienna 1683: Christian Europe Repels The Ottomans (campaign)
by Simon Millar /
2008 / English / PDF
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Osprey's study of a battle that was part of a triple conflict:
the Polish-Ottoman War (1683-1699), the Great Turkish War
(1667-1698), and the Ottoman Hapsburg Wars (1526-1791). 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.
Osprey's study of a battle that was part of a triple conflict:
the Polish-Ottoman War (1683-1699), the Great Turkish War
(1667-1698), and the Ottoman Hapsburg Wars (1526-1791). 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. The main
focus of this book is the final 15-hour battle for Vienna, which
climaxed 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.
In September a relieving force arrived under Polish command and
joined up with the defenders to drive the Turks away. The main
focus of this book is the final 15-hour battle for Vienna, which
climaxed 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.