Frank81

That's not correct. In 1532, Charles V headed toward Suleyman with an army of 150,000 men. Never again could Charles V concentrate in such scale in this theatre. They were from the part of Charles V, 12,000 German lanskenet, 10,000 Spanish, 10,000 Italians, 4,000 heavy cavalry, 2,000 light cavalry; from the part of Ferdinand, 42,000 infantry, 6,000 heavy cavalry, 2,000 light cavalry; from the part of the other German states 38,000 infantry, 6,000 heavy cavalry, 6,000 light cavalry; plus 10,000 light cavalry of Croatians and Hungarians.

In front of them, Suleyman had 82,000 infantry including 12,000 Jannissaries, 20,000 Spahis, and 30,000 light cavalry. They were very close to each other early on September, but Suleyman retreated very quickly in front of Charles, which didn't preclude the annihilation of part of the Turkish light cavalry in the rear.

If the Christedom could unite, only if the Habsburgs could have freed hands, the Ottoman Empire could be matched. The problem was the eternal struggle against other Christians.

Bahadir

Wrong, even army figures are wrong. Ottoman army was around 120.000(became 150.000 when the tatar army joined them on the way) men and 400 artillery units whereas combined forces of Charles V and Ferdinand 300.000 men and 600 artillery units. Ottoman army began marching on June 1532 and they easily captured Hungarian castles like Nagykanizsa and Günz which were captured by Holy Germen Empire before. But Ottoman army did not encounter big Germen army, so they continued their way to Austria, still there were no trace of Germen army, the famous letters of Suleiman that humiliates Charles V coincides with this period, they captured Graz on the lands of Austria but because of Jelali rebellions in Anatolia army marching stopped and campaign finished. Actually Suleiman’s army stayed there for about one year waiting for Charles V but not able to meet on battlefield with any big Germen army which was Suleiman’s neverending ambition...

clement

Well again, Charles V had no reason to engage a battle, since the ottomans did not attack Vienna. PArt of the reason why they did not do so was that they were delayed by the resistance of several Hungarian fortresses.

I don't know where you saw the number of 300,000 christian soldiers. Charles V himself, who was much more powerful than his brother, had a maximum of 150,000 soldiers mobilized at one point, and it was in the late 1540s, 1547 I think. Most of them were in Germany to fight against the protestants.

Frank81

First time I know that number.

Well it's hard to tell what happened exactly, Charles V advanced against Suleyman but without fast pace, also Suleyman retreated despite Charles V being very close. Seem that both didn't want very much the fight.

Emperor Charles V, impresario of war ... - James D. Tracy - Google Libros

Qymaen

If the Turks managed to reach the Iberian Peninsula in force then I doubt Spain would live very long without outside help. Of course the Ottomans would have to get past the Spanish fleet first.

Danker

I think you say Lepanto is Overrated becase british didn't take part in it? am I right? because that was one of the biggest naval battles in history.

is the same as Spanish Armada. The weather sank the Armada, but you claim you did it. Anyway until the XVIII century the british navy was not supperior to spanish or french.


Is the same as the batlle of Cartagena de Indias, you don't usually talk about it, but we know that:

28.000 british vs 3.600 spaniards

=
10000 brits killed, thousands of wounded and the retreat of the brits.

The english king Jorge II banned any historical reference to it.


I'm not trying to offend, just putting things in place.

The Spanish defeated the Ottoman several times. How do you think the spanish crown or the corwn of Aragon achived Napoles, Sicilia etc???

strategically that was not good for spanish crowns, but they only fight due to christian fanatism, in order to help the Holy Roma and the christians of the area.

macro

Definitely the Ottomans.

Yekkelle

The French were allied to the Ottomans. It would come down to the allies. The Ottomans were allies of France, who in turn attacked Spain, so in various points the two powers did fight. Total war? That wasn't "invented" if you will until the civil war by the infamous Sherman.

Sultan44

The ottmans, no doubt

Tercio

Well said