Was the lack of support from western nations for his actions a mistake?
It seems that given more support, he could've easily hit the Turks harder than Poles did, and effectively stopped their lust for expansion.
>>2650501
Why would the west help an irrelevant vampire somewhere in a shithole in eastern europe?
Also in those times the french and english were fighting the hundred years war and the spanish were completing the reconquista.
Basically bobody gave a shit or had the ability to give a shit.
>>2650501
niggers bred out of the east in an impenetrable mountain fortrest, what mistake? what actions? saged thread
>>2650501
I think you overestimate the amount of /care western nations had when it came to Ottomans and the Balkan.
The only people who ended up giving a shit were Mediterranean naval powers and the Habsburg lads whose backyard was invaded.
>>2650501
Inb4 faceapp
>>2650501
>Why west does not have modern concepts of christian brotherhood, pan europeanism and acted pragmatically rather than romantically.
Not going into the fact that how turks allied with poles post vienna to keep russians in check, or how almost every european power allied with turks in one date or the other.
Ancients were pragmatics, there is no "muh yurop" romanticism
>>2650561
The west actually formed crusade twice against the ottoman and both went horribly wrong so after that they didnt bother again for some time until the habsburg finally get their shit together
>crusade of nicopolis
>crusade of varna
>>2650607
>what are crusades
>implying a successive Varnan crusade would not have kept Byzantium on life suppourt
>>2650614
The Nicopolis crusade only had limited support of Western Powers. By the early 15th century the Duke of Burgundy had actually planned to go again but he back off at the last moment because England and France were his neighbors.
>>2650561
>drain the oceans
Exaggerated stories of his cruelty were spread throughout central and western Europe.