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"Ottoman Assaults" Episode 25, Part 3
- Recommend listening to PART 1 "The Fortress of Doom" and PART 2 "Ottoman & Byzantine Military Postures" first before jumping in this episode.
- Ottoman army arrives outside Constantinople April 2, 1453
- Vanguard elements of the "Orducus" logistical units
- April 5, 1453, Sultan Mehmed arrives
- "Royal Cannon" Urban/Orban cannon monster artillery piece
- April 12-18 bombardment and two ground assaults (failed)
- Things getting bad for the defenders
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