The muslim tatars who fought with the poles were descendants from refugees who fled from Tamerlane when he conquered the Middle East. They were granted asylum in Lithuania.
Battle of Hodowo (June 11, 1694) - the battle between the Polish and Tatar troops during the Polish-Turkish war (1683-1699). Win by the Polish side thanks to the hussars' charge, despite the power ratio of approximately 100: 1 (approx. 40 thousand Tatars against 400 Poles)
One of the places where they were granted land i know is in Kruszyniany and in Bohoniki in podlaskie voivodeship. They have nice mosque and are very friendly people.
Jestem z podlasia. Bardzo dobrze znam historie tatarów. Ci akurat nie byli przyjazni. U ich boków walczyli również tatarzy polscy którzy odmówili posłuszeństwu dla naszego króla.
Indeed. I am from eastern side of Poland and they do live here. They are actually mostly of asian background. And as someone pointed out they are not a cause of trouble. Or rather they cause the amount of trouble everyone does. They were usually employed in form of light cavalry which was good at scouting and horse archery. Its actually ironic really. Poland is quite catholic in comparison to other european countries and the eastern part of Poland is the most catjolic of all and yet there are muslims in the backyard and noone seems to care. A mystery truly.
Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit, "We came, We saw, God conquered" Is the quote of Jan III (who was elected king of Poland in 1674) Who lead army to rescue Vienna. And said that in the letter to Pope after the battle
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
We also need to remember the extreme respect that grew between Turks (or the Ottomans) and Poles, even though there were many many brutal and bloody wars fought between those two nations/empires. It grew so big that when Poland was (finally) partitioned between moscovites, prussia and austro-hungary, Turkey/Ottomans was probably the only nation that NEVER recognized this partition. It went so far that whenever an emissary from any of those 3 occupying nations arrived before the Sultan, a chamberlain (I think it is correct term) would step up upon annunciation and state "Polish emissary has not arrived yet!". It is something still remembered in Poland by many poles.
This is a fact. Turkey refused any diplomatic relations without Polish emmisaries. Also Syria helped Poles a lot with refugees even to the point of state paid Polish shools. There is a saying in Polish "you know who your friends are at the time of need". Rough translation but i hope U get a gist of it. We remember and there may come a time to help them. We will always, even after being erased from maps, be there for you. Your Phoenix friends. :)
Another polish person I see this is what I think💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️🪖🪖🪖🤴🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
At Oxford, Tolkien and a small group of scholars and friends formed a group that they called the “inklings”. They would read to each other parts of the works they were studying. The Inklings, over the years, had several Polish scholars join their gatherings. Tolkien had a long fascination with cavalry. It is no surprise that many of the passages of the LOTR closely parallel the works of Sienkiewicz as those would most certainly have been read to him by his Polish acquaintances. There is a passage in The Two Towers describing horses passing through the tall grasses of Rohan appearing as though swimming in a sea. That passage is a worthy transliteration of a section in Sienkiewicz’s “With fire and Sword”. With all that said, Tolkien would have been well versed by his Polish colleagues on the Battle of Vienna and the charge of 20,000 Polish cavalry into the flanks of the Ottoman horde of 300,000.
Tolkien doesn't like this view of research. If you look like it. You can say Rohan are Turks because some names so similar like Eomer(Ömer) and Turks was so strong cavalry and womans even can fight in war like Eowyn. If you look then they are wearing light or medium armor like Old Turks cavalry.
@@-Tufix- except for cataphracts, all cavalry units wore light armor, that's not an ottoman speciality edit: oh and btw, the name Éomer just translates to "horse-famous" from old english. and looking at rohans architecture, it's clearly a mixture of old nordic/saxon building styles. literally nothing of the rohirrim has anything to do with the ottomans.
@@Seygem I can accept some of these information but I can't find Éomer translate from google. Probably it is LOTR language. I couldn't find Oxford research too. If you can find please send it to me. Yeah some of cavalry army wearing leather armor. But if you look Polish army when fighting with ottoman they are obviously wearing heavy armor(hussary). So I think @halynywiatr ,s information has'nt a base stone. We can talk about a lot of thing on this race for example rohan loving horse and using bow when riding horse. If you look before ottoman you will see Old Turkish Hans using same way to fight and living with horse. On the other hand While Tolkien was alive, he openly said that he did not like such races to be compared to societies (for example, the Haradrim resembled Indians) and that they were drawn to this side in his work. In other words, it would be absurd for us to discuss this topic while trying to explain that these events are all fiction, even though the Author of the subject we are talking about on the basis of the product does not accept (Lotr states that these works are far from the real world behind his books, so there is a space for people to escape and leave them alone). As a matter of fact, I wanted to point out in my previous comment that if you could pull this event this way, I could pull it this way too. I may not have been able to express myself because of my English. never mind. However, unless the author of a fictional work says so, I get angry when you write such things yourself and say there are researches and I can't find them on google.
@@-Tufix- To be honest, i have no idea how you missed this, considering these are among the very first hits on google: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89omer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohan_(Middle-earth)
Poland: Hey Turkey wanna hear a joke? Turkey: Yeah? Poland: Vienna Turkey: I don't get it Poland: That's when the winged hussars arrived Turkey: *Ah not this again..*
Battle of Hodowo (June 11, 1694) - the battle between the Polish and Tatar troops during the Polish-Turkish war (1683-1699). Win by the Polish side thanks to the hussars' charge, despite the power ratio of approximately 100: 1 (approx. 40 thousand Tatars against 400 Poles)💪💪💪
A cool thing about this song is the line "Death from above, it's an army of kings". By the time this battle took place, 1683, the make up of the Winged Hussars was all Polish Nobility, so literally an army of "kings" ie: rulers. I love that Sabaton got that little detail in the song.
Yes, you neeeded to be noble to afford a horse and armor. Actually at least 2 horses. Specially bred and trained, one would cost a small village. But hussars were no kings. Usually second, third sons. First born son would inherit the land and provide for the brothers that defended it.
@@Handrak : Selling a hussar horse outside Poland was punishable by death. The horses, that were actually quite small, but capable of extreme turns, were extremely expensive and their training was brutal and a well-guarded secret.
Fun fact: Supposedly mercenaries would sign on to fight for the enemies of Poland on the condition that they would never be sent into battle against the Winged Hussars. It was considered to be one of the best - if not the best - shock cavalry units in Europe back then. Greetings from Poland!
@@painvillegaming4119 It's also fucking nuts when you realize that one Cavalry is expensive, and they are often trained to hell and back And two, the best cavalry is fielded by the richest, meaning the best cavalry is most likely just small fraction of what's about to come
@@painvillegaming4119 Yeah cavalry is stupid good for a alot of the daily shit they can do you only need a few mounted knights to deal with a lot of untrained rebels, that said, they are high risk high reward units A bad call and they are fucked
Poland had support of Tatars which are muslim minority on polish soil for couple hundred years. They stood along Polish/Commonwealth military multiple times, and continuie to be good neighbor to polish people up until today. Kinda small minority nowadays though.
Tatars fought on both sides of the battle. The Polish Tatars fought for Poland, the Crimean Tatars fought for their own country (which was allied with the Ottomans). Tatars were always a small minority in Poland. But we also always had a disproportionately high impact on the Polish-Lithuanian military.
@@1985watanabe to prawda często odwiedzam wioskę tatarską w Polsce uwielbiam tatarskie jedzenie i opowieść o życiu Tatarów w świątyni muzułmańskiej. Taka ciekawostką Polska kawaleria Ułańska była stworzona na wzór kawalerii tatarskiej walczącej u boku Polaków dlatego nie miała chorągwi tylko tatarsku bończuk biało czerwono zielony czyli polskie barwy narodowe z kolorem zielonym proroka.
