Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Remember the Time an Islamic Invasion was Crushed in 4 Hours? (by Geoffrey Botkin)


Yes, it was a long time ago.  444 years to the day.  A jihadist invasion of Europe was stopped in its tracks in a head-on contest of wills.  The battle lasted a mere four hours.  The weaponry of battle was primitive, but the Islamists were totally defeated, and retreated into obscurity.  You would think that Europe would remember the day they were saved from an Islamic act of war.  But to do this requires the discernment to tell the difference between peace and war, and between historical revisionism and history. 

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1 comment:

Tribonien Bracton said...

In the middle of the Battle of Lepanto, when the tide was turning, « the Christian slaves on the Ottoman ships revolted, and Ottoman captains and crews, sensing disaster, beached their ships, hoping to escape to shore. »

Hurrah !

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2006/lepanto-1571-the-battle-that-saved-europe