Post Vienna

>>3371826
they feared the Anatolian warrior

they feared the TÜRK+BLACK+ALPHA warrior

just in time for the 334th anniversary of the battle of vienna

Short answer, War of Spanish Succession redirected Austrian attention away from the East and pushed them West. While you had some pushes in, Belgrade in 1718, much of the Balkans were left in a power vacuum, allowing the Russians to take hold and play the great game.

>>3371826
Because Europe was more fond of killing the heck out of eachother then pushing grey manlets out.

Tho Savoy pushed them all the way to Greece at one point.

>>3371826
They did. That's how they got Hungary.

>>3371826
But they did afyer Vienna everyone and their mother joined against the Turks

>>3372359

lol. This.

>>3371826
>Would it not have been in their own self interests to fully smash the Ottoman army and establish balkan buffer states, perhaps driving them across the straights altogether?

Depends. For Austria, maybe. For Poland, not really. Without the Ottomans the Austrians could become the new hegemon in the Balkans. But at the same time Poland would lose a potential ally or counterforce that could distract Austria and Russia if either every turned on Poland.

Which they did.

>>3371863
>Turks got so self-conscious about their mystery meat race they go full retard and start claiming to be negroids