@@jn1205 10 lat wcześniej pod Chocimiem z 30 tysiącami ludzi i 65 działami zaatakował 40-tysięczną armię ze 120 działami za umocnieniami polowymi i też ją pobił. Zresztą znawcy wojskowości to tę bitwę uważają za największe zwycięstwo Sobieskiego.
@@keriusz1 może z obsługą tzw ciury obozowe , kobiety i dzieci, chociaż i tak przesadzone liczby ... co rok w opowieściach przybywało 1000 ludzi. Siły były wyrównane 90 tys żołnierzy tureckich , 80 tys .austro- niemieckich i polskich. Zadecydowała technika i przytłaczająca liczba kawalerii niemiecko polskiej ok 25 tys ...Turcy mieli ok. 5 tys jazdy...
Especially if you consider how many soldiers marched/rode from Poland to Vienna in that short of time and then totally turned the siege you just have to admire how great of a victory this was. One of the most under-rated moments in history! I wonder how Europe would have developed if Vienna had fallen. It would have been a major cultural shift.
I feel like, at least here in the US, so much of what we're taught of history is from a Western perspective. There is so much rich history in Eastern Europe that is lesser known but deserves to be known much better.
Not sure how it can be "under-rated" considering how often it's held up as having saved Europe from Ottoman conquest. Which is absurd, the Ottoman Empire of 1683 was stagnant and had fallen behind its European rivals. Weakness that was demonstrated by how the Ottomans lost the Great Turkish War so thoroughly that they had to cede Hungary to Austria, a territorial loss that was a first in Ottoman history and would have been unthinkable during e.g. the time of Suleiman the Magnificent. Also, most of the relief army weren't from Poland, but from various German states. The winged hussars just stole the show.
I like the joke that writers have to lower their numbers from what actually happened in history. Because no one would be able to "suspend their disbelief" in fiction if the numbers were as high as what actually happened in history.
What I know is about Polish history. Brave pepole💪they win lots of crazy battles. Most of them they should lose... But is beautiful peace of history and they win 💪
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
You're just LOVIN' Sabaton since you watched the "No Bullets Fly" video huh? I completely understand. Loved how you related to your wife's grandfather being in that bomb group - great personal touch. Really enjoy your videos - keep going brother.
I'm glad you mentioned Helms Deep. Everyone always points to the charge of the Rohirrim in Return of the King but the Battle of Helms deep is an almost blow for blow recreation of the Siege of Vienna. It's more accurate to say that the Rohirrim themselves were inspired by the Hussars while the battle of Helms Deep is inspired by the real life events of the siege.
On the way from Poland the Polish troops rode through an area where the Ottomans had massacred the villagers. Yeah the troops were angry. The quote was from Sobieski.
Not to mention that Poland in the years preceding this battle had fought its own series of wars against the Ottomans. Poland de facto lost the 1672-1676 war against the Ottomans, losing Podolia. In short: Poland-Lithuania had many reasons to oppose the Ottomans, seeing some ravaged countryside in upper Hungary was probably the least of them.
I seriously doubt that the mongols with the massive armies mostly cavalry didn't charge with more than 18000 men at some point. Not discrediting this charge but the records during the mongol era was not as good as it was in 17th century Europe.
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
The Holy League's Infantry had actually engaged the Ottoman army and were in the process of pushing them back, the massive cavalry charge down the Kahlenburg was the final nail in the coffin. A significant portion of the Ottoman army consisted of Hungarian protestant levies. At the time, the Austrian-dominated Holy Roman Empire was very strongly persecuting Protestants, so Protestant Hungary (at the time) sided with the Ottomans (who had repeatedly provided military assistance) against their greater foe. In spite of Poland's contributions at this battle, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth would be partitioned between Prussia, Russia and Austria less than a century later.
This would be the last major action the Poland -Lithuanian Commonwealth every did. Sadly after this amazing charge the Commonwealth weakened and declined.
Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth was kille off by their own nobility, wich was egotistical idiots 100% of the time. Jan should have purged them and restored hereditary monarchy. Poland-Lithuania would probalby still be around if he had.
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
Greetings from Austria. I just recently found your channel and binge-watched all your Sabaton reaction videos and I really hoped that you do this song and suddenly I see it on you page. I really like this song, also because I'm from Austria and the two sieges of vienna are an important part of our history. Keep on doing this great videos!
The geek/nerd in me loves that you're going with the historical take on this. It's part of why I love Sabaton so much is because it gets me to research stuff
What's really interesting, is that the wings of the Hussars were thought to be a frightening sight not only for the Ottomans, but also to their horses.
My great-grandfather (more times "great-";)) fought in the Battle of Vienna. It was one of the biggest battles. Strategically, it was a very well played battle. Poland saved Europe from Islamization.
Poland saved Europe from Islamization in 1683 in the same way it saved Europe from Bolshevism in 1920. That is, in the imagination of Polish patriots only. Neither of the time was the invading power in any position to conquer all of Europe.
in Hungarian, it's Húszár, pronounced hoo-sar, and I'm pretty sure it's based off of the polish-lithuanian pronunciation, so it should be pronounced like that in English, too
In Polish there has been kind of split in pronunciacion - winged hussars kept original somewhat soft "s" (so is husaria, husarze, husarzy), while hussars known as napoleonic light cavalry are spelled with strong "z" (huzarzy, huzarów). But the root is the same, straight from Hungarian :)
When it comes to the hussars, Hungary had a great influence. The Hussars was founded by the Polish King Stefan (Istvan) Batory who was Hungarian, the first units of Hussars consisted of Serbian mercenaries.
According to texts and materials in the polish museum of polish military, those wings were only used either on parades or when hussars where escorting a VIP somewhere for a special occasion. Still always makes me happy to see part of my country's history appreciated in modern culture!
This is not your first time showing this group, and I always said I dont enjoy this type of music, but the combination of the history and the amazing music and singing, has made me totally love these guys.
In 1683, Jan III of Poland said "Venimus Vidimus, Deus vicit," or "We came, we saw, and God conquered" reminding his triumphant soldiers after the Battle of Vienna that there is "No I in TEAM" and that "Man proposes, God disposes" in one witty quip. It was the very king who led the charge!
I wish the movie used in the background here actually depicted how the winged hussars fought. they would plow through formations despite spears pointed directly at them
That charge must have seemed like the world was ending. Thousands of horses all running in the same direction would have shook the battle field! Part of me wishes I could have seen it.
Not necessarily, as it was not the tactic of hussars to show off their numbers. They charged in extremely close formations in lines with large rifts between them to avoid enemy fire and only formed an actual unit right before hitting the enemy lines. They spread as wide as possible right before smashing into the enemy line and that must have looked mighty scary. The tactic was to fan out and pepper the enemy pikemen with pistol fire (each hussar carried one, usually two pistols under their saddles) and then smash into them with extremely long pikes, that were attached to the saddles at the other end putting the entire mass of the horse behind the stab. Nasty business. One of the hussars wrote in his memoirs, that he carried five Swedes on his pike before it broke off.
First, this is my FAVORITE song by SABATON!!! Sabaton makes you feel patriotic for other people's countries! I delved into the history of this battle after I heard this song, and I learned something extremely interesting: the wings on the Hussars served a purpose besides great looks. Apparently, the feathers would ruffle and flutter as the horsemen road faster, creating a "hummmm" as they charged. The ominous hum was their sound of doom, and along with the thunder of hoofs, would be terrifying for any line of men attempting to break a charge of heavy cavalry!!
