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List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
Battle of Leskovac: Ottoman Empire: Serbian Despotate: Defeat. Skobaljić on November 16, 1454, defeating his army at Tripolje (near Novo Brdo), where Voivode Nikola and his men fought to the last man, inflicting disproportionately large casualties on the Ottoman force. [72] 1454 Battle of Kruševac: Ottoman Empire: Serbian Despotate: Defeat
The List of Ottoman Battles In Which The Sultans Participated In is shown below. Note that the sieges are not included in the list. For a complete list of all battles involving the Ottoman Empire see the List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire.
A map of the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1307 to 1683. Ottoman territories acquired between 1481 and 1683 ( See: list of territories ) Rise (1299–1453)
Pages in category "Battles involving the Ottoman Empire" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 349 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of cities besieged by the Ottoman Empire; Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1564) Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) Siege of Constantinople (1411) Siege of Constantinople (1422) Fall of Constantinople; Siege of Corfu (1537) Siege of Corfu (1716) Siege of Corfu (1798–1799) Siege of Coron (1533–1534) Siege of Coron (1685)
This is a list of campaigns personally led by Mehmed II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II.Mehmet; also known as el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح, "the Conqueror" in Ottoman Turkish; in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet; also called Mahomet II in early modern Europe) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, first for a short time from ...
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...