The 10 greatest victorious Hungarian battles of history

Honvedelem.hu collected 10 victorious battles. Here are ten battles, sieges and breakthroughs which were won by Hungarians, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu said.

Battle of Pozsony (Bratislava)

The battle of Pozsony is considered as one of the greatest victories of Hungary, because the only 40 thousand-people Hungarian army could win over the German army of hundred thousand (other sources say lower numbers) in July 907. The army of the Eastern Frank Kingdom came to occupy the territory of the Hungarians. The attackers were led by Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and Theotmar, Archbishop of Salzburg. The Hungarian commander was Prince Arpad or one of his sons.

The relevance of the battle is that it was the first patriotic war of the Hungarians and they also demonstrated they could hold the Carpathian Basin.

The victory in Nandorfehervar (Belgrade)

The triumph of Nandorfehervar was one of the most significant events of the Hungarian-Turkish wars. Between July 4-21, 1456, the defenders led by Mihaly Szilagyi heroically kept the fortress against the besieging army of Sultan Mehmed II, which has more-than a tenfold outnumber. On July 22, the Hungarians led by Janos Hunyadi defeated the Turks.

Battle of Kenyermezo (Breadfield)

In September 1479, 40 thousand Turkish and 15 thousand Wallachian soldiers invaded Transylvania and devastated Mezoseg. Istvan Bathori Voivod of Transylvania called to arms the Szekelys, the Saxons and the Moldavians and went against the Turks. Pal Kinizsi, Bailiff of Temes also mobilized, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu said.

The invading army lost thousands of people, moreover, in spite of the numerical superiority of the Turks had to flee from the battleground.

Taking of Vienna

King Matyas conquered the Austrian capital in 1485, after a 5-month siege. Then Matyas solemnly marched into the richest city of the Habsburgs. Five days later, the councilors of Vienna took an oath of loyalty to the king, who assumed the title of Austrian prince and moved his headquarters to the occupied city.

The siege of Koszeg

Sultan Suleiman I tried to occupy Koszeg as part of the 1532’s campaign. However, the relatively small castle led by Miklos Jurisics withstood the attacks over three weeks. The victory confirmed the significance of the fortresses, since the Turkish army was more successful in open battles, but with the fortresses, one could stand in their way.