Not sure if just kidding but Im waking up for the last 10+ years to rocky theme. And it started coz I was sleeping at job and set this alarm to jump up and run up the stairs. Still lovin it and only downside is on odd occasion when i hear rocky theme my adrenaline jumps up and im super alert. My point is find some ridiculous po culture melody with some poaitive connections and u wont hate it after few weeks and will always wake u up.
Many countries have or have had regiments of Hussars, and pronunciation is dependent on the native language. I'm English, so I use the English pronunciation, as I would expect of any English speaker. The important thing is to convey the correct meaning, so the pronunciation of the language used should be preferred over that used by the country or language of origin. I'm afraid that is a large part of what translation involves, old chap. English words are not just mispronounced but misspelt when translated into USian - the only real problem is that they still call it English. Definitely not something to get your panties in a bunch over.
@@phillee2814 Also the word isn't even Polish in origin but likely either Serbian or Hungarian and it has likely changed pronunciation a lot over the hundreds of years of the words existence.
It is pronounced the same way you would say "You thieving, womanizing, bastard get your hands of my wife, daughter and booze and get of my property." I'm a a former hussar trust me, but not with anything lootable.
THANK YOU! Waited for it and love this song so much! Visited the "HGM" museum in Vienna in 2017,where they have an awesome display of this battle and much loot from the Turks ;)
I recommend you to watch two polish films based on great trylogy of books - "With fire and sword" from 1999 and "The Deluge" from 1974. Story takes place around mid XVII century in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the films have great battle scenes, some with winged hussars.
there arent many thing i remember about the hussars, but i believe they not only had this outragously expensive armour,.. horses (obviously) and their lances were incredible long,..so cost on top of costs on top of costs.. they were extremely expensive to maintain and in the time after vienna they had a last peek and than went the way of the samurai,.. giving a farmer a rifle is just cheaper than maintaining a standing army of so expensive soldiers
Well, factors for their decline were many, being very expensive troops to upkeep was one of those. But main reasons were growing political chaos in the country, collapse of economy and outdated organization of the military force as such. In fact, husaria (winged hussars, but without wings and armour) was officially kept `till 1772 (may be a bit wrong) and than evolved into so called National Cavalry - formation with more socio-political background than military. In better conditions I suppose, that winged hussars would evolve in something resembling western cuirassiers of middle XVIII century, heavy break-through cavalry.
As a Serb its really a powerful thing sharing this magnificent part of medieval European history with Poles. With Ottomans at their peak, the sheer number of Serbian hussar cavalry fighting as mercenaries in central Europe. Although winged hussars depicted here are mainly the work of Balts and crazy Poles xD
When a nobile wanted to become a hussar he needed to provide three "armored companions" with him. Pay for three armors and horses if it's needed, and servants of course. It was really expensive duty.
And there was a designated officer at the back that would shoot deserters. There wasnt many, in most cases u had to be rich and it was great honor but if in front of enemy u had second thoughts, welp bad luck i guess.
The Hussars were one of the most (if not the most) formidable heavy cavalry units of that era. One of the best examples certifying this statement is the battle of Kłuszyn, a part of the Polish-Russian war of 1609-1618. 5600 hussars (plus approx. 1000 auxillaries) defeated the 35 thousand strong Russian and Swedish army.
You should try to imagine the king Sobieski himself. He was at the head of the charge, not at the back giving orders. He was an old and fat guy on a horse at the front line slicing these turks with his sabre. What a sight!
Back in high school on my AP European history exam I included the charge of the Winged Hussars in it as an example of something, and the only reason I remembered the year was because I sung the song in my head up to the part where it mentioned the year
If I remember right the Poles placed their artillery on the mountain where the cavalry came down. The Muslim army did not think anyone would be coming from the mountain
Yes I have read that before. I believe Polish have much to be proud of. I am American and have good Polish American friends. Many Polish Americans fought hard and dangerous battles for the USA, many gave their lives for my country. We are lucky to have them. Poland is a brave country. History made them born with a sword in one hand and a hammer in the other,(for rebuilding their cities, I think) Poland has had some nasty neighbors! Long live Poland!
...and one of the stories from the battle is that, when the foot soldiers from both side, saw the charge of polish cavalery they,ve stoped fighting for some time to watch the beauty of the charge.
I'd love to see you do more on Poland including the Warsaw uprising. I understand that the wings created an eerie sound that struck fear into the enemy.
In my opinion, wing was not used in battles, or when they where, it was rare. Kind of not the hussars style, not to big help in battle now is it? Could obstruct movement of a rider on horse, could slow them down to lean backwards on horse to dodge a blow, not practical at all. And the noise...myth and legend, that it was created by wings. It was them flags on lances, that where 1.5 meter long. As a stationary rider with lance up, it was hangin from top to horse head. Hussars where a killing machines, polish spartans. I will say, that even horses where like spartans. The horses that was fighting, where in 7-14y old, since small they where trained in art of war, same as riders. Breed to mix was some kind of eastern horse, belive it was named "tarpan" that was not afraid of gunshots( he was just stopping, not getting panicked), and a western heavy horse. The result-fast, agile, but strong and tall well trained medieval tank, who was going about 40km/h with nearly 100kg on itself. They could pass some stupid 200km, then straight away to top performance in battle. Madness. For selling horse outside of commonwealth was fines, repossesion of land, "tower"- todays jail, or-if you sold to muslims DEATH. Another thing is tactics in battle, too much to write, if You like Hussars go for it, and search, You will not regret. Take care.
@vloging through history, it has to be mentioned that winged hussars actually were also heavy cavalry. they were heavily armored and each rider usually was a mountes weapon aresnal. from pistoly to spears/javelins and sabres. and the feathers in their "wings" gave the a kind of heavy wind blowing sound when they were charging. im not sure if one can draw an analogy to stukas there but it supposedly had a similar effect.
If I remember correctly: When they say the phrase 'Death from above' is also a reference to their wings and how they looked liked Angels sent by god. Also 'Army of Kings' I think is the reference to the fact that most of the hussars were nobles (led by the king) who were one of the most wealthiest at the time in Poland-Lithuania. I am Polish so I know a bit about this but do not remember all the details.
@@sabotuerelthendo2578 To be precise, winged hussars were formed of nobles, and usually, since those nobles were rich they could afford to arm one or two of his close guards to join hussars as well. So, the winged hussars weren't only nobles, but as well "bodyguards" of those nobles, sometimes nobles themselves, but sometimes not.
I've actually watched this movie twice and so I actually looked up the Polish military and for several hundred years they were the shock and all cavalry at the time they would have up to 10,000 people go up against anywhere between 20 30 and 40,000 troops and they would win battles with very few casualties on their side. Eventually they were phased out but they had a very fearsome reputation. I learned that each Calvary had to buy their own armament and what they would each wear and what weaponry that they would have pretty cool once you look everything up.
The odds would often be much worse for the Poles. Kircholm 1605, Chocim 1621 are two of many examples. The equipment part is true with the exception for the lance. Since it was considered a national secret (it was hollowed out and some special manufacturing technique was used), that one element was provided by the crown.
It's worth mentioning that winged hussars were part time oldschool heavy cavalry, with long lances and so on, and apart from cavalry sabers they also used an intersting type of sword called koncerz in polish. It was similar to very big a cavalry rapier, very long (1,6m, or 63 inch thrusting sword).
