Today in History: A Forgotten Christian Warrior Saves the West From Islam PJ Media

Born of Albanian royalty, he was taken captive as a child by the Ottoman Turks and trained to be a janissary, a Christian slave turned Muslim soldier. Excelling at war, he quickly rose among the Ottoman ranks until he became a renowned general, with thousands of Turks under his command. Despite all the honors showered on him, once the opportunity appeared, he showed where his true allegiance lay: he broke free of the Ottomans and fled to his native and continuously harried Albania. There, after openly reclaiming his Christian faith, he abjured the prophet and the sultan, and proclaimed himself the avenger of his family and country, to quote Edward Gibbon.

Thereafter, from 1443 to 1468 a quarter of a century Skanderbeg committed his life to the successful defense of his tiny homeland against the world s most powerful empire. In so doing, he renounced a life of wealth, prestige, and untold pleasures among the Ottomans and willingly embraced a life of nonstop war among and on behalf of his own people not infrequently living in mountains and caves as a fugitive, though always living in freedom.

His ingratitude naturally provoked the Turks to no end and prompted wave after wave of jihadist invasions, each larger and crueler than its predecessor. Yet, in a total of twenty-four battles and sieges, he beat them all back, always while being vastly outnumbered by his Muslim foes. Little wonder he is known as the Albanian Braveheart.

via pjmedia.com

I had never heard of this guy Skanderbeg. Sounds like a gnarly dude.