The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek history ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under ... on all sides and break though Constantinople’s walls using cannons. On 6 April, the Ottomans began firing on the city walls which ...

The battle for Constantinople of 1453 was the first to see the major use of “super-gun” cannons around 14 feet long. One monster cannon measured 27 feet long and accommodated “a monstrous ...