October 10, 732: Charles Martel Defeats The Umayyad Army, Stopping the Muslim Invasion of Europe

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Now they are invited in willingly.

????

They occupied the Iberian Peninsula(aka Spain) until 1492.Maybe he stopped a complete takeover of the whole continent but he didn't "stop the invasion."

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