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At the battle of Vienna Poles earned such respect from Turks, that they were one of very few states which never aknowledged partitioning of Poland. On their diplomatic meetings someone always formally asked "where is polish ambassador?" to which someone always answered "he is not present, because of sickness, however he surely will be back".
Kinda funny we were "sick" but with invasions and getting ripped in 3 we still came back stronk Poland into space!
Poland is on the trail of clashes of great powers, we were erased, but Poland never gave up. As long as the last Pole lives, Poland will exist.
Winged hussars' horses were actually a special breed. And selling one abroad was punishable by death in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ;) Yes, it was most expensive part, especially since each hussar had to have at least 2 of them, just in case.
The cost of a horse was about 20kg of silver. Anybody want to convert that to today’s currency? 😈
@@aneta5196 That amount of silver costs roughly $14,000. Definitely more than a typical horse costs today, but also not nearly as much as the most expensive horses.
@@Vengir in history books it is stated that you could buy 100 ordinary horses for 1 hussar horse - extremely trainable, fearless and arguably the most resistant horse ever which could survive on any form of food
@@szafraniec8164 It might be true. The technological progress probably shifted some prices around. Silver might have become easier to mine, while horses are less prevalent, only used in certain branches of economy. Today's "ordinary horse" is used in tourism and recreation, rather than transportation and farming.
@@killert41 1 hussar horse = 100 ordinary horses at that time. The cost of equipment was few villages
The greatest victories of hussars in history
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1. The Battle of Klushino or the Battle of Kłuszyn - 1610
2. The Battle of Kircholm - 1605
3. The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim - 1621
4. The Battle of Vienna - 1683
5. The Battle of Cutrea de Argesz - 1600
Battle of Plonka 1660
Chocim 1673
Battle of Orsza 1514 (hussars were light cavalry at the time)
Battle of smolensk 1633
And the battle of Hodów 1694 when 400 hussars defeated 40 000 tartars
Defeted is big Word they not lost it
Mogilev 1581
don`t forget about Samosierra in Spain with Napoleon Army
Regarding the real strenght of winged hussars, and their influence on battle of Vienna, there is a great story of lieutenant's Zbierzchowski's hussar banner, reported by eyewitness Mikołaj Dyatlowski.
King Sobieski was a very experienced commander, so he wanted to be sure that his hussars will not meet any major obstacles or traps at the main route of charge. Thats why he ordered a single hussar banner, lead by lieutanat (very high rank among the hussars, i'd say higher than colonel in today's army) Zbierzchowski, to charge against the whole Turkish army - as a recoinnassance attack. Since the whole allied armies were watchnig, they probably went further than expected - the banner went through the Turkish lines so deep, they actually were a pistol shot distance from Kara Mustafa's tent. Surrounded by the enemy, they turned around and went back to Polish lines, again through half of the Turkish army. They've lost over 50 men, including over 20 of hussars comrades, which was considered as extremely high losses for hussar banner. King Sobieski got the information he needed though, and as a sign of his aprreciation he joined the banner during the main attack (yes, this banner would go into battle again:).
Actually according to several Polish journals from the time, the name comes from the Serbian word gusar, which meant mounted warrior, privateer, or bandit. The name is believed to have been adapted into Polish as many of the first guesses were from the Serbian territories. This information in is my Polish history texts books.
After long and exhausting civil war between Serbian knyazes Ottomans arrived and Serbs clashed with them at few battles and finally at Battle of Kosovo after witch began the crumble of medieval Serbian principalities. Many of Vlastela (higher class) but also cavarly boyniks (soldiers) came to southern Hungary to serve as heavy cavarly for Hungarian regent. His son called these troops Rac, which is hungarian exonim for Serbs, and he is regarder and accepted as the creator of these troops. Later Serbian Hussars fought for Russian Empire against Ottomans in todays Ukraine, in Kiev and Donbass region but Hussar cavarly became model for Polish and Lithuanian winged heavy cavarly while they changed into light cavarly in Hungary.
No it has nothing to do with Serbia, shut the fuck up.
I read several journals that stated Serbia actually invented breathing.
What is really funny, Austrian students don't hear about Jan III Sobieski when learning about the Siege of Vienna. No one mentions him in their history.
Fun fact the record of the piercd enemies on the spike in vienna was 7 at once charge
tylko?
Thats horrifying and astonishing at the same time.
MU MU MU MULTIKILL
Imagine poor souls witnessing it, they probably run away as fast as they could
@@zarlsalamandersspacemarine302 that's killing spree as far as i remember
You can measure, in what % you are polish, by how excited you are, when you wait to hear "When the Winged Hussars arrived"...
First point: I find it ironic, that a SWEDISH rock band sings a song, praising a calvary, that delivered many, many defeats to their ancestors, including glorious Kircholm(not so glorious for them...)
Second point: Wings... The famous swish, that scared the horses was actually created by banners. It is possible, that unfamiliar sight would scare them, or was there to scare infatry, to make the hussar taller, bigger- like Aztec warriors did- but there is also counter theory for that argument. Each lance, usually 5- 6 meters long, to outreach the pikemen- had a banner. And not some little flaggy from Holly Wood movies, but a proper banner. 2 meters long, 50 to 60 cenitmeters wide, at 1/3 of the length cut into two triangles called "płomienie"(flames), which snapped and cracked like whips, when in full gallop. As for sight, that would scare both men and horses- said banners were painted in checkerboard: red and silver- which, when galloping, would obscure the outline of the rider and would look from the perspective of poor infantrymen, as if the charging calvary has wings, as well as flash the colors, which would further scare the horses of the opposition... But frankly- i don't care. Whether with wings or not- that was one badass calvary that put together best of knightly traning with best of soldier discipline...
Third point: lance. It was suppose to break. During many battles, hussars often did repeat the charges- which is why to be a hussar, one had to have at least 2 war horses. You would charge, break the lance- if enemy flees, you grab the warhammer or a sabre, but if not you'd do the "na zad"(old polish. Literally: on the back) manouver. Horse would stand on hind legs, and turn in place, literally, like a dancer, and gallop back, full speed, thus carrying the nobleman outside the musket range very quickly. Hussar would arrive at the camp, or some other fortified position, jump on fresh horse, take new lance, and repeat the charge. And another. And another, until enemy would break...
