"Ottoman Assaults April 2- April 19, 1453" The Conquest of Constantinople Part 3: Episode 25
Ottoman Empire PodcastDecember 12, 202300:26:0635.85 MB

"Ottoman Assaults April 2- April 19, 1453" The Conquest of Constantinople Part 3: Episode 25

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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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