Fall of Constantinople

Date

~~1914~~ Aril 6, 1453 - May 29, 1453

Result

Ottoman victory, siege of the Byzantines, fall of Constantinople

Belligerents
Ottoman Empireball Despotate of Serbiaball	Byzantine Empireball Genoese volunteers Venetian volunteers Papal Statesball Aragonese retinue Ottoman defectors

Commanders
Mehmed II Çandarlı Halil Zagan Pasha Suleiman Baltoghlu Karaca Pasha Hamza Bey	Constantine XI Loukas Notaras Theophilos Palaiologos Demetrios Kantakouzenos Giovanni Giustiniani Gabriele Trevisano Alviso Diedo Girolamo Minotto Cardinal Isidore Aragonese consul Orhan Çelebi

Strength
80000 Land forces 10000 Janisaries 1500 Serbian cavalry 68 Cannons 1 Super massive cannon 126 Ships 20 Horse transports	10000 Land forces 600 Ottoman defectors 15 Cannons 26 Ships

“	Olamaz, olamaz! Kesinlikle olamaz!	”
	— Commander Kenan, upon hearing Mehmet's death

Fall of Constantinople was a siege on Byzantineball by Ottomanball, ending with the defeat of Byzantineball, its final city Constantinople and with the Turkish dominance on the Anatolian peninsula.

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