[olezip]

12 September 1683, Jan Sobieski, Jan III, led 30,000 Polish forces, along with 50,000 or so, Germans and Austrians, to defeat the Ottoman Empire's advance across Europe.

Thank you for posting the wonderful photos and the synopsis of the event. It is motivation for me to look more into the history of those times.

[sobieski]

A great day in history. Besides stopping the Turks, it heralded the introduction of the bagel and croissant to Europe.