It really can't be overstated how powerful Hussaria was in its prime. It's not just that it was a cavalry. It was heavily armoured, with horses specifically bred to carry the load of all that metal. Once it picked up speed, especially with the advantage of the high ground, the Hussars were just a moving wall of steel, horse teeth and spears, and swords, simply unstoppable, when properly utilized in battle. It also relied on the sheer intimidating power it had, winning encounters often even before they clashed with the enemy. Can you imagine seeing hundreds or thousands of Hussars, with their heavy armour and the wings, charging at you at full speed? And it's pronounced more like.... Hoozzahs :D
You gotta admit it, a force of 18,000 up against a force of 150,000, they were some brave cavalrymen. Edit: Thanks to undertakernumberone1 The actual relief force was 47,000 Germans and Austrians and 27,000 Poles. So around 74,000 men in total.
They did not... for fucks sake, they did not... to quote from wikipedia: Viennese garrison: 11,000 soldiers[9] + 5,000 volunteers[9] 312 guns but only 141 operational[9] (strength on 10 September 1683) Relief force: 47,000 Germans and Austrians with some 112 guns[10] 27,000 Poles with 28 guns[11] it wasn't just 18,000... the cav charge was 3,000 Winged Hussars, + other polish AND GERMAN Cavalry. When the cav charge committed, the Ottoman infantry had already been battered by Imperial, Bavarian etc. and Polish Infantry.
@@azarth8805 yeah, which is where the reaction came from, because a lot of people only listen to "AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!" and don't bother reading up on it. Wasn't personal, just frustration from people not bothering to even take a short look at Wikipedia but then going "The Winged Hussars won that battle alone!"
This was the largest cavalry charge in Western European history. The battle of Kars saw a massive charge of 40,000 Persians vs an Ottoman army, but I consider this to be Middle East or Western Asia in location.
Yeah, i belive it was Jan Chryzostom Paszek, could spell it wron a bit. Sometimes he was going over the top with his stories. Battle of Polonka, with moscoviets, this is where he written it. Six is kind of too much, according to historians, but 2 or 3 was a common viev, when fithing with enemies with thin armor or without. And then get back for another lance, regroup and strike, then for another lance...untill there was no horses left :) take care
@@mariuszedward3469 I knew I Got some things wrong. I often forget names, and dates, but I remember details. And to think I'm getting my Masters Degree in military history this year hah (also, I'm polish, just replying in English for Clarity's sake)
@@Alcatraz252 good luck with degree, and read more about hussars, it's just military masterpiece. I've menaged to finish podstawowka :) take care, and horse health for You !!
I love how Joakim pronounces "bury" to rhyme with "fury". It confused me when I first started hearing it (it's in this song and also in "'Wolfpack"), but I guess it makes sense when you see it written down.
For every polish hussar there were a few light polish riders from his domain. Lithuanians didnt take part in the charge because they were late to the battlefield as usual.
Tolkien loved the charge of the Hussars so much he created an entire race of man (Rohirrim) SPECIFICALLY so that they could REPEATEDLY do a "Winged Hussar Charge" type thing. I mean don't get me wrong, Rohan's my favourite (well them and Elendil but w/e), but damn Tolkien, calm down.
Nah. While their charges may be inspired by the Winged Hussars, the nation of Rohan is pretty much Tolkien's power fantasy of an alternative history Anglo-Saxon kingdom that got into cavalry warfare and thus resisted the Norman conquest.
Such a little known and under appreciated battle in regards to what it did for history. Vienna was the gateway to Europe for the Ottomans, if they took Vienna then Ottoman armies would be free to march on the heartland of Europe and we might very well see a very different Europe today
Bernardino Malanotti is documented in 1598 as being an imperial advisor, and secretary of the Archduchess Anna Cattarina in the Courts at Innsbruck and Vienna. He was the Royal concert and responsible for the then Princess Cecilia Renata (daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, of the House of Habsburg) successful trip to Poland, where she would be crowned Queen of Poland. She was a very popular Queen with the Polish people and this marriage linked the two Houses together. Bernardino is my ancestor and in a very small way responsible for establishing some of the reasons that the winged Hussars arrived.
You need to check The Last Stand, It's about the swiss guard that sacrificed themselves to let the Pope escape to safety during the sacking of Rome in 1527.
In fact, the hussars' attack tactics were very complicated. It required great individual training (One type of training was a game called "ring chase", which wealthy young noblemen played on horseback. It evolved from medieval knights' tournaments. A hussar had to hit a circle with a six-meter lance in a circle 20 cm in diameter at a horse's speed of about 50 km/h) and collective training. The attack involved driving towards the enemy at increasing speed, varying depending on the frequency of the enemy's volleys. This minimized own losses. During this maneuver, the formation was constantly being replenished (replacement of killed and injured soldiers from the first line by soldiers from the second line). The actual attack: The last few dozen meters were run at the highest speed. At this time, the formation tightened the ranks to such an extent that the soldiers touched their knees to the knees of their comrades in arms on the right and left. Thanks to this, all hussars attacked at the same time. Those who were not killed by the lance were trampled by horses. The lance was hit on the upper part of the first infantryman's upper part torso. It also impaled 1-2 more infantryman before it broke. It was recorded that subsequent hits were penetrated lower and lower. The entire force of the impact was absorbed by the saddle, not by the hussar's arm: the rear end of the lance was inserted into a leather "cup", attached to the saddle with a long strap). There were reports of even 4 to 6 infantry soldiers being pierced with one blow of a lance. The record holder killed six crowded Turkish cavalrymen with one lance at the Battle of Khotyn in 1621. With his already broken lance, the well-trained hussar tried to hit another infantryman in the head as if with a billiard cue before the horse stopped. Only then did he throw out the lance and, together with everyone else, turn in a tight turn towards the approaching helpers - henchmen, carrying more lances. Charges were repeated up to 8-10 times during one battle. If the first charge broke the enemy completely, the hussars reached for sabers or long, heavy broadswords and chased the enemy. Hussar horses were also trained to fight for 2-3 years. They were resistant to noise and sudden movements, like the clowns of modern police. They could kill people with their hooves, overturn carts, and break fences. Some had trainers from as far as the Caucasus. These horses, trained by the Kabardians, could grab the faces of enemy soldiers with their teeth and crush them. They bit and kicked the opponent's horses. Cavalry was fought using other methods. Sorry, my English is bad.
You did up untill Russians and Habsburgs had the bigger guns. After that, even Ottomans couldnt stop them from tearing Poland apart. Tho they protested in every opportunity they got. Like every time when they had great meetings with ambassadors and sultan asked "where's the Polish ambassador" loudy enough to Russians to hear. Apparently Poland didint forget this. That's why Polish prime minister said "after a long wait, Polish ambassador is finally here" when he visited Turkey after a long while back in 2001 or 2002 i think.
You want a discussion on the reasons behind the partitions? 1. Political corruption by our neighbors. 2. Underpaid army, underpaid officials... which just made them easier target for corruption. 3. Poland "died of civic rights". Low taxes, high freedom for the voting citizens, a functional parliament... makes for a nice country to live in, but a disadvantage when facing these highly centralized, highly taxed absolutist behemoths like Russia and Austria. Low taxes meant a small army and underpaid officials.. see point 1 and 2. 4. Diplomacy. Austria, Prussia and Russia managed to act in concert, while we failed to brake that unholy alliance up. We also failed to gain noteworthy allies. 5. It was a "bad place on the map" to be at. Spain or Turkey was going though a much worse crisis then we were at the time, but they simply didn't have such ruthlessly efficient neighbors to take advantage of them. 6. Poor past political decisions. We have not supported the enemies of Russia (like the Crimean Khanate or the Ottomans) when they were fighting against Russia. Then when push came to shove, we had to face Catherine the Great alone, there was nobody else left in the east to help us.
this was about the second siege of vienna by the turks.... the first time they left because it was winter i recently found your channel through oversimplified videos, stuck around because i like the content. now landed here on this video, because i tried to find out if there was content on your channel about that siege of my hometown. (not knowing that there was a song about that siege)
The muslim tatars who fought with the poles were descendants from refugees who fled from Tamerlane when he conquered the Middle East. They were granted asylum in Lithuania.
