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Podhorodecki Leszek. Lepanto, 1571

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Podhorodecki Leszek. Lepanto, 1571
Bellona, 1993. — 162 p. — (Historyczne Bitwy).
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of European Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Spanish Empire and the Venetian Republic were the main powers of the coalition, as the league was largely financed by Philip II of Spain and Venice was the main contributor of ships. In the history of naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought almost entirely between rowing vessels, namely the galleys and galleasses which were the direct descendants of ancient trireme warships. The battle was in essence an "infantry battle on floating platforms". It was the largest naval battle in Western history since classical antiquity, involving more than 400 warships. Over the following decades, the increasing importance of the galleon and the line of battle tactic would displace the galley as the major warship of its era, marking the beginning of the "Age of Sail". The victory of the Holy League is of great importance in the history of Europe and of the Ottoman Empire, marking the turning-point of Ottoman military expansion into the Mediterranean, although the Ottoman wars in Europe would continue for another century.
W XVI stuleciu osmańska Turcja była najsilniejszym mocarstwem świata i miała swe posiadłości na trzech kontynentach - w Europie, Azji i Afryce. Turcy zdobyli Konstantynopol kładąc kres istnieniu Cesarstwa Bizantyjskiego, rozgromili wojska chrześcijańskie na Kosowym Polu, pod Warną i pod Mohaczem, wtargnęli do Europy Środkowej i zagrozili Wiedniowi. Z Rzeczpospolitą do czasu mieli w miarę poprawne stosunki. Zbliżał się jednak punkt zwrotny w zmaganiach między chrześcijańską Europą, a Turcją.
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