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December 12, 2023 26 mins

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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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