Battle of Hodowo (June 11, 1694) - the battle between the Polish and Tatar troops during the Polish-Turkish war (1683-1699). Win by the Polish side thanks to the hussars' charge, despite the power ratio of approximately 100: 1 (approx. 40 thousand Tatars against 400 Poles)
One of the places where they were granted land i know is in Kruszyniany and in Bohoniki in podlaskie voivodeship. They have nice mosque and are very friendly people.
Jestem z podlasia. Bardzo dobrze znam historie tatarów. Ci akurat nie byli przyjazni. U ich boków walczyli również tatarzy polscy którzy odmówili posłuszeństwu dla naszego króla.
We still have them in Poland
Indeed. I am from eastern side of Poland and they do live here. They are actually mostly of asian background. And as someone pointed out they are not a cause of trouble. Or rather they cause the amount of trouble everyone does. They were usually employed in form of light cavalry which was good at scouting and horse archery.
Its actually ironic really. Poland is quite catholic in comparison to other european countries and the eastern part of Poland is the most catjolic of all and yet there are muslims in the backyard and noone seems to care. A mystery truly.
Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit, "We came, We saw, God conquered" Is the quote of Jan III (who was elected king of Poland in 1674) Who lead army to rescue Vienna. And said that in the letter to Pope after the battle
King Jan III Sobieski
He wrote that in letter to his wife
@@lUPIVULTUS to Pope for sure.
Good Ole Jan III Sobiesky really going for the title of Best Catholic at times.
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
We also need to remember the extreme respect that grew between Turks (or the Ottomans) and Poles, even though there were many many brutal and bloody wars fought between those two nations/empires. It grew so big that when Poland was (finally) partitioned between moscovites, prussia and austro-hungary, Turkey/Ottomans was probably the only nation that NEVER recognized this partition. It went so far that whenever an emissary from any of those 3 occupying nations arrived before the Sultan, a chamberlain (I think it is correct term) would step up upon annunciation and state "Polish emissary has not arrived yet!". It is something still remembered in Poland by many poles.
This is a fact. Turkey refused any diplomatic relations without Polish emmisaries. Also Syria helped Poles a lot with refugees even to the point of state paid Polish shools. There is a saying in Polish "you know who your friends are at the time of need". Rough translation but i hope U get a gist of it. We remember and there may come a time to help them. We will always, even after being erased from maps, be there for you. Your Phoenix friends. :)
Every time I listen to this song and see the winged hussars it gives me chills. there is nothing better than to be proud of my brave ancestors💪🇵🇱
I second that 🇵🇱 💪
I thid that......
the polish are the strongest, i visited for a weightlifting event and i love your country, the people are great.
Another polish person I see this is what I think💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️💂🏻♀️🪖🪖🪖🤴🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
When i hear the Winged Hussars,i Remember,In September,Then The Wing Hussars Arrive!
At Oxford, Tolkien and a small group of scholars and friends formed a group that they called the “inklings”. They would read to each other parts of the works they were studying. The Inklings, over the years, had several Polish scholars join their gatherings. Tolkien had a long fascination with cavalry. It is no surprise that many of the passages of the LOTR closely parallel the works of Sienkiewicz as those would most certainly have been read to him by his Polish acquaintances. There is a passage in The Two Towers describing horses passing through the tall grasses of Rohan appearing as though swimming in a sea. That passage is a worthy transliteration of a section in Sienkiewicz’s “With fire and Sword”.
With all that said, Tolkien would have been well versed by his Polish colleagues on the Battle of Vienna and the charge of 20,000 Polish cavalry into the flanks of the Ottoman horde of 300,000.
Tolkien doesn't like this view of research. If you look like it. You can say Rohan are Turks because some names so similar like Eomer(Ömer) and Turks was so strong cavalry and womans even can fight in war like Eowyn. If you look then they are wearing light or medium armor like Old Turks cavalry.
@@-Tufix- Eowyn couldn't fight there, she had to hide under helmet.
@@-Tufix- except for cataphracts, all cavalry units wore light armor, that's not an ottoman speciality
edit: oh and btw, the name Éomer just translates to "horse-famous" from old english. and looking at rohans architecture, it's clearly a mixture of old nordic/saxon building styles.
literally nothing of the rohirrim has anything to do with the ottomans.
@@Seygem I can accept some of these information but I can't find Éomer translate from google. Probably it is LOTR language. I couldn't find Oxford research too. If you can find please send it to me. Yeah some of cavalry army wearing leather armor. But if you look Polish army when fighting with ottoman they are obviously wearing heavy armor(hussary). So I think @halynywiatr ,s information has'nt a base stone. We can talk about a lot of thing on this race for example rohan loving horse and using bow when riding horse. If you look before ottoman you will see Old Turkish Hans using same way to fight and living with horse. On the other hand While Tolkien was alive, he openly said that he did not like such races to be compared to societies (for example, the Haradrim resembled Indians) and that they were drawn to this side in his work. In other words, it would be absurd for us to discuss this topic while trying to explain that these events are all fiction, even though the Author of the subject we are talking about on the basis of the product does not accept (Lotr states that these works are far from the real world behind his books, so there is a space for people to escape and leave them alone). As a matter of fact, I wanted to point out in my previous comment that if you could pull this event this way, I could pull it this way too. I may not have been able to express myself because of my English. never mind. However, unless the author of a fictional work says so, I get angry when you write such things yourself and say there are researches and I can't find them on google.
@@-Tufix- To be honest, i have no idea how you missed this, considering these are among the very first hits on google:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89omer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohan_(Middle-earth)
Poland: Hey Turkey wanna hear a joke?
Turkey: Yeah?
Poland: Vienna
Turkey: I don't get it
Poland: That's when the winged hussars arrived
Turkey: *Ah not this again..*
Bwhaha yeah
Poland: Hey Turkey wanna hear a joke?
Turkey: Yeah?
Poland: Vienna
Turkey: I don't get it
Poland: AND YOU NEVER WILL!
I Feel like it's more Suitable.
Haha
Battle of Hodowo (June 11, 1694) - the battle between the Polish and Tatar troops during the Polish-Turkish war (1683-1699). Win by the Polish side thanks to the hussars' charge, despite the power ratio of approximately 100: 1 (approx. 40 thousand Tatars against 400 Poles)💪💪💪
I am from poland polska!!
A cool thing about this song is the line "Death from above, it's an army of kings". By the time this battle took place, 1683, the make up of the Winged Hussars was all Polish Nobility, so literally an army of "kings" ie: rulers. I love that Sabaton got that little detail in the song.
Yes, you neeeded to be noble to afford a horse and armor. Actually at least 2 horses. Specially bred and trained, one would cost a small village. But hussars were no kings. Usually second, third sons. First born son would inherit the land and provide for the brothers that defended it.
@@Handrak : Selling a hussar horse outside Poland was punishable by death. The horses, that were actually quite small, but capable of extreme turns, were extremely expensive and their training was brutal and a well-guarded secret.
Pretty sure that's not the lyrics. "Army on wings."
@@lucascampos5498 its “an army of kings”
@@-_chira_- Indeed.
