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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 11

THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 11

April 11 in history

1241 — Mohi

11 Apr 1241 — Two days after Legnica, six hundred kilometers away, the main army destroys King Béla IV’s host at the Sajó bridge — stone-throwers and fire-arrows covering a night river crossing. Two victories in one week, coordinated across a continent: no European staff could have done it.

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