Čeští obránci Vídně před Turky roku 1529 – Miltner Jan Bohuslav (2025)

In our company, we commemorate the Hussite warriors, the famous legionnaires from World War I, and the Czechoslovak soldiers of the foreign army from World War II, but we forget to remember the Czechs, Moravians, and Silesians who fought in no less significant wars. Whether it is the second defense of Vienna against the Turks in 1683 or the first defense of Vienna against Muslim invaders in 1529. This book, which is currently the only one available in Czech on this topic, focuses on the participation of Czech soldiers in this first defense of Vienna.
For centuries, we were part of the Habsburg monarchy, and the Battle of Vienna is part of our history. However, after the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, a certain resistance to the Habsburg period of our history unfortunately developed, and this era was deliberately overlooked. Yet many events took place then, in which Czechs, Moravians, and Silesians played a positive and often even a leading role. The same was true in the Battle of Vienna, where thousands of our ancestors fought among both the defenders and the incoming liberators. Among the main commanders of the anti-Turkish alliance were also leaders from our nation.
When I reissued Miltner's first book 'Czech Defender of Vienna Against the Turks in the year...