I recommend The Last Stand. It’s about the Swiss guard and the sacking of Rome.
I agree! Awesome song!🤘
Hey im from Rome
No, it's about the crusades
@@connorbosley4431 this is directly from Sabaton’s website.
@@DillanWill i know that, it's a meme
You are correct, Tolkien fully admitted the ride of the Rohirrim was inspired by the charge of the Winged Hussars to break the siege of Vienna.
No he never said that Rohirrim inspired by Winged Hussars. It is just internet myth.
Fun fact: Supposedly mercenaries would sign on to fight for the enemies of Poland on the condition that they would never be sent into battle against the Winged Hussars. It was considered to be one of the best - if not the best - shock cavalry units in Europe back then. Greetings from Poland!
Don’t blame them they look like they a biblical army you shall see on judgement day chasing demons or something
Some believed the winged hussars were direct emissaries of god
I dont blame them for fearing them
@@painvillegaming4119 It's also fucking nuts when you realize that one
Cavalry is expensive, and they are often trained to hell and back
And two, the best cavalry is fielded by the richest, meaning the best cavalry is most likely just small fraction of what's about to come
@@anadaere6861 honestly money we’ll spend
@@painvillegaming4119 Yeah cavalry is stupid good for a alot of the daily shit they can do
you only need a few mounted knights to deal with a lot of untrained rebels, that said, they are high risk high reward units
A bad call and they are fucked
For the brief moment in 1683 the Winged Hussars became one of the only melee based forces in history I would consider a weapon of mass destruction.
And they were actually past their prime in 1683 as gunpowder weapons were getting more and more powerfull.
But still deadly.
Poland had support of Tatars which are muslim minority on polish soil for couple hundred years. They stood along Polish/Commonwealth military multiple times, and continuie to be good neighbor to polish people up until today. Kinda small minority nowadays though.
Tatars fought on both sides of the battle. The Polish Tatars fought for Poland, the Crimean Tatars fought for their own country (which was allied with the Ottomans).
Tatars were always a small minority in Poland. But we also always had a disproportionately high impact on the Polish-Lithuanian military.
@@1985watanabe to prawda często odwiedzam wioskę tatarską w Polsce uwielbiam tatarskie jedzenie i opowieść o życiu Tatarów w świątyni muzułmańskiej. Taka ciekawostką Polska kawaleria Ułańska była stworzona na wzór kawalerii tatarskiej walczącej u boku Polaków dlatego nie miała chorągwi tylko tatarsku bończuk biało czerwono zielony czyli polskie barwy narodowe z kolorem zielonym proroka.
7:55 "Przybyliśmy, zobaczyliśmy, zwyciężył Bóg!" - Jan III Sobieski
"We came, we saw, God conquered!"
"Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit!"
Bóg zawsze po stronie silniejszych
@@jn1205 W tym przypadku Bóg był po stronie słabszych. Silniejsi byli Turcy - to była 300 tys. armia!
czyli w 39 po stronie Hitlera był? @@jn1205
@@jn1205 10 lat wcześniej pod Chocimiem z 30 tysiącami ludzi i 65 działami zaatakował 40-tysięczną armię ze 120 działami za umocnieniami polowymi i też ją pobił. Zresztą znawcy wojskowości to tę bitwę uważają za największe zwycięstwo Sobieskiego.
@@keriusz1 może z obsługą tzw ciury obozowe , kobiety i dzieci, chociaż i tak przesadzone liczby ... co rok w opowieściach przybywało 1000 ludzi. Siły były wyrównane 90 tys żołnierzy tureckich , 80 tys .austro- niemieckich i polskich. Zadecydowała technika i przytłaczająca liczba kawalerii niemiecko polskiej ok 25 tys ...Turcy mieli ok. 5 tys jazdy...
Especially if you consider how many soldiers marched/rode from Poland to Vienna in that short of time and then totally turned the siege you just have to admire how great of a victory this was. One of the most under-rated moments in history! I wonder how Europe would have developed if Vienna had fallen. It would have been a major cultural shift.
I feel like, at least here in the US, so much of what we're taught of history is from a Western perspective. There is so much rich history in Eastern Europe that is lesser known but deserves to be known much better.
@@VloggingThroughHistory That's true but history hasn't been kind to Poland on either continent.
Our politicians are enforcing that cultural shift anyway sadly.
Not sure how it can be "under-rated" considering how often it's held up as having saved Europe from Ottoman conquest. Which is absurd, the Ottoman Empire of 1683 was stagnant and had fallen behind its European rivals. Weakness that was demonstrated by how the Ottomans lost the Great Turkish War so thoroughly that they had to cede Hungary to Austria, a territorial loss that was a first in Ottoman history and would have been unthinkable during e.g. the time of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Also, most of the relief army weren't from Poland, but from various German states. The winged hussars just stole the show.
“We Came, We Saw, God Conquered”
King Jan Sobieski ||| of Poland
''We Came, We Saw, God rescued'' Stop Distorting.
Great reactions, history knowledge and also a LOTR fan. Sh*t, I am so happy that I found this channel, keep doing what you do
Thanks Tommy! Glad to have you.
This is literally me right now as well
I like the joke that writers have to lower their numbers from what actually happened in history.
Because no one would be able to "suspend their disbelief" in fiction if the numbers were as high as what actually happened in history.
What I know is about Polish history. Brave pepole💪they win lots of crazy battles. Most of them they should lose... But is beautiful peace of history and they win 💪
listen to "40: 1" by sabaton. respect from Poland! glory to the heroes!
Ej xd mam taki sam avatar ale na telefonie mam takie etui
Na diskordzie i na steamie xd
Live version from Woodstock Poland 2012!
@@kilian8498 jak już chciałeś napisać komentarz to mogłeś się chociaż postarać wykrztusić trochę angielskiego
@@jgnatiususdragneel8491 xd ale pisałem to chłopa z polski byczq
Yes, Winged Hussars is one of Sabaton's best songs. Love it.
Thanks for sharing and go 10,000!
I'm of Polish ancestry, and this story has ever since I heard it made me proud to be a Pole.
Saying it again but "The Last Stand" Sack of Rome 1527 one of my favorite songs of theirs or "The Last Battle" Battle of Castle Itter 1945
It’s so great. I can listen to The Last Stand all day
The last Battle is just so underrated
@@sebastianarnold948 same!
@@p3chv0gel22 100% agreed
Hearts of Iron and Smoking Snakes!
In times of siege of vienna, Polish Winged Hussars were one from the greatest, strongest and well weaponized Military formation
King Jan III of Poland was the one saying: "Venimus, Vidimus, Deus vicit"
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
Bo my płacy dzięki Bogu wierzymy w Boga
You're just LOVIN' Sabaton since you watched the "No Bullets Fly" video huh? I completely understand.
Loved how you related to your wife's grandfather being in that bomb group - great personal touch.
Really enjoy your videos - keep going brother.
I'm glad you mentioned Helms Deep. Everyone always points to the charge of the Rohirrim in Return of the King but the Battle of Helms deep is an almost blow for blow recreation of the Siege of Vienna. It's more accurate to say that the Rohirrim themselves were inspired by the Hussars while the battle of Helms Deep is inspired by the real life events of the siege.
I dont know if you already did it but, 'Cliffs of Gallipoli' is a pretty good one aswell.
Last Battle, Hearts of Iron, Smoking Snakes, Ghost Division as well
If you check previous Sabaton videos, you will see me telling him to react that song. And I'm here again to tell that but you are here first.
Then the winged hussars arrived!
I just had to do it... :D
agreed, as a kiwi the ANZAC story is always a important story to tell
@@kieranjohnston8177 I play "Cliffs of Gallipoli" every ANZAC day along with "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and a few others.
