War Against the Ottoman [and French] on Sea
Barbarossa’s fleet wintering in the French harbour of Toulon, 1543. (by: Matrakçı Nasuh) French King Henry II renewed his father’s policy of alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman, to mount joint operations of the French, Turkish and corsair fleets in the western Mediterranean. For both sides, these naval campaigns had the same strategic aim, to […]
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