http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html
Hat tip to Gates of Vienna.
On previous posts, I have mentioned the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottomans as an example of how close the Islamic threat to Central Europe is to our own time period - it was exactly one hundred years before the United States was officially recognized as a sovereign nation by Great Britain.
The video on the Gates of Vienna link is short but quite good. In our era of bad-mouthing everything and anything about the Western World and the (False) depiction of Islam as tolerant, open-minded, and peace-loving, it is a pleasant surprise to find a work that gives us the real picture.
I found it to be inspirational. The bravery and resolute actions of the citizens and soldiers who defended the city against Suleiman the Magnificent (That's what they call him) are worthy of emulation.
The Hot Gates - 480BC. An event that was to determine what path much of the Western World would follow occurred as the Persian army threatened to overwhelm Greece in 480BC. The West today again faces both external and internal threats to its identity and existence.
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