Winter Campaign of Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)

The Winter Campaign, also known as the Osijek campaign (Hungarian: Eszék kampány; Croatian: Zimska vojna Nikole VI Zrinskog), was the campaign of Nikola VII Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós), Ban of Croatia, in the winter of 1664, during which he and his army penetrated 240 km into Turkish territory. Between 1663 and 1664. This campaign most important operation of the Turkish Campaign in 1664, which was also the main success of the Christian forces. The history of the campaign is that in 1663 the Turks attacked Hungary with an army of almost 80,000 people. The king appointed Zrinski as the commander-in-chief of the Croato-Hungarian troops, who, with his successful enterprise, set fire to the Osijek bridge that provided supplies to the Turkish garrisons across the Danube, but due to the court's delay, he was unable to capitalize on the victory. Kanizsa Bécs, who saw a political opponent in Zrinski, who fought with pen and sword, replaced him after a siege that ended in failure.