On October 7th 1571, the Holy League fleet defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto. 86 000 Christian sailors and soldiers on 212 ships clashed with 88 000 Ottoman sailors and soldiers on 274 ships west of the Greek coast in the Gulf of Patras. It was the largest galley battle of the age and one of the largest naval battles in history together with Salamis, Jutland and Leyte Gulf in terms of the number of men involved. The Holy League fleet, assembled by Spain, Venice, the Papal States and smaller Italian allies, under Don John of Austria, destroyed or captured most of the Ottoman fleet commanded by Müezzinzade Ali Pasha. The victory halted an Ottoman naval offensive that had already taken Cyprus and threatened Venetian and Spanish positions farther west. Around 8000 men from the Holy League were killed along with 20 000 Ottomans. 15 000 Christian galley slaves user by the Ottomans were freed while 10 000 drowned in the battle. Many of the freed Christian slaves were given swords during the battle and joined the Holy League in the fight, greatly aiding the Christian side. The battle showed that a coordinated Christian coalition could match the sultan’s navy in open battle, something many contemporaries had begun to doubt after decades of Ottoman advances. Psychologically it mattered as much as militarily: news of the win spread across Europe as proof that Ottoman expansion was not irresistible, and Pope Pius V ordered the date kept as a feast of thanksgiving. Miguel de Cervantes, who was wounded in the fighting, later called it the greatest occasion the past, present or future ages had seen. It ended the period in which the Ottomans could claim unchallenged naval supremacy, preserved Venice’s remaining empire and fixed 1571 as the symbolic high-water mark of Ottoman maritime power in the Mediterranean Sea.

Today marks 3 years since the October 7 Massacre, a day that changed Israel forever. We will never forget ❤️‍🩹

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