Battle of Lepanto wikipedia link
All of Europe and the world can thank the Catholic Church and personally Pope Pius V for saving them from the grip of Islamic rule since 1571. Not said in the above article is how St. Pope Pius V was divinely inspired in urging/using the Rosary to beseech our Blessed Mother which resulted in the battle's victory.
The Rosary defeated the Muslims at Lepanto
Read it, and become informed about how True Faith defeated the enemy.
***All of Europe and the world can thank the Catholic Church and personally Pope Pius V for saving them from the grip of Islamic rule since 1571. ****
God allowed the Catholics to destroy the might of the Ottomans.
But when they declared a crusade against England in 1588, they had their butts handed to them by the english protestants.