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Sources:
http://www.imperialteutonicorder.com/id41.html
https://hollandspiele.com/blogs/hollandazed-thoughts-ideas-and-miscellany/battle-of-grunwald-by-ania-ziolkowska
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Brothers-of-the-Sword
The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795 By Daniel Stone (https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/107/5/1665/32197)
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"…his troops fled back to camp, where they attempted to circle their supply wagons into a makeshift fortification"
Jan Zizka (who was at the battle) will remember that
Krol Jagiello tego zwyciestwa nie wykorzystal bo mogl odzyskac cale pomorze. Niestety potem trwal konflikt 13 lat jeszcze.
Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth powstal w 1385. Niestet krzyzaki nastawaly ciagle i malo bylo.
I am very confused about this. Is the kingdom of Poland a catholic or pagans? Is the teutonic order catholic or pagans?
Damn, your animations are getting really good.
5:37 to 6:01,why?Big change
It's a shame how paganism was almost eradicated from the Earth by the Christian crusaders. I am thankful that, at least, enough of us survived the dark millennium of Christian rule that we can have a new dawn, as the sun sets on Christianity.
Ливонский орден?!? Самогития?!? Про ход битвы вообще молчу. Лучшее, что есть в ролике – реклама и анимация.
The fact that polish kings went for vassalisation, instead of outright annexation of the Order's land, despite having possibility for such action at least 2 times in history, is probably one of the most, if not THE most pivotal moment in history of Europe. We can only imagine how the Europe and the world in the end, would look like if Order never secularised and did not become the independed state of Prussia.
It should be mentioned that Christianity in the Baltic never really took root as much as it did in other places in Europe. Folk traditions were still strong and well known, especially in the countryside.
Very nice video. Nonetheless some things went different than you say. It's because of some myths about the battle itself. For instance, in fact batte of Grunwald (via Tannenberg) was a battle of cavalry. There were almost no infantry (just some left at camps). Not only battle was interesting but the whole campaign, and intrigues around the war.
Not to worry, Steiner’s counterattack will change everything
FINALLY. ONE OF THESE VIDEOS WITHOUT WEIRD PROPERTIONS
The retreat of the Lithuanian light cavalry at the start of the battle back into the forest was this not tactical to draw in the teutonic left flank.
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It is said to be one of the greatest battle in the history of Lithuania and Poland.
In this time (1300-1410) city of Warszawa was NOT capital of Polish Kingdom. It was capital of Masovia, a land who was incorporated into Polish Kingdom in 1525.
A little orientated to Poland huh? A little bit forgot about Lithuania.
Oi lyui lyuiii lyuiiiiii!
žalgirio mušis?
1:00 dude spoiler warning 🙁
sir there was no polish or lithuania infantry in those battle . It was generally cavallery battle . also it happend on teutonic order land . I love your work.
The Golden Horde makes me unhappy
please remake this video I can't imagine how good it would look
There aren't many defeats in history as satisfying as that of the teutonic order at Grunwald.
battle of brenna(a battle from the witcher books) looks like battle of grunwald
3:41 lol
Yoguyla??
Hi Im Griffain Johnson The Armchair Historian
Never watched an armchair historian video in my life, mercilessly suggested by YouTube regardless, despite being asked to not recommend
Fun fact: The Teutonic Knights' language was "Middle Low German" (Middel Plattdutsch), and not "Middle High German" (Middle High German= ancestor language of Modern Standard German). Most Teutons came from Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, they spoke Low German there. High German wasn't the dominant language in the north at all (and only became so when Martin Luther spread his translation of the Hochdeutsch bible). Also many Teutons spoke the extinct Prussian language too.
Ohrendruck Psychotronic Harassement
its actually pronounced 'Grunvald' the its full name in polish in pronounced 'Bitva pohd Grunvaldem'
True story
Dont call them crusaders, they were slavers, nothing more, or u want hate? Better still, got a warning for religion hate
9:24 I think it was " Mieczów ci u nas dostatek, ale i te przyjmiemy jako wróżbę zwycięstwa" ("Swords we have plenty, yet we shall accept those as foretelling of victory")
one of the polish armor looks like pilsburry man .
But what happened next!?!?
I’d love more videos on Knight battles
The amount of historical bullshits in this video is too insane to even try to point out all of them, list would be simply too long.
Stop flooding YouTube with misleading and useless content please.
They brought the wok to Poland
Why have I never seen this video before?
Why does he keep saying Polish Victory or polish casualties? Ffs
Poles think of this battle the same way Brooklyn Dodgers fans think of the 1955 World Series….their only win in a sea of defeats.
Crusader
I like Teutonic Knights, even if they lost, they fought like a skilled Warrior (which im sure they are) and they almost win, they also have a badass armour
5:16 for anybody wonderinig Jadwiga proclaimed herself as a King
To nie była bitwa a jedna wielka masakra Niemców…należało się im