Ottomans wins the Battle of Vienna

The Ottomans cannot be in force in front of Vienna before mid-to-late July because they cannot leave Belgrade before early May.
Plus - as I'm sure that you have been told a lot of times - Pasha is a title and not a name.
 
When the Turks first arrived the defenders had already demolished the houses in front of the wall, forcing them to dig trenches before an assault. So an immediate assault was probably going to fail.
 
Well logistically the Ottomans were at the end of their tether in Vienna. If they win, they still wouldn't be able to push on further.

And if they won because of an earlier assault, they would still lose because now they would be besieged by the Austrian, Holy Roman and Polish armies within Vienna.

And even if they win because the Christian counterattack fails, the Turks would likely only be able to hold on for a couple of years before another 'crusade' is sent towards them. Vienna has too much symbolic importance for the Turks to stay there unmolested for long.
 
I suppose the Turks could decide to throw their weight against Poland-Lithuania and Russia in the Ukraine after taking Vienna. How well they would do, who can say. If their navy was still in good shape then they might be able to attack Sicily, but beyond... 1683 is going to see some powerful navies in Western Europe to check any Turkish advances. Of course that would divert ships from elsewhere.


Well logistically the Ottomans were at the end of their tether in Vienna. If they win, they still wouldn't be able to push on further.

It is kind of a long march from Anatolia to Austria. But retaking Vienna will divert forces from elsewhere and cause unforeseen changes there. The big question is who will liberate Vienna? The Catholics, Protestants or even the Orthodox? And who will reign in Vienna afterwards.
 
It is kind of a long march from Anatolia to Austria. But retaking Vienna will divert forces from elsewhere and cause unforeseen changes there. The big question is who will liberate Vienna? The Catholics, Protestants or even the Orthodox? And who will reign in Vienna afterwards.

Catholics will. Protestants will love the Ottomans for fighting the Austrians (as in OTL, even though the Peace of Westphalia eased religious tensions significantly), and the Austrians will reign in Vienna afterwards, because the Habsburg Empire is still pretty powerful even without Vienna.
 
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