Originally posted by Zorqal
Sorry, but I still can not see it. They about to loose a whole province (Pomerelia) with a wealthy seaport (Danzig/Gdańsk), their capital in Marienburg/Malbork (and actually the whole state) is in danger, and they just shrug and say: "oh, well, we still have a few castles in Germany". AFAIK the castles in question were spread all over HRE, with relatively small lands: OTOH, Pomerelia was big, rich and provided the Teutonic Order with land connection to HRE. It was a vital part of the Teutonic Order State. Its loss was a very heavy blow to the Order IOTL and I can not imagine the Order allowing it without fighting tooth and nail for it ITTL. So I would expect a hard, bitter war, not pretty much an easy campaign with the Order easily accepting its loss.
It is as if Kingdom of England was about to loose Wales, but English king didn't worry, beause he still had some castles in France; or as if USA was about to loose California, but they don't worry too much, cause the still had Hawaii, Guam and Wake Island.
Also, they held numerous Castles and whatnot across Europe IOTL, and ITTL, they are more focused there at the moment
Sorry, but I still can not see it. They about to loose a whole province (Pomerelia) with a wealthy seaport (Danzig/Gdańsk), their capital in Marienburg/Malbork (and actually the whole state) is in danger, and they just shrug and say: "oh, well, we still have a few castles in Germany". AFAIK the castles in question were spread all over HRE, with relatively small lands: OTOH, Pomerelia was big, rich and provided the Teutonic Order with land connection to HRE. It was a vital part of the Teutonic Order State. Its loss was a very heavy blow to the Order IOTL and I can not imagine the Order allowing it without fighting tooth and nail for it ITTL. So I would expect a hard, bitter war, not pretty much an easy campaign with the Order easily accepting its loss.
It is as if Kingdom of England was about to loose Wales, but English king didn't worry, beause he still had some castles in France; or as if USA was about to loose California, but they don't worry too much, cause the still had Hawaii, Guam and Wake Island.