Fourth, and last point i'll make now- if someone wants to know more, just ask, and i'll "talk your ears off"- battle itself. Many people want this battle to be the victory of Hussars... Well... Ottomans were already retreating, and both Holly Roman Empire and Austrian armies already delivered quite heavy blows- my ancestors just delivered finishing blow...
I'll never know WHY this battle is so beloved- yeah the boggest calvary charge, yeah the Vienna etc. but if you want some glory to the Hussars- why not look at the battles, where Hussars really had the chance to kick ass???
Why not charge at Chocim 1621? 600 Hussars, 200 of which didn't even had the lances, attacked through narrow corridor- 10 000 jannisaries, and chased them off the field, killing between 1,5 to 2 thousands of them? Why not the battle, that caused young Sultan to cry in anger, when he saw, what 600 nobles can do to his elite infantry?
Why not Kircholm 1605? Disproportion of forces was 4:1. 3000 soldiers, among them 1423 hussars.... and they chased off the field and destroyed almost completely 10 800 swedes, after 30 minutes of proper battle(skirmishers and light cannonade was don whole day- but proper battle lasted about half an hour)
Or why not my beloved example and, i think, most ridiculous charge in history of hussars? Skirmish at Kutyszcze 1660? Moscovite- Cossack army was retreating from main Polish- Lithuanian force. Their rearguard was 1000 of Moscovite "cuirassieurs"(they are called that in diaries, but they were mounted shooters) armored just as heavily, if not more, than hussars, and 3000 of cossack infantry... Under Kutyszcze, the vanguard of Polish- Lithuanian forces- 125. I repaeat: 125 calvarymen strong "banner"(could be the flag, or could be the unit) of hussars, under Wilczkowski, after quick 25 kilometers march, saw that 4000 strong rearguard... And they charged... Some time later, another banner, about the same in size, under Wyżycki arrived, saw what is going on... And they charged as well...
Disproportion was 20:1. And they caused the heavy calvary to run. Right through the infantry. And after they got trampled by their own, Hussars rode into them... Cuirassieurs were chased all the way to their camp, where the sight of cannons and fortifications finally stopped hussars, but they couldn't help themselves, and rode into scattered cossacks once more.
I know it is terrible, how people died in those wars. But there is something about the big man, clad in steel, going against almost impossible odds with a big, shit eating grin under his mustache, because he is glory seeking, crazy, skilled murderer, Hell- bent on making name for himself and his family, charging his enemies on a horse, yelling profanities and guttral howls- that really speaks to any Pole :) i saw people, who couldn't give even less of a shit about history, clapping with excitement, like a children, when they heard, how badly Hussars could kick ass. I am so sorry, that we will never see this in some decent movie...
KRZYSZTOF! GET THE WINGS!
One of the point why they had wings it was because the Polish horses were much smaller than the enemies ones, so they used wings to make noise and to looked bigger .....
@@fuwamova wings are duplicate nonsense. the banners placed on the lances were responsible for the noise. and the horses were of the Eastern type and were to be fast and durable. hussars was not a heavy cavalry ride from 14/15 century
Maybe thais way everyone will see this response... I don't want to repeat my self...
Firstly. I've seen people, who reenacted hussars, they base their gear on specimens from museums... Which is funny as hell, when you consider the fact, that many XVIth and XVIIth centuries' armors often have, as it turns ount, XIXth century wings attatched... Sounds, like somebody tried to make legend real... That one is anegdotal- i heard that from museum staff
Secodly. You have charge done by between 20 to 50 horsmen, which is important, because normal charge would be done by at least over a 100, which is twice as much other noises...- wings honestly do shit. They are behind the rider, so any kind of "fluttering" is impossible as the horseman's torso and head are mainly in the way. A bit of wood with few feathers sticking out, mounted stiffly is not gonna make any distinguishable sound among banners snapping, horses galloping, weapon friring, men screaming their tits off...
Thirdly. The great cats', wolves' or bears' skins were the things, that prevented the attack from behind- cats' skins being preffered, because they are lighter, and wolves' skins being carried by veterans. Tanned skin, turns out, is pretty tough, and no slash would be able to penetrate it. Maybe a thrust from a lance or a pike, but considering, that hussar would usually show his back to enemy, while running away quickly, i'd say that chances for that were minimal. Again- bit of plied wood would maybe get in the way of a blow from calvary sabre... once. Argument, that wings prevented tatars from using lasso on hussar is also stupid, and i will strike it down, before any of you will use it on me :)- mount shit on your back and run around, while someone tries to lasso you... When do you think his chances to lasso you are higher? When target is human shaped or has additional, thin handle sticking out(nevermind that hussars' wings are often shown to be curved forward... which is EVEN better shape for stuff to catch on)? When you will be quicker to cut it off with a knife? When it is around you chest or neck, or when it caught on the tip of the stick on your back, and you have to twist yourself and reach it???
Fourthly. I would buy the argument, that wings might make rider look bigger- much like Aztec warriors did, or Picts painted faces, or Celts showed bare torsos... If not for the fact, that painter of the era, Peter Snayers, 1592- 1666, painted the Kircholm Battle, and not only are the hussars there colorfuly dressed(not only this prevalent movies' red)- not one of them has a wing on his back. Possibly mistake, or possibly... Hussars did not carry wings into the fight... that it was only parade thing
@@heretyk_1337 You crush with meritory and flawless english. Lasso is a myth, there was no possibility ethier to infantry and light cavalry. Honestly, i never heard bout guys going fight with ropes against sharpened steel and such. Also size of wings was diffirent than everybody thinking. They was more od less ended on the level of Hussar helmet, lightly curved on front direction, and more significant curved was made on the outside direction above shoulders. Also, the wings was made of metal, feathers also. This was that shhhh! noise in full gallop. And others that You mentioned before. Feathers was hanging down while cavalry stand still. What's more, between this two wings Hussars also often wear cloak or cape in case like "the google again show me false weather prognosis, bitches" and wy must stand here in rain.
They love this battle cause winged hussars arrived.
I didn't realize it until now but there's probably one expression in czech which has been influenced by hussars. There is an expression ''husarský kousek'' which could be translated as ''hussarian piece of work'' or ''hussarian trick'' (this is very rough translation however) and which means extraoordinary achievement.