On the way from Poland the Polish troops rode through an area where the Ottomans had massacred the villagers. Yeah the troops were angry. The quote was from Sobieski.
Not to mention that Poland in the years preceding this battle had fought its own series of wars against the Ottomans. Poland de facto lost the 1672-1676 war against the Ottomans, losing Podolia.
In short: Poland-Lithuania had many reasons to oppose the Ottomans, seeing some ravaged countryside in upper Hungary was probably the least of them.
@@1985watanabe revenge is a dish best served cold
Largest cavalry charge in history , Mongols have nothing on Pols our Slavic brothers, respect from Serbia
Cheers from Polska my comrade! 🤙😎🤙🇵🇱🇵🇱
I seriously doubt that the mongols with the massive armies mostly cavalry didn't charge with more than 18000 men at some point. Not discrediting this charge but the records during the mongol era was not as good as it was in 17th century Europe.
whaattt :D you should be crazy to saying this Mongol, Hun and Göktürk armies were the best land armies in the world
@@eddiewinehosen6665 I don't think their economy was strong enough to support 18k horses back then
@@RmRoyalflush if you have the ability to read, then do that
They saved the very asses of their destructors. They bled only to be betrayed by Habsburgs. Such irony. Respect Poland from Turkey.!
Dziękuję 🇵🇱🤝🇹🇷
AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARIVE
Ottomans : *[Confused Screaming]*
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
@_𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜_ lmao... 1 on 1 hussars kick ass. Nobody in history beat a 2 on 1...
I think 90% of sabaton songs are about history, they’re all very informative and metal lol it’s glorious
Sorry but 99% there fist song was shadows
not 90% but 99.9% of the songs. they have a few about metal and a few covers.
The Holy League's Infantry had actually engaged the Ottoman army and were in the process of pushing them back, the massive cavalry charge down the Kahlenburg was the final nail in the coffin. A significant portion of the Ottoman army consisted of Hungarian protestant levies. At the time, the Austrian-dominated Holy Roman Empire was very strongly persecuting Protestants, so Protestant Hungary (at the time) sided with the Ottomans (who had repeatedly provided military assistance) against their greater foe. In spite of Poland's contributions at this battle, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth would be partitioned between Prussia, Russia and Austria less than a century later.
i wish Sabaton had shown a bit more of hte surroundings, rather than just focusing on the 3,000 winged Hussars...
The polish-Lithuanian commonwealth had endless issues.
This would be the last major action the Poland -Lithuanian Commonwealth every did. Sadly after this amazing charge the Commonwealth weakened and declined.
Wait, here in Hungary we are teached that we gloriously fought the Ottomans till death and we didn’t give up eve; when only northern Hungary remained
Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth was kille off by their own nobility, wich was egotistical idiots 100% of the time. Jan should have purged them and restored hereditary monarchy. Poland-Lithuania would probalby still be around if he had.
Turkish Eye Witness : "They look like storm clouds, bristilling in armour and weapons, it was like a tide of black pitch rolling down the hill crushing and burning everything in its path."
Actually this quote in Ottoman source Fındıklılı Mehmet Efendi describes black clothed Austrian and German army, not Polish one.
i didnt even watch 1 second of it and i can already tell its gonna be epic
*THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED*
Greetings from Austria. I just recently found your channel and binge-watched all your Sabaton reaction videos and I really hoped that you do this song and suddenly I see it on you page. I really like this song, also because I'm from Austria and the two sieges of vienna are an important part of our history. Keep on doing this great videos!
I hope to visit your beautiful country someday!
Same here, great videos
@@VloggingThroughHistory thank you
The geek/nerd in me loves that you're going with the historical take on this. It's part of why I love Sabaton so much is because it gets me to research stuff
That moment when you realize a real life cavalry charge was 3 times larger than the largest cavalry charge shown in a movie.
Horses are expensive...War horses cost even more.
What's really interesting, is that the wings of the Hussars were thought to be a frightening sight not only for the Ottomans, but also to their horses.
My great-grandfather (more times "great-";)) fought in the Battle of Vienna. It was one of the biggest battles. Strategically, it was a very well played battle. Poland saved Europe from Islamization.
Thats interesting, quick question: Which side? The Polish, Hungarian or Turk?
@@erichvondonitz5325 Poland - hussars.
@@magdalenalucia1683 Nice, bless your ancestor
Poland saved Europe from Islamization in 1683 in the same way it saved Europe from Bolshevism in 1920. That is, in the imagination of Polish patriots only. Neither of the time was the invading power in any position to conquer all of Europe.
powiedz to Hitlerowi@@anderskorsback4104
in Hungarian, it's Húszár, pronounced hoo-sar, and I'm pretty sure it's based off of the polish-lithuanian pronunciation, so it should be pronounced like that in English, too
In Polish there has been kind of split in pronunciacion - winged hussars kept original somewhat soft "s" (so is husaria, husarze, husarzy), while hussars known as napoleonic light cavalry are spelled with strong "z" (huzarzy, huzarów).
But the root is the same, straight from Hungarian :)
@@Krzysztof.l.Polak.84 interesting, thanks for telling me
When it comes to the hussars, Hungary had a great influence. The Hussars was founded by the Polish King Stefan (Istvan) Batory who was Hungarian, the first units of Hussars consisted of Serbian mercenaries.
Hussar is of hungarian origin :)
@@marcin3537 Hussars were founded by Matthias Corvinus (then hungarian king) 100 years before Stefan Batory. The poles added armor and wings to them
According to texts and materials in the polish museum of polish military, those wings were only used either on parades or when hussars where escorting a VIP somewhere for a special occasion. Still always makes me happy to see part of my country's history appreciated in modern culture!
This is not your first time showing this group, and I always said I dont enjoy this type of music, but the combination of the history and the amazing music and singing, has made me totally love these guys.
In 1683, Jan III of Poland said "Venimus Vidimus, Deus vicit," or "We came, we saw, and God conquered" reminding his triumphant soldiers after the Battle of Vienna that there is "No I in TEAM" and that "Man proposes, God disposes" in one witty quip.
It was the very king who led the charge!
I wish the movie used in the background here actually depicted how the winged hussars fought. they would plow through formations despite spears pointed directly at them
That charge must have seemed like the world was ending. Thousands of horses all running in the same direction would have shook the battle field! Part of me wishes I could have seen it.
Not necessarily, as it was not the tactic of hussars to show off their numbers. They charged in extremely close formations in lines with large rifts between them to avoid enemy fire and only formed an actual unit right before hitting the enemy lines. They spread as wide as possible right before smashing into the enemy line and that must have looked mighty scary. The tactic was to fan out and pepper the enemy pikemen with pistol fire (each hussar carried one, usually two pistols under their saddles) and then smash into them with extremely long pikes, that were attached to the saddles at the other end putting the entire mass of the horse behind the stab. Nasty business. One of the hussars wrote in his memoirs, that he carried five Swedes on his pike before it broke off.
First, this is my FAVORITE song by SABATON!!! Sabaton makes you feel patriotic for other people's countries!
I delved into the history of this battle after I heard this song, and I learned something extremely interesting: the wings on the Hussars served a purpose besides great looks. Apparently, the feathers would ruffle and flutter as the horsemen road faster, creating a "hummmm" as they charged. The ominous hum was their sound of doom, and along with the thunder of hoofs, would be terrifying for any line of men attempting to break a charge of heavy cavalry!!
Mylisz się ten nieprzyjemny hałas proporce na czubkach 6 m lanc.
