In 1526 the Battle of Mohács became for the Hungarians what the Battle of Kosovo was for the Serbs. In just an hour and a half, the army of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent completely defeated the troops of the Hungarian King Laius II. The young Christian king died during the retreat, and the once powerful Hungarian-Croatian kingdom lost its independence for nearly four centuries.

In 1526 the Battle of Mohács became for the Hungarians what the Battle of Kosovo was for the Serbs. In just an hour and a half, the army of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent completely defeated the troops of the Hungarian King Laius II. The young Christian king died during the retreat, and the once powerful Hungarian-Croatian kingdom lost its independence for nearly four centuries.

Dmitri Mitorin tells how fatal tactical mistakes, internal conflicts among the aristocracy, and a blind underestimation of the Ottoman enemy led to one of the major national disasters in the history of the Hungarians.