Varna 1444 Last Crusade

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reenactment - defeat ot the cristian army led by king Vladislav Iagelo near varna in 1444. Otoman army was loosing the batle, when young King rush with into the Enicheri (elite turkish troops) lines, his horse was killed and he fell to the ground were an Enicheri soldier decapitated him, this event demoralized cristian army and bring back hopes of the sultan for winiing the batle. several unsuceseful atempts for saving kings body was made. The otoman army sure in it's victory crushed all of the left cristian regiments and finaly atact the vagenburg bravely defended from the husits till their dead. at the batle field left more than 10 000 cristian soldiers ( Polish, Hungarins, Germans, Bosnians, Croatians, Bulgarians, Wallachians, Lithuanians, Serbs and Ruthenians (Ukrainians), and sended by Vatican Italian troops ). General Huniady orgnized escape of the survived troops and led them out of Turkish empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna