Alternative siege of Vienna in 1683

[Teejay]

In OTL Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha decided not to destroy the various castles in Haspburg Hungary on the Ottoman Army offensive towards Vienna. The POD is that the Ottoman forces destroy the castles in Hapsburg Hungary on the offensive towards Vienna.

The The Polish-Holy Roman would still win the siege of Vienna. However it would interesting to see the effect on the Great Turkish War especially in Hungary. Because of the destruction of the castles in Hapsburg Hungary.

 

[Koprulu Mustafa Pasha]

In OTL Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha decided not to destroy the various castles in Haspburg Hungary on the Ottoman Army offensive towards Vienna. The POD is that the Ottoman forces destroy the castles in Hapsburg Hungary on the offensive towards Vienna.

The The Polish-Holy Roman would still win the siege of Vienna. However it would interesting to see the effect on the Great Turkish War especially in Hungary. Because of the destruction of the castles in Hapsburg Hungary.

The time to reach Vienna takes longer. And as the Ottomans do not besiege Vienna Sobieski can not come to help yet. If the siege of... let say Gyor, Komorn and Pressburg take too long Kara Mustafa can move back to Belgrad to stay for Winter and siege Vienna in the Summer.

The bad part of this is, Sobieski might have mobilised his Army earlier than OTL and can fight the Ottoman Army a month earlier or so. So if Sobieski still wins there are more castles to retake by the Habsburgs after 1683.

A little example:
1683: siege of Gyor and Komorn
1684: siege of Pressburg
1685: siege of Vienna, retaking Pressburg

And afterwards it can vary. In OTL, during an counteroffensive, the Austrians got Esztergom in the same year just after the siege. It might take longer to reach Buda though... if that would to happen.

Now the interesting part would be when the Austrians did not take Buda yet but France intervenes in the war by invading the Low countries and Rhineland.