Battle of Varna took place in the year 1444 on November 10th. It was the last and the most important battle of crusades. The history of the Battle of Varna dates back to the Turks organization of 20,000 crusaders under the command of Ladislaus III of Poland. These batallion of soldiers gathered in the city's port and headed towards Constantinople. The troop was rounded by the army of the Ottomans, who counted for 55,000 to 60,000 soldiers and was led by sultan Murad II.
With the aid of the Roumelian troops and the Ottoman army, the sultan was successful in dismantling the crusading troops. Sultan Murad II organised his troops
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in such a way that the crusaders had no way to escape. After the death of king Ladislaus III of Poland, the crusaders in the Varna battle were bereft of an ideal leadership, even after the able attempts of consolidation among the troops by John Hunyadi who was one of the important warriors in the king's troop.
A deflated attempt to capture the sultan was taken up by Ladislaus III who was later killed in the mission. With the withdrawal of the crusaders, Constantinople lost its power to the Ottoman empire in the year 1453. Simultaneously, Varna remained under the domination of the Ottoman for the next four centuries. Battle of Varna, hence, played an important role in paving the Varna History.
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