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History Matters: John Sobieski

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published November 5, 2019 at 7:45 AM CST
Battle of Vienna - Martino Altomonte
Martino Altomonte
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Battle of Vienna - Martino Altomonte
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks back at John Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, who led the Winged Hussars into a great victory against the Ottoman Turks who attacked Vienna in 1683.

Husaria's attack - Aleksander Orlowski
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Husaria's Attack
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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