The Siege of Vienna | European History

Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' inheritance to the Roman Empire through his conquest of Constantinople. So the current Mehmed decided to target Vienna, not knowing its active resistance and elaborate defense...

35 min - History - Extra History

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