Ottoman Empire Podcast

A Crusade Dies at Varna Part 1: Episode 21


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    The year is 1444. The young newly minted Mehmed II takes the throne and falls into conflict with the willy old statesman Vizer Candarli Halil Pasha. After Sultan Murad II resigns.. the Crusaders hold a war counsel and are egged on by Cardinal Cesarini to break their vow of a 10 year peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire. The Crusaders rally, decamp from Buda and plunge into Ottoman territory.


    The Crusader strategy, army composition and belated Ottoman response is examined.


    Sultan Mehmed II summons his father for help and all eyes are turning to the City of Varna, on the Black Sea coast.

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