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Sudár Balázs: Pécs és Szigetvár párbaja. A dél-dunántúli front török szemmel (1543-1566)

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The Duel of Pécs and Szigetvár. The South-Transdanubian Frontline from the Ottoman Perspective (1543-1566)

Between 1543 and 1566 the Ottoman leadership worked very hard at establishing a supply route to the occupied Buda in order to keep and defend their newly acquired stronghold. The attacks of the Ottoman army targeted every direction, turning South-Transdanubia into a battlefield also. In 1543 a smaller area was set up under Ottoman command with Pécs as its centre. This was the foreground to the crossing point over the river Danube at Eszék. In 1545 the capture of the Tolna castles paved the way to creating a continuous stretch of land on the right bank of the Danube, which was controlled by the Ottomans and led all the way to Buda. It meant that the Ottomans managed to secure the basic route for their military along the Danube as the main artery of their occupied territories. Once it had been set up, only then did they launch their extensive western offensive against the largest target, the region’s main castle, Szigetvár. The local Ottoman forces built smaller palisades to isolate the Hungarian fortress and starve those inside. They were unable to take more significant steps, however, because that would have required the cooperation of occupied areas as a whole. They finally succeeded in 1555 when due to the capture of Kaposvár and Babócsa the border of the Ottoman controlled territories was considerably pushed westwards. Now they only had to take Szigetvár, which they attempted in 1556. The large Christian army arriving to the region came to the defenders’ rescue and also managed to recapture most of the region. The Ottoman advancement was halted and for the next ten years the defenders of Szigetvár had the upper hand, pushing the Ottomans back towards the Danube. Their success - as well as the duel between Sziget and Pécs - was finally cut short by the Sultan’s 1566 campaign, which reshaped the region completel.

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