The Battle of Tours, AD 732

Charles Martel

Today is the 1286^th Anniversary of one of the most decisive battles of Christendom. In fact, it might be called The Decisive Battle, because  had it been lost, the Crusades and such battles as Lepanto (1571) and the lifting of the siege of Vienna (1683) would probably not have taken place. Why? because had the jihadists won at Tours, there would likely have been no Christendom to provide the forces for the Crusades and those battles.

Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours

The jihadists had basically finished conquering Iberia, except for the Asturias, where the Reconquista began at the Battle of Covadonga, which had been fought approximately a decade before. They crossed the Pyrenees to continue what they thought would be an easy stroll through Christian France. At Tours, Charles 'the Hammer' Martel, Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, proved them wrong. Whilst we remember it as the Battle of Tours the jihadists call it معركة بلاط الشهداء (Ma'arakat Balāṭ ash-Shuhadā’, Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs) because so many of the invaders fell in the battle.

We should never forget the brave men who fell at Tours in defence of our Greco-Roman Catholic Civilisation and Culture.

We will remember them!
Memory Eternal!

Here are two short videos about the battle from Real Crusades History, an excellent resource on the history of the Crusades, which I highly recommend. I don't know of the presenter is Catholic, but he gives a very Catholic view of the Crusades.

And here is another short video from BazBattles with more military details of the battle.