'husarský kousek - husarski kąsek' if I translated it correctly then I think I know what it means. 'Kąsek' means a small piece or a tiny bite in polish. The expression as a whole doesn't exist however.
I based this on some words translation like 'skoupý - skąpy' where you just replace ou with ą, although I'm not sure if it means the same thing in the example above.
@@byali4360 Word ''kousek'' can mean a small part of something, or a well-executed work, that's usually tricky, or something executed in funny way. So the first meaning is similar to your assumption, probably even originates from it. In czech a ''tiny bite'' could also be called ''kousek'' but it would realistically be said differently.
@@fanta4897 thanks for the clarification. I'm not a linguist, more like a language nerd.
,,Husársky kúsok" comes from capturing the Berlin in Seven years war in 16th October 1757 by Gróf Andrej Hadik (Slovak in service of Austro-Hungary army). He captured the whole city with just 3500 hussars and footmen. The news of that time called it ,,Husaren stuck" - hussarian trick .
@@gerythebobrica7623 Thanks for clarification then.
I would just like to point out that not every cavalryman had wings. The longest spears caused the greatest fear. Why did they cause fear? Because there were hundreds of them and each spear had a pennant. Speeding hundreds of horses and hundreds of pennants made a terrible sound thanks to the wind, making the pennants very loud. According to documented records from the Middle Ages, the record for killing a hussar spear is 6 people nailed on one spear. Some knowledge may have been lost and some may have been misinterpreted, so it is worth reading the old records from that time that have survived in historical museums. You can read from these notes or books about amazing battles, diaries of knights describing the return after the battle, the lives of these people and the fight. The modern man reading these stories has the impression that people from the Middle Ages are some kind of superhuman. They were so accustomed to constant fighting that pain was perceived differently. I read about a knight who described his return from battle. His fingers were broken, his feet were spiked by spears and his face was torn with a crossbow bolt. After a few days of treatment, he immediately went to the next battle. The history of the Middle Ages is very interesting and more people should be interested in olden times. If people had more knowledge on this subject, many myths would cease to exist. Hygiene, technology, knowledge. The Middle Ages were not as backward as people think. In the 11th century, people were like animals and mass slaughtered innocent, so-called crusades, and in the 13th century we built universities in Poland. Why work hard in the field? So a homonto was invented. The same water mill that made life easier for people. People spoke two languages in Poland. In Polish and Latin and read much faster than people today. Because they taught another way of reading. First, words were taught, then these words were broken into syllables and then letters were taught. Thanks to this, instead of reading one word, children could see whole words and read much faster than today's children. And there are many more such things to read. You can read many interesting things. It is worth visiting Poland. Many old books have survived. Forgive me for writing weirdly but I have always been poor at learning. So English is not easy for me to master.
And to top off the "thanks" that Poles got from the rest of Europe for saving them, recently, the Mayor of Vienna denied permission to erect the statute of the Polish king. Apparently, he was afraid that the descendants of the Ottoman Empire might be offended... Yes, the Europeans sunk THAT low.
What the actual fuck?! I'm not even european but that's just so retarded.
Not surprised. I get the impression that Poland became as tough as it is and was because it spent most of its time being kicked around by everyone else.
@@brigidtheirish Not kicked around just starved, used as labour, and launching multiple uprisings against impossible odds.
Apparently that Mayor belonged to the Austrian left
@@jazsm5385 not surprising tbh
Everything is beautiful, but after these events it was 1795 and Austria, Prussia and Moscow gave Poland a great reward in the form of partitions for saving them from Islamization...
if we could have 20 more years of peace without poniatowski as our king then maybe maybe
@@dfdzgzdgdzgdz8790 Rzeczypospolita upadła głównie poprzez upadek tożsamości... to stąd walki wewnętrzne... Rzeczypospolita była projektem ponadczasowym gdzie dwie różne od siebie cywilizacje próbowały stworzyć jedno państwo współpraca udawała się tak długo jak długo nie udawało się stworzyć jednego... i tu już pojawił się koniec... bo Litwę(Ruś) skorumpowano przyznając przywileje a skoro dają to dawać muszą... kolejne stany się buntowały... najbardziej na ukrainie... w imię przywilejów które chcieli wymusić ale i ruskich magnatów którzy za nic mieli Statuty Litewskie które mocno ograniczyły bezprawie na Litwie...tak czy inaczej staliśmy się protektoratem rosyjskim... to reformy doprowadziły do rozbiorów! Rosja nie chciała naszej wolności wolała stracić ale by Rzeczypospolita nie przetrwała... jesteśmy sobie śmiertelnymi wrogami... teraz nasza kolej zadać Rosji śmiertelny cios :)
@@wielblad1344 Właśnie brak reform doprowadził do jej upadku a to za sprawą tego jebanego liberum weto i przekupnej szlachty ale poza tym do tego przyczynił się szereg niefortunnych zdarzeń na przestrzeni dziejów chociażby fakt iż nie zajęliśmy Prus Wschodnich podczas hołdu pruskiego lecz uczyniliśmy z nich lenno przez co mogły się uformować silne prusy a następnie niemcy, teraz zostało nam tylko marzyć o tym jakby wyglądała polska w naszych czasach gdyby nasze losy potoczyłyby się z goła inaczej.
