My apologies if this seems a bit rough. But from what I could make out the Bohemians refused to fight with the Hungarians at Mohacs (Bohemia said the 16th century of equivalent of "not our circus, not our monkeys"), the Croats were late to the party (only arriving after the battle), and the Hungarians such as DID turn out were equipped rather old-fashionedly, while the Imperial/Polish allies were both busy with their own stuff when the battle happened.
Why did the Bohemians refuse to help? Or were the Croats late? Wasn't Lajos king of Hungary AND Croatia AND Bohemia? Surely the Bohemians could've been reasoned with "if you don't help Hungary now, who's gonna protect you when Hungary's Turkish?" Or was there a reason they didn't want to get their hands dirty?
I came across this suggestion on another forum of what if instead of retreating to the "swamps" around the Danube, Lajos II and co had retreated to the town of Mohacs instead and buckled down for a siege. Could the Transylvanians/Croats have broken the Turkish siege? (According to wiki these troops were only a few days' march away). Would this have made any major difference in European/Hungarian history? Suleiman considered the Hungarian army a sort of suicide squad (and was apparently scared they were the advance guard of a much larger force). Or would the Turks simply just smash Hungary elsewhere?
Why did the Bohemians refuse to help? Or were the Croats late? Wasn't Lajos king of Hungary AND Croatia AND Bohemia? Surely the Bohemians could've been reasoned with "if you don't help Hungary now, who's gonna protect you when Hungary's Turkish?" Or was there a reason they didn't want to get their hands dirty?
I came across this suggestion on another forum of what if instead of retreating to the "swamps" around the Danube, Lajos II and co had retreated to the town of Mohacs instead and buckled down for a siege. Could the Transylvanians/Croats have broken the Turkish siege? (According to wiki these troops were only a few days' march away). Would this have made any major difference in European/Hungarian history? Suleiman considered the Hungarian army a sort of suicide squad (and was apparently scared they were the advance guard of a much larger force). Or would the Turks simply just smash Hungary elsewhere?