2006-07-06 09:22:38 · 5 answers · asked by dmcullou 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I am talking about 2 armies that never left Europe (so, no crusades), who were fighting advancing Arab armies. One was in Western Europe, another one was in Eastern Europe.
2006-07-06 09:32:33 · update #1
The army of Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in AD 711 and the army defending the gates of Vienna on SEPTEMBER 11, 1683. (Does that date ring any bells?) There was also another battle that saved Vienna from Islam in 1529.
I would also submit that the Crusades drained Islam of 2 centuries of critical resources for invading Europe proper to reoccupy land they originally drove Christians out of anyway.
2006-07-06 09:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 'Arabs' in Western Europe would be the 'Moors' that invaded Iberia in 711 of the Christian era. On May 23, 844 the Christian descendants of the Visigoths fought and won the first decisive battle of the 'Reconquista' that resulted in stopping the Moor advance into the rest of Europe, it took 700 years and culminated by taking Iberia back from Muslim hands. This was not accomplished by an army per se but several armies from the various Christian Kingdoms in the territory we know today as Spain's.
2006-07-06 10:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Eli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Martel (Frank or Frankish) & Jan Sobiesky (Austrian)
2006-07-06 09:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by Blasphemer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about the Crusades, here's the wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_of_1101
2006-07-06 09:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by gokart121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankish, and Austrian
2006-07-06 09:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by ben s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