@@dfdzgzdgdzgdz8790 jakoś weto funkcjonuje do dziś w świecie i nikt o nim takich strasznych rzeczy nie wygaduje... mieszasz za bardzo Rzeczpospolitą i Polskę... to nie było to samo! za dużo nas dzieliło abyśmy mogli z ruskim światem odnieść jakiś sukces... i tu masz wyjaśnienie dlaczego Rzeczypospolita nie wchłonęła Prus... od samego początku naszej unii prowadzono grę obliczona na równowagę... dlatego nie zniszczono zakonu dlatego nie wchłonięto Prus bo to by wzmocniło Polskę! a Litwa i tak była ta biedniejszą sierotą... na Litwie jedynie terytorium było wielkie... i stąd te głupie gierki... konsekwencja tego było np nadanie przywilejów na Litwie w zamian za utworzenie Rzeczypospolitej... nagle od samego początku Rzeczypospolita okazała się dojną krową ale i była znienawidzoną przez obie strony bo skoro jedni dostali przywileje to dlaczego nie my? do stołu dosiedli się kolejni i kolejni aż sprzedano to pokraczne znienawidzone państewko wielkie tylko terytorialnie... upadek tożsamości doprowadził do upadku Rzeczypospolitej... zacofanie było tylko tego konsekwencją a próba odbudowy państwa zagroziły Rosji która wolała zniszczyć Rzeczpospolitą niż by miała utracić nad nią kontrolę i to Rosja zrobiła... była za słaba by samodzielnie przejąć nasze ziemie ba nawet wszyscy trzej zaborcy byli za słabi aby to zrobić tylko jednym rozbiorem... upadek tożsamości był tak głęboki że po prostu zabrakło woli przetrwania... dziś musimy zniszczyć Rosję! bo to nasz główny wróg... i co ciekawe Rosja jest w głębokim odwrocie! terytoria państw byłej Rzeczypospolitej zsumowane są większe od największego terytorium Rzeczypospolitej!!!! Rosja straciła wszystko o co walczyła tak długo w tej części świata... upadnie jestem tego pewien... chcieć to móc ;)
@@wielblad1344 Liberum veto - zasada ustrojowa Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów, dająca prawo każdemu z posłów biorących udział w obradach Sejmu do zerwania go i unieważnienia podjętych na nich uchwał. Nie myl tego z dzisiejszym wetowaniem. Rosja, gdyby była w odwrocie to nie panoszyłaby się tak przy granicy z ukrainom i nie tworzyłaby armii hakerów, która np teraz podkręca media w usa w związku z tym całym black coś tam gównem ale i tak rosja jest w naszych czasach mniejszym zagrożeniem niż ło cię chuju złoty chiny. Chiny Panie dobrodzieju to jest zagrożenie dla świata, tym trza się zająć nim będzie za późno. Oni już przegonili prawie każdą gospodarkę świata a spójrz tylko na to ile jest tych żółtasów !! 19,1% populacji świata
I know I'm late buy I found this channel lately. I just wanted to say that speaking about Winged Hussars it's worth mentioning that some historians argue that armored comrades (pol: Towarzysze Pancerni) were better cavalry than hussars. Polish army at times was even 70% of armored comrades. While hussars were one use steamrollers comrades were more multipurpose. They had much cheaper equipment. Chainmail + misiurka helmet + bracers + kalkan for armor. Their weapons were spear + recursive bow + saber + pistol. They were good both in charges (but of course not as good as hussars with lances longer than pikes) and sqirmishes. And talking about effective polish cavalry of that times I need to at least mention "lisowczycy" and "ułani". Lisowczycy were something what today would be called special forces. They were being send far behind enemy lines so the enemy would need to send part of their army to deal with them. Some records say they could travel 150 km per day so dealing with them wasn't easy. They were looting and destroying everything on their way. They were being recruted from cryminals as alternative for execution. They weren't being paid. Their payment was everything they could loot and carry because it was forbidden for them to have a cart because it would slow them down too much. I heard that in Germany mothers were scaring their children with lisowczycy till XIX century after they were send there to fight in 30 years war. Ułani were light cavalry. Word ułan comes from timurid. They had no armor apart from steal decoration on shoulder and steal reinforcements on their rogatywka (type of hat with square top). They had lance and sometimes saber. During napoleonic wars they joined Napoleon army (Napoleon was seen as hope to liberate Poland) as foragers. They had sabers as weapons because Napoleon saw lance as primitive weapon. During one of the battles with Austria (can't remember which) they attacked austrian lancers, took their lances and defeated them. In responce Napoleon said something like "If you are so good with lances you can keep them" and changed their unit to foragers lancers. Ułanie were in use till WW2. In 20th century their lance was replaced with a rifle and their tactics changed.
Polska husaria niezwyciężona przez ponad 125 lat🇵🇱
According to Radosław Sikora (he wrote book that formation) hussars wore wings because... they thought it was cool. I do believe that they had the same discussion about whether the wings are useful in battle, as we have today. They used different styles of wings and they attached them to the back of their armor, helmet, shield or saddle. Not all hussars wore pair of wings, some of them had only one wing and some didn't wear wings at all.
WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE!
When the Winged Hussars defend - Polish Thermopylae: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hodów
Hussar lances were 6-6.2 meters. It is known that some Lithuanian Hussar slain six musketeers one lance.
10 x łokieć krakowski (Ell) = 5 m 86 cm
The sight would have been terrifying and the sound would have been THUNDEROUS! Over 70,000 hooves racing at top speed, pounding the Earth so hard you could literally feel death coming for you. And then when they are close enough to see the riders well, it would appear to a man on the ground, for that instant before death, they had encountered a warrior perhaps a bit more than human. Psychological warfare at it's finest. I'm sure their reputation alone create dread. Whew, makes my heart race just envisioning it!
Yea!
And psychological warfare is sooo interesting! :D
@@Essek Maybe other examples coming soon??? 😁👏👏👏👏👏😍
@@susangordon1153 oooo yes they are ;)
@@Essek So excited!
about nobility joining wars - large part of it was, Polish nobility differ from western one, szlachta was more of warrior caste and they were trained from young in arts of war
if you called them European Samurais - it would be much closer to truth than calling them as European aristocracy
the difference being - instead of bushido and loyalty to their master - the God, Honor and Fatherland was their credo, and a warrior myth led them into battle + the cult of the swords (saber in this case)
it wasn't really rare for them to join in battles and was not really about muslims or other faiths
on the contrary, in medival times when Pope called all christian kingdoms for the holy wars, our king send letter of decline, and we were extempt of participations in it - making a battle at our border of equal value as if one would participate in a crusade
Pity that "pospolite ruszenie" consisting of the nobility, was not up to the job in the XVII/XVIII centuries. And at the same time the nobility was not happy to put their hands in their pockets to pay for hired soldiers. The lack of a permanent army was the downfall of Polish&Lithuanian Commonwealth
One of the reasons why the system collapsed was too much privilages.
The elective monarchy, as good as it was (no infighting of royal family for heritage, poisoning etc.) had it's flaws. The elective monarchy could be compared to presidential elections - the szlachta voted for the contender for the throne, whom offered more profits and freedom rights for them.
