"Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto" Topic
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 ColCampbell  | 07 Oct 2008 7:23 p.m. PST |
I was just reminded of this anniversary by my good wargaming buddy, Jay Stribling. Courtesy of his cousin, here is a poem by G.K. Chesterton in commemoration: link Jim
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 McKinstry  | 07 Oct 2008 7:50 p.m. PST |
I second the thought on Empires of the Seas. A very readable history with a really interesting slant on what was an incredibly important bit of history. |
| David Manley | 07 Oct 2008 9:03 p.m. PST |
A good excuse to enjoy a croissant if ever there was one :) |
| Sane Max | 08 Oct 2008 1:23 a.m. PST |
is the Soldan of Byzantium Laughing as they run? (I had to learn the Poem by heart at school) Pat |
| Quebecnordiques | 08 Oct 2008 2:54 a.m. PST |
One of the crucial battles for Western Europe (other notable examples being Marathon 490 BC, Salamis 480 BC, Vienna 1529, Catalaunian Fields 451, Toulouse 721, Tours 732 as well as a number of battles in the Reconquista -Navas de Tolosa 1212 comes to mind. Funny how Lepanto and the others hardly warrant a mention in the typical Greatest-Battles-of-all-Time-type publications that abound… however… Isandlwana and The Boyne, on the other hand… |
| Catoctinmike | 08 Oct 2008 8:28 a.m. PST |
I am on the last chapters of Empires of the Sea (picked up in the library on a whim), and I have to concur with Kyoteblue and Mckinstry that is a very good read of this period and the Spanish-Ottoman conflict for the domination of the Mediteranian. Mike |
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