After destroying the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the Ottoman Empire turned its attention toward Europe, aiming to take advantage of upheaval caused by various European conflicts. The Turks employed two ...

Four hundred years after the battles of Lepanto on October 7, 1571, and Vienna on September 11-12, 1683, these dates still rankle in the jihadist mind. For it was through these battles that the navies ...

THE ENEMY AT THE GATE: HABSBURGS, OTTOMANS AND THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE By Andrew Wheatcroft Basic Books, $27.50, 268 pages REVIEWED BY DAVID C. ACHESON There are two stories here worth telling and well ...

The 300-year-old skeleton of a camel used by the Ottomans to invade Vienna has been identified by Austrian researchers after its discovery in a refuse pit. The complete, preserved skeleton was rescued ...

The year was 1683. The situation was dire. Turkish invaders from the Ottoman Empire were about to overrun Western Europe. European people everywhere — including the papal nuncio — implored and begged ...

Starting immediately after the first siege of Vienna took place in the previous century narrates the conflicts that preceded the events of September 11, 1683, known as the Battle of Vienna. The film ...

This week’s "World History Minute" with historian John Schmidt goes back to 1683 for a pivotal moment in Western history - the Battle of Vienna. Schmidt is author of the book On This Day in Chicago ...