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Vienna 1683 Christian Europe Repels the Ottomans

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ISBN-10: 1846032318

ISBN-13: 9781846032318

Edition: 2008

Authors: Simon Millar, Peter Dennis

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 7.27" wide x 9.50" long x 0.20" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Introduction
The crescent rising
The threat from the west
A time of jihad
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
The Imperial forces
The Ottoman forces
Order of Battle
Imperial and Polish forces
Ottoman forces
Opposing Armies
The Imperial forces
The Ottoman army
The Campaign Begins
The Ottoman march north
The Habsburg preparations for war
The opening minuet of the Imperial forces
The affair at Petronell
Kara Mustafa beholds Vienna
The Siege of Vienna
The opening moves
The first mine attack
Countermining
The Tatar raids, Thokoly's threat and the Imperial manoeuvres
The second month of the siege
The Battle of Kahlenberg
The march through the Wienerwald
Kara Mustafa's preparations for battle
The Battle of Kahlenberg
The Aftermath
The Battle of Parkany
The Battlefields Today
Bibliography
Index
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