Don John of Austria is going to the war…
Dec 11, 2020
2 minutes
or centuries, Europe had been threatened by the Ottoman Empire. In the decades running up to the battle, that threat had been heightened by the successful campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent. Suleiman died in 1566, but his successor, Selim II, was determined to carry on his warlike policy. In August 1571, his forces captured Cyprus. The defeated garrison at
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