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Breach of the Hexamilion

When
October 1452
Where
Isthmus of Corinth
Part of
Ottoman campaign against the Morea in 1452

Turahan Bey's forces breached the Hexamilion wall in October 1452, opening the Peloponnese to Ottoman invasion.

In early October 1452, Turahan Bey and his sons led a large force into the Peloponnese. They stormed the Hexamilion defenses, which had been restored in 1444, and began raiding the interior regions of the peninsula.

Sources

  1. Turahan Bey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-15
  2. Hexamilion wall Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-18

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