In later years the power in the hands of king was more of symbolic one than true one (even if it was never on the same dictatorship-like lvl like in western europe). The treasury was basically empty and king could not affort to keep large national army. And while the kingdom army lacked, the nobility caste become more corrupted with time (foreign interference took a part in it as well). The disparity between each nobility (poor 'zaściankowa'-parochial nobility with no land and no money were part of rich magnates factions) keep on rising as well, so it was not rare for the votes to be 'paid for'.
On the other hand, the peasantry was in much better situation since they were not opressed as much as in Western Europe and were not forced to the armies (since the nobility was not mere 1% or less but around 15% of population, in some regions - up to 30%).
@@kryokori peasantry had it better? Feudal economy. Fantastic indeed.
@@jezalb2710 If we compare it with peasantry of western countries, then they truly did.
The famine which could be observed in western europe were basically non existent here. The land was really fertile, they were not forced into kingdoom armies as much as in western countries.
I heard of a case where a peasant sued his lord to the king and won the case.
There were rich peasants as well, whom actually were more wealthy than some of nobility. It was quite common for nobility to farm their own land when there was no war - not just peasants.
While now the farmers have to work for 164 days for the countries taxes, in XVI century the peasantry had to work 104 (the numbers based on one article about peasantry in Polish) and it was feudal XVI economy then, now it's democracy.
They were not slaves - but they were not land owners and had to pay for the land they were lend to use.
The actual problem of famine, which was not present before, appeard only after the peasants gained 'freedom' under occupants - one could observe their participation in upraisings which was not small, it was not just nobles.
@@kryokori a likely story.
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As for the hussars' copy. Its length is 4.5 to 5 meters in length. Although the size of some models of the Hussar copy reached up to 5.5 meters. During the battle of Połonka on June 28, 1660. as many as 6 infantrymen were pierced with a hussar lance
Formerly, there was a saying that Poles are born in the saddle. When Hussars attack and lose there horses... It was like losing a family member, they were often so furious about that they rampage on they prisoners for killing them.
Wow. Fascinating bit of history I never knew. They would scare the crap out of their enemies.
Yup...just immagine standing there while they charge at you...Thats some real LOTR right there hahahaha
Tbh, you wouldn't have much time to ponder it.
Hussar charge began some 400 meters from the intended target.
The regiment, some 200 strong, would form two lines, roughly 4m between riders, and start at a trot for the first 50m. They would then accelerate to a canter, and finally gallop, when 150m from the enemy line.
A shot from the enemy at that range was ineffective against the hussars armour, and loose formation.
The riders from the second line would then fill the gaps in the front rank, and riders at the edges would move inward, until the hussars were riding knee to knee. At 50m, a last salvo would try to stop the hussars, and about 6 seconds later, the charge would crash straight into the waiting pikemen.
The pikemen had 10 foot pikes. The hussars had 18 foot lances.
Oh, and those lances? They were put in a harness that was attached directly to the saddle, transfering all momentum to the back of the shaft.
Oh, and by the way - a horse that is shot dead at that range, unless it's a headshot, or a leg shot, will have enough life left to finish the charge. And since those lances were atteched to the horses, they kept going until the horse stopped.
The "impaling enemies 2 at a time" is not an exaggeration. It's an understatement. The record holder was some Lithuanian hussar, who skewered 6 enemies at once.
I like your style of historic commentary, these little cool detail that we don't get .
Thank you! I appreciate your support and the kind words! :)
The charge near Vienna was the last show of winged hussars' strength, but before that there were also the Battle of Kircholmn, Klushino and others. But the most spectacular clash was the skirmish near Kutyszczany - 140 winged hussars against 3000 Cossacks and Russian cavalry
Sabaton History just uploaded the last part of the trilogy "Soldier of Three Armies" so there is now 3 videos about Lauri Törni and war+political situation in Finland and there is a nice video about Simo Häyhä "White Death" in Sabaton History, wink wink ;)
AAAA you Finns! :P
I am not a russian, I give up! Hahahahaha, just kidding.
I'm gonna make a video on Simo today (but I will also mention that you Finns pushed me to do it, hahahaha...some real finnish sisu right there :D)
NOW WE KNOW, WE NEVER HAD ALLIES! Poland Stay Strong!
U know, Hungarians were kind of oir friends. Almost always on our side. But in time we needed them most- they cant help us. Why? Bcs their country, same as Poland was captured and conquered. Poles were helping them in their national rises, but Hapsburgs did not give them freedom.
@@sabotuerelthendo2578 my bad we have Hungarians.
Poland had lots of allies. Then we took a hammer and destroyed our own country. The nobility was not up to the job. And the independence was lost.
@@verytoxiccontenttv3946 Do you really think about them as friends if they helped Hitler conquer the Europe? Imo Poland never have had real allies apart some long period with Lithuania. And that's it. Our so called allies were selling us in to enemies for nothing. We just have "bad luck" to be in the middle of Europe that causes many problems. Just like example with Vienna. We helped them, they just made deal with others and robbed our country.
@@DarkDefender01 you know that hungarians never attacked Poland right? They even help us i 2ww they saved many poles and even help us on Warsaw upraising
The hussars were armed with Polish hussar sabers. it was an improved version of Hungarian sabers. Until now considered the best sabers in the world by experts on the subject ... The armor was very light, but durable. The remaining stories about how the hussar bet his armor would withstand a pistol shot. And it was so !! The lance was 5 meters long, they were empty inside, so they were very light. The longest infantry lances were 4.5 meters. So the hussar with his lance reached the enemy soldier during the charge without risking himself.
There are actually examples of rare Kopias (lances) that were 7.2 m long. They were rare though as this was a bit too long and a little uncomfortable but they have been used. I believe the most used length of Kopia was 6.2 m.
Hussars were also used in other European countries, but no other country achieved such victories. As for the lance, their length was from 4 to 6 meters, usually 5 meters were used, and when charging, the norm was to pierce 2-3 people and fill them on the lance. the hussar from Lithuania had the greatest number of people killed in this way, he pierced 6 people with a lance
These people were unbreakable. They fought even witout the horses and won outnumbered greatly, Morale and glory.
Good evening !
Thank you for this material. It was realy interesting. Also thanks to all who remember that we, Poland, were always standing as a Western/Christian World peninsula.
Thank you for your comments !
Getting back to the history : what we are getting now in return ? All those ungratefully French, Germans and others - you are there (here) only thanks to us.
