The Battle of Vaslui: Stephen the Great's Victory Over the Ottomans

In January 1475, Stephen the Great of Moldavia faced an Ottoman army three times his size at the Battle of Vaslui. Using a battlefield he had deliberately turned into a frozen swamp, Stephen deployed false retreats, hidden archers, and a night attack that ended with the Ottoman standard captured and the sultan's general dead. This episode follows Stephen's strategic genius, his careful diplomacy with Poland and Hungary, his church-building campaign that earned him sainthood, and the brutal aftermath of his greatest victory. We also explore the controversial figure of Stephen himself — a defender of Christendom who sometimes burned villages to deny the enemy supplies. The battle marked the high point of Moldavian independence before the Ottomans finally crushed the principality in 1538.

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