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Vlad the Impaler terrified his enemies — but Stephen the Great broke the Ottoman war machine.

This video explores the overlooked story of Stephen III of Moldavia, the ruler who resisted the Ottoman Empire for nearly half a century and forced one of history’s most powerful empires to confront the limits of its expansion. While Dracula relied on fear and spectacle, Stephen relied on strategy, logistics, scorched earth tactics, fortress networks, diplomacy, and sheer endurance.

Through winter campaigns, devastating counter-invasions, and battles like Baia (1467) and Valea Albă / Podul Înalt (1476), Stephen turned Moldavia’s weakness into a weapon. His resistance cost the Ottomans tens of thousands of soldiers, drained their treasury, destabilized Wallachia, and shattered the myth of inevitable Ottoman conquest.

This is not a story of monsters and legends — it’s the story of how asymmetric warfare, political will, and long-term strategy can defeat overwhelming power.

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