Will Poland Have to Defend Europe from Islam Again? – IOTW Report

Will Poland Have to Defend Europe from Islam Again?

American Thinker:

By Gunnar Heinsohn

In 1621, the city of Chocim in today’s western Ukraine witnessed a mighty battle between the Polish-Lithuanian Empire and an invading Ottoman army.  Chocim is rightly remembered by Poland as a victory, although the conflict ended in a political draw.  But this stalemate was fought by only about 50,000 men against three times as many Turks and Mongols.  After the death of the Polish commander-in-chief, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, it was Stanisław Lubomirski (1583–1649), not yet forty years old, who turned the tide in favor of Warsaw.

Chocim was not the first battle in this war against Muslim aggression.  Already in 1619, Poland’s King Sigismund III Wasa (1566/1587–1632) had saved the ruler Ferdinand II (1578/1619–1637) by defeating Hungarian vassals of the sultan, saving Vienna and Germany’s imperial crown.

Chocim prevented a further expansion of the caliphate, but much of Hungary remained Turkish, and the sultans were only waiting for a new opportunity to push westward.  In 1672, with 80,000 men, Muslim forces were able to reconquer Chocim and entire Polish provinces.  Against Hetman Jan Sobieski (1629/1674–1696), however, the Ottomans suffered a second defeat at Chocim in 1673.

The significance of these Polish accomplishments did not go unnoticed in the free Republic of the Netherlands.  Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708) — forefather of all bloggers with his engraved texts critical of the times — sensed the deeper meaning of Poland’s victories at Chocim.  For the first time, the Occident was now able to defend itself.  That is why de Hooghe immortalized Sobieski in 1674, showing him as a Hercules and savior of Europe.

The Dutch intellectual was not mistaken.  In 1683, Sobieski, king of Poland since 1674, risked everything in a do-or-die battle against the Turkish army besieging Vienna, whose emperor, Leopold I (1640/1658–1705), had already run away.  This valiant defense of western Europe was the result of Sobieski’s grasp of the continent’s strategic situation.  Despite the entreaties of his revered French wife, he had refused an alliance with Louis XIV (1638/1643-1715), who was an ally of the caliphate.  Violent encounters with the sultans and their mega-armies, which Poland had experienced in horrific ways, forbade any such favor for the “Sun King” of France. more here

8 Comments on Will Poland Have to Defend Europe from Islam Again?

  1. Everything the libs say about diversity is a lie. Poland is strong because the people there have a shared history, a shared culture, a real sense of community where people feel connected, not divided like here. Poland understands that the most valuable natural resources they have are the people and they do not want that watered down or diminished in any way. That is why they have borders and the indomitable will to enforce them.

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  2. Diversity is dissolution of national character. I work for a Japanese corporation and while they pay lip service to diversity, believe me, there’s no group less interested in diversifying their culture.

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  3. The Assfucked South American Occupant in Rome certainly will not defend anything.

    That’s 2 current Catholic False Occupants currently.

    (I’m Catholic & I don’t want to hear any shit about MY opinion)

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  4. Who is going to save US from the Islamic invasion? Local McDonalds workforce is now populated with women in headscarfs. Only a matter of time before they stop serving pork sausage.

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  5. Anonymous December 20, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    Sneaky fuckers, they are. We had one at ABC who programmed HD and SD routers. He pretended he didn’t “have English!”. Slimy little fucktard knew English better than John Bull (ABC Radio’s Chief of Maintenance — who was an Englishman).

    He hated roudeyes. Prolly still does, nasty little motherfucker.

    All of his texts and manuals were in English. I took him to task on it one day when I was feeling petulant with his constant obfuscations, and bullshit head-nods, and pretending he was a clown.

    “No English!”

    “You lying fucking scumbag!”

    He kept blinking and backing up.

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  6. KCIR, That’s right. Poland was a Catholic country when being Catholic meant the power of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

    These days the Pope might as well be running a taco stand with dancing girls and pagan goddesses.

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