Why did the Ottoman Empire fail to conquer Poland?
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𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 ⭐
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Because of Jan Sobieski. "In 1672, when Ottoman forces advanced against Poland, one man, Jan Sobieski, stood in their way. Though Sobieski’s forces were not strong enough to face the Turks directly, he proceeded to win a series of small battles that led to a peace treaty and to his election as king in 1674. During a ten-year truce, Sobieski reorganized and modernized the Polish army. When his spies discovered the Turks were plotting another invasion, Sobieski joined forces with the Holy Roman Empire and the pope in the quest to preserve Christendom. Leading a combined army of 80,000 Polish, Austrian, and German troops, Jan Sobieski arrived in Vienna to face an Ottoman force of 130,000 men."
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