19th century painting of Varna: Ladislaus rushes in as Murad (r.) implores Allah
The Stream
The adventures of John Hunyadi — the Hungarian governor and scourge of Muslim Turks, loved by peasants and hated by the elites — all but climaxed in a horrific way on this date in history.
Following his epic “Long Campaign,” which terrorized the aggressive Ottomans during the fall and early winter of 1442, Hunyadi’s “name struck such fear into the enemy that, when their children cried, [Turkish] mothers made them be quiet by threatening that John would come,” wrote Aeneas Piccolomini (1405–1464), the future Pope Pius II and one of Hunyadi’s contemporaries.
Indeed, so traumatized by what they had just experienced, and so convinced that “the military strength of not only Hungary but also Germany had been mobilized against them, the Turks rather uncharacteristically “sued for peace.” Hungarian King Ladislaus agreed, and a ten-year truce was declared.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.raymondibrahim.com/2024/11/10/today-in-history-the-battle-of-varna-or-may-allah-exterminate-them-all/
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