Ottoman soldiers discovered this one trick #history #military #viral
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The classical Ottoman battle formation wasn't always an unstoppable military machine. At the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, the army took heavy casualties, its wings lacked cohesion, and Sultan Murad I was killed on the field. But the Ottomans learned fast. Just seven years later at the Battle of Nicopolis, they coordinated perfectly—using Janissary defensive stakes and ditches to completely annihilate Europe's finest Crusader heavy cavalry. #OttomanEmpire #MilitaryHistory #HistoryShorts #Janissaries #BattleOfNicopolis #BattleOfKosovo #MedievalWarfare #OttomanHistory
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