Sv: Re: Sv: Re: Mightiest empires of the 1700 century?
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Bopa the Magyar
Turkey, by the timefram we are discussing, was a broken shell, its back broken by the millitary strength of the Hapsburgs and its navy was now obsolete, Russia would soon be conquering Turkish lands around the black sea.
To be honest, I cannot see how Turkey could ever recapture its claim as top dog of the Middle sea and Eatern Europe, the exchange of ideas was now in the other direction, and the flow of money was ever more being diverted to different routes.
The French, after The War of Spanish Succession, were broken, the Fench army did not regain its historical dominance until the exploits of General Miranda and his fellow Republican commanders. The Royal army performed disgracefully in The Seven Years War with the exception, of coarse, of some amazing victories in N. America.
Austria, Russia and Prussia posessed far better armies, I am always amazed at the Royal army's failure to achieve its objectives in the Seven Years War.
It seems you have greater knowledge than me in this subject... :bow:
