In Hungary, at the Battle of Mohács, in 1526, an Ottoman Turkish army destroyed a combined force of Hungarian, Croatian, Bavarian, Polish, and Holy Roman Empire troops. Outnumbering their foe by almost two to one, the Turks nonetheless inflicted nearly ten casualties for every one they took during the bloody engagement. At the center of this crushing victory stood a corps of professional soldiers that came to symbolize the might of the Sultan, the Janissaries.