Maybe next time, when for example Chinese will get to Europe, instead of defending this, so called West Civilization, we should let them through ? I'm sure they will be able to show their gratitude.
And from history : there is a report from 1660 - Plonka battlefield. A nobelman stated, that one Hussar, was able to make a shashlik from 6 enemies - that is probably a myth, but three guys at one hit was nothing special.
All the best for those who praise the truth !
Jesteśmy kojarzeni z husarią i cudem nad Wisłą
Essek, you nailed the meaning behind the song in under 4 minutes! The song is all about the siege of Vienna. Well done sir. You might want to check out Sabaton History about the Last Stand of the Swiss Guard during the sacking of Rome by the Habsburgs. It actually happened today exactly 493 years ago.
Yea, as soon as I heard Jan Sobieski and saw the picture I knew that Vienna is going to come up :)
I will look into it, thank you! :)
The wings apart from terrying look had another perk to it. The sound that they made were only accustomed to Hussar horses and it would make enemy horses panic, now imagine 18.000 wings doing that sound, it would not only terrify animals but men too.
THank you for another great video my friend!
Nonono! Thank YOU! :D
Btw. I am watching now our interview again but on your channel! :D
@@Essek i listened to it on your channel too. waiting to hear back from some other staff members from seattle and trying to get an email back from the seattle coroner and the CDC . IF they ever respond I will forward what ever I get on to you.
Everybody's talking about winged hussars but why nobody is talking about units that did most of the hard work like "pancerni" or "hajducy", hussars were expensive and because of that they were limited in numbers
Well in Croatia, we talk about the "Hajduk"(we call them that way). We have even a big football team called "Hajduk" from Split. :D
Yea, but its a shame that they are not "mainstream" Like the winged hussars. :(
@@Essek I think the word hajduk is hungarian
I am not sure, maby. There are many theories about the origin of the word(one beying, that its from Hungary).
You know how Europe is...there are many words that are taken from other countries and then used in another country, it's a normal proces. Especially for neighbouring countries :)
But yea, we in croatia use that word too..."Hajduk". :)
Well that depends if we go and look at a lot of big battles Poland won it was off the back of the winged hussars often times their infantry was very much outnumbered and so in the battles which the winged hussars were present in force the winged hussars did a lot of the heavy lifting
Yet another subject I knew anything about. You can do all the Sabaton History videos as far as I'm concerned, they're all good.
The videos are really good! And the topics are really interesting so I am definetly going to do more of them :)
Got to admit Sabaton and Indie are great to give us a other depth to history
"Twenty" does translates to "húsz" in Hungarian.
Yea I know that. But the question is if they got the name from that or something else. I have checked it out, and there are like 5-6 theories about the name :)
Essek History the naming scheme referencing how much the soldier was paid can also be found in Roman history. Roman cavalry officers were called duplicarius “double-pay” and sesquipilarius “pay-and-a-half” as their official military titles referencing how much more they were paid over the common soldier. As you stated, the etymology of “hussar” could have come from the same logic. Just want to show that there was historical precedent for naming soldiers by their pay-grade. Pozdrav!
..to know and understand history is a key to know and understand the world
Well from Polish Wikipedia google Translator " There are several theories about the origin of the name hussars, of which the most likely historians usually take two:
The first derives it from the Serbian usar or gusar, which means a mounted warrior, privateer [1] or robber [2].
The second derives it from the Hungarian language Huszár, which is a combination of two Hungarian words husz - twenty and ar meaning fief or landed goods [1].
However, the very term for light-armed scouts appears already at the turn of the millennium in Byzantium. The military textbook De re militari, created at the end of the 10th century (chapters XVII-XIX, XXI) informs:
Scouts should also include a large number of hussars who are called trapezites by the peoples of the East, [...] send guides, scouts and hussars to thoroughly identify the roads and check if there are any enemies on them. [...] Those who want to conquer the fortified city and bring their enemies to their knees completely on their knees should make frequent raids against their country, using horsemen and trapezites, by Western peoples called the hussars [3].
Historians assume that the name was adopted into the Polish language in connection with the recruitment of the first hussars who came from the territories of Serbia and Hungary to the crown army. The first known document mentioning hussars is the Treasury Regest from 1500, written in Latin, Regestrum in quo diversi computi ti rationem ..., in which the oldest record of enlisting the hussars for Jagiellon service was found [4] [5]. In this document, several hussars are mentioned by name.
Hic sunt hussarów: Andrych Hussarz XXXX florenos super servitium (...) Hic sunt hussawce, quibus dedi in Nowa Civitate: Casper Czekiel, Wacław Lubicz cum sociis, Michał husarz cum sociis, Lucas husarz cum sociis [6].
Konstanty Górski, author of the History of Polish Jazz, also mentions other source documents, including invoice from 1580, in which the name hussar appears - wearz.
Distributio militibus et stipendiariis in finibus M.D.Lithuaniae existentibus, solutio facta est in Minsko die 18 menis Februarii 1580 et in Łukoml, post lustrum in presentia S.R.M. die 4 Junii an. 1580 factum. Dzierżanowski Eq.94 Usaros 77, Kozakos 17. Magnificus Nicolaus a Sreniawa Castellanus Camenecensis conscripsit comitivam ad Kowel Equos Usaros 146, Kozakos 37. Herbut eq.92 ex quibus Usaros 82 Kozakos 10. [7]
Information about the hussars under the year 1503 was recorded in the chronicle published in 1582 by the Polish chronicler Maciej Stryjkowski: "that autumn (1503) the news of King Alexander (Jagiellończyk) came that the Tatars, having crossed the Pripyat River, were devastating Lithuanian possessions and the king sent Prince Mikhailovich Ol Słucki, and the voivode of Podolia, Jan Buczacki, and with them Lithuanian courtiers and Raców quite a few, who served Lithuanian money soldierly in Usk, at the time ”[8]. In the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the old Polish abbreviated name usarz and usaria was used. A common mistake in terms of naming is confusing two different military formations - the earlier hussars and later hussars, and the interchangeable use of these two names against each other."
In one battle between Commonwealth and Russia, Lace of Hussar kill four Line troopers in one Charge.
About winged husars.
Those units were expensive. Most expesihe huge horses (export was a death penalty). They had to purchase two of them, armour and a sets of pikes. Plus carts and other horses and servants.
