A small force with good supplies, good order, knowledge of the land, and the ability to choose the field of battle will rather unsurprisingly defeat a larger force that lacks all of these elements....
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Re: Did the Ottomans attempt to conquer the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia?
A small force with good supplies, good order, knowledge of the land, and the ability to choose the field of battle will rather unsurprisingly defeat a larger force that lacks all of these elements....
Re: Did the Ottomans attempt to conquer the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia?
Tureuki, I get the feeling you actually have no supporting argument for your thesis. We have asked for any evidence from you to show lack of intent, and the only evidence you can provide is that...
Re: Did the Ottomans attempt to conquer the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia?
The major problem that I have with his argument is that it puts the Ottomans in a strategically poor position of their own volition. By the time Michael the Brave revolted in 1594, Istanbul was...
Re: Did the Ottomans attempt to conquer the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia?
I feel there is little reason to discuss something so plainly obvious. The Ottomans of course invaded, on numerous occasions, the principalities in order to annex them. Even from a strategic...
Re: Romanians are more Dacian or Roman or both!
Romanians have always referred to their country as "Tara Romaneasca" (effectively "Terra Romanorum" in Latin). This much is proven not only by the earliest documents in the Romanian language, but...
