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Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.
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Polish heavy cavalry from the 16th to 18th centuries
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1683 battle between the Christian European States and the Ottomans
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