During the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha employed brutal psychological warfare by beheading the bodies of fallen knights from Fort St. Elmo, nailing them to wooden crosses, and floating them across the harbor toward Birgu's walls to break the defenders' morale, demonstrating how psychological tactics were used to demoralize opposing forces during medieval sieges.
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The Great Siege of Malta: The BRUTAL Crusader Battle that Saved Europe And ChristianityAdded:
Mustafa Pasha is furious.
>> [music] >> He had expected a quick victory. He had expected the defenders to break. They did not break. They died instead. So, he decides [music] to send a message. The bodies of the fallen knights from Fort St. Elmo are retrieved from [music] the rubble, beheaded. The bodies are nailed to wooden crosses, floated across the harbor on makeshift crucifixes, and pushed toward Birgu's walls.
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