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Wasn't half the Hungarian army not at Mohac? I remember reading that Zapolya Janos was somewhere in the area - 3 days? a week's march? away ...

IMO the answer to almost all those questions is "maybe" or "possibly". Especially the further we go from 1526 - with many answers depending upon the personages and their personalities at POD moments. And the presence or dearth of babies and their sex. So - butterflies upon butterflies. The PLC...

Yes. ATM this is Hungary AND Czechia we are talking about. Under a competent ruler it is POWERFUL. Look at what Mattias Corvin was capable off ... But even without the Crown of Saint Vratislav Hungary should be more than capable of nibbling at Ottoman edges, especially when the Sultan has a war...

IMO the Ottomans overruning half of Hungary and vassalising most of the rest was a fluke - only possible due to the Cretin's death and the ensuing civil war between supporters of Mary+Ferdinand versus Zapolya Janos. IMO the Turks never get past Székesfehérvár, even if they get to glimpse it. No.

Well, the Italian Wars began 30 years previously :) Hence I keep on wondering whether Czechia+HUngary being a net gain - extra revenue, or loss - yet another front with the Ottomans plus Hungarian rebels, for the Habsburgs.

It does not need a "Napoleon" to not give battle ... but never mind :) So what do you think happens in the scenario where "Louis lives"? And there is a Hungarian-Turkish War number 29 and a half, keeping the Hungaro-Czech combination occupied. What does that do to how Charles and Ferdinand...

The Polish envoy to the Czecho-Hungarian court thus described the monarch: "Król im starszy tym głupszy." "The King - the older the stupider." I wish to remind readers that Louis died at twenty ...

IMO this weakens the Habsburgs. True that with the imbecile getting himself killed they inherited a very hot, three way war in Hungary, hence the country - in spite of its wealth - may have been a net drain. However - Czechia was RICH! On the other hand there will be no distractions like e.g...