I heard a story about the training. They charged downhill shoulder to shoulder touching eachother with knees. The trainer used to make them put a golden coin between thei knees while they charge. SOme knights at night were searching the traininng ground for lost coins.
The books say they were charging multiple times usually in 200 count. On the field usually 0,25 were not comming back (wounded or dead). They came back, reequipped the lances and charged again.
This force was not mada to KILL the enemy. It wass obviose all hit were dead. The power an the legend about them was that in fack ALL FORCES TETREATED WHEN THY SAW THEM. Some mercenaries had put precisely in contracts they will fight all but the hussars.
But not mentioning the equipment and strategy those were the best of Rzeczpospolita knights! One xamle was the battle of Hodów, where UNMOUNTED(!!!)100 hussars together with 300 peasants stood against 40k Tatars.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hod%C3%B3w
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Actually, "gusar" is Serbian ("h" and "g" in different slavian languages are changeable) is kind of a pirat, villain, scoundrel. First Hussars who served in the Polish army, came from Serbia (Balcan peninsula generally). The came to Polish Kingdom in second half of XV century. They were companions to themselves, and it was a clue of those millitary formation: one man with two (minimum) or five (maximum) others. We call it enlistment to the army by the comrades.
The formation originates from medieval Serbian mercenaries. It is probably behind the Hungarian name.
With time it was enough to see them standing opposite your army and morale was collapsing. A lot of freelance Knights were doing exclusions in contracts. Exclusion was giving them right to withdraw if they need to fight against winged hussars.
I heard the opinion that the wings originally where there to prevent Tatars' attack with a lasso.
One of the more plausible theories about whether the Polish hussars carried their wings into battle actually came from a parallel in Japanese samurai combat. When samurai rode into battle, they carried silk battle banners which were not fully stretched out, leaving a little flexibility. During a cavalry charge, these banners provided protection from archers to the hind lines: genuine silk is a very tightly woven material that's also thing and flexible thus the just barely waving banners absorbed the impact force of arrows without being pierced through. According to the theory, the feathers of the Winged Hussars possibly could've served a similar purpose if the feathers were made out of silk or any similarly behaving material.
Could 400 hussars and tankers effectively resist 40,000 Tatars? Although it seems impossible, the word "impossible" did not exist in the dictionary of 17th-century Polish soldiers.
In June 1694, Tatar troops once again set off for the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to plunder it. The Poles believed that only a few groups of enemies were involved in the invasion - so they sent only a few hundred horsemen to fight. After the first clash, when our soldiers realized what a large army they were dealing with, they withdrew from the open area to the nearest village - Hodów. As reported by the author of the book "Husaria. The pride of Polish arms ":
There, with a pond behind his back, and having covered himself on three sides with cobblestones (which the local peasants kept ready in case of Tatar invasions), doors torn out of the local huts, also using fences, barrels, piles and tables, they defended themselves on foot for five or six hours.
Time and time again the Tatars stormed the hastily made barricades. They attacked on foot, and they did not regret the bullets. All for nothing - the Poles did not yield. The invaders, who came here with the intention of looting the area quickly and easily returning with the loot, had to give up, whether they like it or not. Resigned, they got on their horses and drove away. They placed the bodies of their comrades in nearby huts and burned them.
Interestingly, this battle began to be compared with Thermopylae. Is it justified? Not necessarily. In 480 BC 300 Spartans fought a heroic fight against the huge army of Persians. However, the Greek warriors lost, while the Poles managed to successfully defend themselves, once again proving their courage and bravery
U must remember that they grounded not sharp end of the lance in special socket which was attached to a saddle. They didnt have to keep it in the air
Hello @Essek History. I enjoyed your reaction to Sabaton History's episode of the Winged Hussars. One question though, have you reacted to Sabaton's music channel by any chance? Most of Sabaton's music correlate to their history channel as well. You should check out the music video on the subject before you react to the History channel portion of it. You would find Sabaton's music very interesting and informative as well as entertaining. Give it a shot man. Greetings from USA.
The Winged Hussars seems like the polar opposite of Swedish cavalry at the time which was known for their small horses and unimpressive appearance because Sweden was always out of money.
The Lord of the Rings stuff was taken by Tolkien from the battle of Vienna. Tolkien had polish historians as friends. Rohirrims cavalry is heavily inspired by Polish hussars feats.
@Essek History: the battle of Mohács happened between the Hungarian Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire. The Habsburgs getting into the picture after the defeat.
There are several theories on the origin of the name hussars, of which historians usually take two as the most likely:
The first one is derived from the Serbian usar or gusar, which means a horse warrior, buccaneer or robber.
The second derives from the Hungarian language hushár, which is a combination of two Hungarian words huszár - twenty and ar, meaning fief or landed property.
=Mercenaries
Yep, You have right, thanks for this movie, greetings form Poland 😉
It maybe already told somewhere in the comments. But about these 5 meter long lances. Even if from light wood, and even if hollowed they would be too much to hold straight by anyone. That's why rear end of it was kept in special holster attached to a saddle, thanks to that much of it weight was put to a saddle and hussar had just to aim.
Also I remember I read somewhere that wings were actually worn to fight and it was because of Tatars. One of their tactics (Tatars) was to use a kind of lasso to catch other riders and pull them of their horses. In case of hussars theses lasso instead or rider were catching a wings attached to saddle. But I can't verify this information so it may be completely false
Ciekawostka, za sprzedanie konia husarskiego za granicę, kara śmierci i utrata dobytku, rodzina skazana na wygnanie
The Habsburgs did not lose in the battle of Mohacz in 1526. The King of Hungary and Bohemia was Ludwik of the Jagiellonian dynasty, not of the Habsburgs. Ludwik was a descendant of the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Władysław Jagiełło. Ludwik's grandfather was the King of Poland, Kazimierz Jagiellon, and his grandmother, Elżbieta Habsburg, known as the Mother of Kings - her four sons were the kings of Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
Poland rules and save Europe always thats the true.
a bit of error in the video around 8:22 , the battle of Mohacs was not fought by the Habsburgs, it was fought by the independent Hungarian Kingdom. The king himself died in the battle paving the way for a civil war between 2 factions, the Catholic nobility argued for a Habsburg king for western protection against the Ottomans while the protestants were supporting a hungarian noble named Szapolyai arguing that trading Ottoman rule for Habsburg rule is not that different. This faction later got support from the Ottomans themself in a divide and conquer strategy and were essentially the founder of the semi-independent Transylvanian Principality in the East. The Ottomans swooped in in the chaos and took the middle part of the country while the Habsburgs took the West and East.
