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"Ottoman Assaults" Episode 25, Part 3
• Recommend listening to PART 1 "The Fortress of Doom" (https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/episode/fortress-of-doom-the-conquest-of-constantinople-part1-episode-25) and PART 2 "Ottoman & Byzantine Military Postures" (https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/episode/ottoman-byzantine-military-postures-the-conquest-of-constantinople-part-2-episode-25) 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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