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Battle of Kosovo (1448) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (587 words) |
 | The Second Battle of Kosovo (Hungarian: második rigómezei csata) (October 17–October 20, 1448) was fought at Kosovo Polje between a Hungarian-led Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi against an Ottoman-led coalition under Sultan Murad II. |
| The two-day battle in Kosovo saw both sides taking heavy casualties and left the Ottoman force in command of the field at the end of second day. |
| This battle demonstrated that the Hungarian army with a big heavy cavalry attack was not able to defeat a regular Turkish army, repeated also in the battle of Mohacs. |
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| The Battle at Kosovo Polje is one of the focal points of their memories, and as such played a vital role in the Serbian culture. |
| "The battle of Kosovo, one of the most decisive moments in the century-long struggle of the Serbs against the Turks, quickly became the subject of legend." The poets, bards or minstrels of Serbia were touched to their poetic souls, and wrote the legend of Kosovo. |
| On Vidovdan, June 15th (by the old calendar) a solemn requiem to the Kosovo warriors was held in Krusevac, the ancient capital of Prince Lazar, and the foundation of the monument dedicated to the Kosovo martyrs was laid. |
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