Actually i heard multiple times that hussars didnt die out because of firearm and pike formations but imstead from the corruption that was consuming the entire country mainly from having shitty kings that like a good buttfucking from the russian governmemt. Lack of morale was another issue as before the hussars wouldnt care how many opponents they would have as they were known for winning impossible battles when looking at the numbers. The country wass falling into despair slowly so i wouldnt be surprised why people stopped joining. Being a hussar was also very costly and mainly nobility or simply people with money usually became hussars and as we know corruption always starts from the very top. The country was a dying one so actually i would have been amazed if such an elite unit was to survive. Firearms and pikes did not kill of the hussars as it was proven many times that muskets were very innacurate and not that powerful as hussar breastplates were always tested and they had to survive the impact of a musket from a certain distance to be qualified as decent. Polish lances were usually longer than pikes so thry did reach the pikemen before pikemen reached them. Not to mention that hussars had different battle tactics depending on who they fought so they were ready to fight anyone.
do u know that exporting horses was forbiden in ResPublicaSerenissima?
Every husar has two towarzyszy , husar atack long spear , after him atack one of towarzyszy and he cut sabre on enemy's hand ,then three towarzysz kills enemy
Wings were not for sound. I had plesure to see charge of 20 hussars and galloping horses are so loud that theres no chance to hear the wings.
one football club from Poland played a club from Austria a few years ago and fans from Poland put a transperent: "we will play Galatasaray today if not us in 1683" think it was funny
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According to the lie I’m making up right now, my ancestor was a Winged Hussar at Vienna.
The strength of Hussaria was on their tactic against firearms. They were trained to charege in lose formation. Wings covered It. Ten After first volley, secound and third rank pushed up and charged faster. The enterned in to free spece between first rank. And suddenly opponent had to fight against rights formation wideer front than expected ana more Lancer pushed on full momentum. It have the chance to attack front and wing of the reiment. There was not an equal opponent against duch tactic. If charged regiment wad to big or stand to tight, hussars go back took new lances and charged again. Hussars ware very best fances too, do fighting with sabre mace, warhammer after they smashed first opponent ranks with lance was not a problem. You must knows that Poland had secound heavy cavlary unit type called "pancerny" panzers/armoured. They were skilled fighters but they do not used lances. This unit was faster, do the attacked after Hussars or outflanked enemy and than persuit broken units.
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The truth is the name hussar huszár which is a combination of two Hungarian words hush - twenty and ar meaning fief or earthly goods, because it was an honorary service. Each one equiped himself and did not take any money from the King. So only the richest could be in this formation. And at the same time the bravest. I do not know if this is true but they say that in 125 years of history they did not lose any battle. They were the pride of the Polish army.
Hello . I will give you an example of two battles in which Polish hussars fought with an enemy a little more numerous than themselves. And she won. The first was the Battle of Mogilev on June 27, 1581. one of the clashes of the Polish-Russian war. The army of Ivan the Terrible and his allies (mainly Tatars) numbered about 30,000 soldiers, and even 45,000 with henchmen. There were about 200 Poles. That is from 150 to 225 enemies per 1 hussar rider. After 7 hours of fighting in the open field, the enemy gave up. Losses on the Polish side - 0. The second battle was fought at Hodowo on June 11, 1694 during the Polish-Turkish war. On the Polish side it is known that there were 100 hussars and 300 armored cavalry. They were against 25,000 to 70,000, but the Polish king, Jan III Sobieski, gave the number 40,000 in an interview with Mikołaj Złotnicki. That is from 62.5 to 175 enemies per one
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aaaand then austria invaded poland, what a move; to be fair though the polish parts of the austrian empire flourished under austrian rule
Each soldier owed his commander 20 enemy kills
9:50 polish army did not need supply lines. Poland had good transport by rivers so food could be send and army was looking for food for their own so area was often clear after battle.
13:20 Lances were empty inside so they were lighter and had better weight arrangement and were longer. Lances were longer than pikes.
20:45 Fight for hussars was a honor. They believed that they are sons people who captured this area, so they are from war nation who are here to deffend and only they can do it. They were also deffending their laws as polish had the most freedom. They were arrogant to other nation as they had to listen their kings. Their equipment was so expensive and often wars cost them more than they earned. They were fighting primitive soldiers so they did not feel fear.
...and hundred years later Habsburgs took part in partition of Poland and Ottoman Empire was one of two countries that did not to recognize the Partition of Poland. Funny how things turn out :/
and Winged Hussars didnt lost ANY battle for over 100 years
and wings were made to scare enemys horses
and many times Polnad's enemys rejected to fight with Winged Hussars
Can we have a Mr T, Essex and Sabaton History crossover :)
Saving of Vienna was big big mistake of Poles
So what's the point of the canal?
1526 was against a Jagiellon king of Hungary, not Habsburgs...
Polish hussars exist till this day. Just in different nickname
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Polonez Husari for you ;)
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so, thanks to hussars we ending up, drinking coffee! 😊
i came here for the last commentary from par and he fucking muted it .....
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Battle of Samosierra - Hussars with Napoleonic army -invasion of Spain
1776 was the year of the end of hussars.
Wings was also making sounds and horses was scared
No, it was no possibility to hear it on a battlefield mess. It's a myth.
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People try so hard to make Polish Hussars anything but Polish and I’m sick and tired of seeing it.
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Not exactly. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth borders on the west and south-west remained calm for hundreds of years (not counting a few incidental events). This was the border with the German states. It was Prussia that brought aggressive hatred into Polish-German relations. Prussia - the cancer which should never arise, which arose from Polish weakness and devoured its host.
Lion of north lose battle with Poles in Gniew hihi
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And then we had the other guys. The ones that made winged hussars look like boy scouts. Lisowczycy was their name, and they were the guys that got shit done...
At last someone talking about them. On Rembrandt's paint "Polish raider' there is Lisowczyk, not Winged Hussar. In the west of Europe they were called Elears which means more over - Desperados, how bad ass is it? :-)
Serbian name hussar its warior wyt horse