I used to have trouble waking up in the morning. Now i set my alarm to Winged Hussars and wake up all the time
Not sure if just kidding but Im waking up for the last 10+ years to rocky theme. And it started coz I was sleeping at job and set this alarm to jump up and run up the stairs. Still lovin it and only downside is on odd occasion when i hear rocky theme my adrenaline jumps up and im super alert. My point is find some ridiculous po culture melody with some poaitive connections and u wont hate it after few weeks and will always wake u up.
This was the first Sabaton song I ever heard, and I was hooked forever.
no matter how big your army is if you see mass charging at you with dedication and no fear of death you will shit your pants
It's pronounced hoosars
I'm polish trust me
Now it just sounds like a bunch of Hoosiers not Winged Hussars
Many countries have or have had regiments of Hussars, and pronunciation is dependent on the native language. I'm English, so I use the English pronunciation, as I would expect of any English speaker. The important thing is to convey the correct meaning, so the pronunciation of the language used should be preferred over that used by the country or language of origin. I'm afraid that is a large part of what translation involves, old chap. English words are not just mispronounced but misspelt when translated into USian - the only real problem is that they still call it English.
Definitely not something to get your panties in a bunch over.
Long live Poland bro
@@phillee2814 Also the word isn't even Polish in origin but likely either Serbian or Hungarian and it has likely changed pronunciation a lot over the hundreds of years of the words existence.
It is pronounced the same way you would say "You thieving, womanizing, bastard get your hands of my wife, daughter and booze and get of my property." I'm a a former hussar trust me, but not with anything lootable.
"venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit" Jan III Sobieski, after this battle
As an old military historian these guys are wearing the best looking armor ever! They were in existence 200 years.
"Venimus, Vedimus Deus Vicit" Jan the III Sobiesky - those words He wrote to Pope to inform him that the Vienna was saved
the "Storm clouds, fire and steel
Death from above make their enemy kneel" part is my favorite its so cool
Well Tolkien took inspiration for the charge of the Rohan from this battle. He was well versed in all the classics.
THANK YOU! Waited for it and love this song so much! Visited the "HGM" museum in Vienna in 2017,where they have an awesome display of this battle and much loot from the Turks ;)
I recommend you to watch two polish films based on great trylogy of books - "With fire and sword" from 1999 and "The Deluge" from 1974. Story takes place around mid XVII century in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the films have great battle scenes, some with winged hussars.
And a great cast. Too bad to watch a good film I have to watch it with English subtitles since only trash comes out of Hollywood now.
there arent many thing i remember about the hussars, but i believe they not only had this outragously expensive armour,.. horses (obviously) and their lances were incredible long,..so cost on top of costs on top of costs.. they were extremely expensive to maintain and in the time after vienna they had a last peek and than went the way of the samurai,.. giving a farmer a rifle is just cheaper than maintaining a standing army of so expensive soldiers
Well, factors for their decline were many, being very expensive troops to upkeep was one of those.
But main reasons were growing political chaos in the country, collapse of economy and outdated organization of the military force as such.
In fact, husaria (winged hussars, but without wings and armour) was officially kept `till 1772 (may be a bit wrong) and than evolved into so called National Cavalry - formation with more socio-political background than military.
In better conditions I suppose, that winged hussars would evolve in something resembling western cuirassiers of middle XVIII century, heavy break-through cavalry.
As a Serb its really a powerful thing sharing this magnificent part of medieval European history with Poles. With Ottomans at their peak, the sheer number of Serbian hussar cavalry fighting as mercenaries in central Europe. Although winged hussars depicted here are mainly the work of Balts and crazy Poles xD
When a nobile wanted to become a hussar he needed to provide three "armored companions" with him. Pay for three armors and horses if it's needed, and servants of course. It was really expensive duty.
And there was a designated officer at the back that would shoot deserters. There wasnt many, in most cases u had to be rich and it was great honor but if in front of enemy u had second thoughts, welp bad luck i guess.
The Hussars were one of the most (if not the most) formidable heavy cavalry units of that era. One of the best examples certifying this statement is the battle of Kłuszyn, a part of the Polish-Russian war of 1609-1618. 5600 hussars (plus approx. 1000 auxillaries) defeated the 35 thousand strong Russian and Swedish army.
You should try to imagine the king Sobieski himself. He was at the head of the charge, not at the back giving orders. He was an old and fat guy on a horse at the front line slicing these turks with his sabre. What a sight!
Back in high school on my AP European history exam I included the charge of the Winged Hussars in it as an example of something, and the only reason I remembered the year was because I sung the song in my head up to the part where it mentioned the year
Polska była potęgą i będzie bo my wierzymy w boga
I would have loved to have someone like you as my history teacher! Keep up the good work
If I remember right the Poles placed their artillery on the mountain where the cavalry came down. The Muslim army did not think anyone would be coming from the mountain
Yes I have read that before. I believe Polish have much to be proud of. I am American and have good Polish American friends. Many Polish Americans fought hard and dangerous battles for the USA, many gave their lives for my country. We are lucky to have them. Poland is a brave country. History made them born with a sword in one hand and a hammer in the other,(for rebuilding their cities, I think) Poland has had some nasty neighbors! Long live Poland!
there is a story that soldiers in the battlefield stopped fighting to see the hussars charge
...and one of the stories from the battle is that, when the foot soldiers from both side, saw the charge of polish cavalery they,ve stoped fighting for some time to watch the beauty of the charge.
I'd love to see you do more on Poland including the Warsaw uprising. I understand that the wings created an eerie sound that struck fear into the enemy.
In my opinion, wing was not used in battles, or when they where, it was rare. Kind of not the hussars style, not to big help in battle now is it? Could obstruct movement of a rider on horse, could slow them down to lean backwards on horse to dodge a blow, not practical at all. And the noise...myth and legend, that it was created by wings. It was them flags on lances, that where 1.5 meter long. As a stationary rider with lance up, it was hangin from top to horse head. Hussars where a killing machines, polish spartans. I will say, that even horses where like spartans. The horses that was fighting, where in 7-14y old, since small they where trained in art of war, same as riders. Breed to mix was some kind of eastern horse, belive it was named "tarpan" that was not afraid of gunshots( he was just stopping, not getting panicked), and a western heavy horse. The result-fast, agile, but strong and tall well trained medieval tank, who was going about 40km/h with nearly 100kg on itself. They could pass some stupid 200km, then straight away to top performance in battle. Madness. For selling horse outside of commonwealth was fines, repossesion of land, "tower"- todays jail, or-if you sold to muslims DEATH. Another thing is tactics in battle, too much to write, if You like Hussars go for it, and search, You will not regret. Take care.
@vloging through history, it has to be mentioned that winged hussars actually were also heavy cavalry. they were heavily armored and each rider usually was a mountes weapon aresnal. from pistoly to spears/javelins and sabres. and the feathers in their "wings" gave the a kind of heavy wind blowing sound when they were charging. im not sure if one can draw an analogy to stukas there but it supposedly had a similar effect.
Best cavalry ever...
Long live Poland!!!!
John III Sobieski „Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit”
From what I remember he send that as a message to the pope after the battle was won right?
@@damianworek4444 yup
A real hero who should be remembered. Sadly in the U.K. not many people know of this great man.
My birthday is on the day the winged Hussars arrived
If I remember correctly:
When they say the phrase 'Death from above' is also a reference to their wings and how they looked liked Angels sent by god. Also 'Army of Kings' I think is the reference to the fact that most of the hussars were nobles (led by the king) who were one of the most wealthiest at the time in Poland-Lithuania.
I am Polish so I know a bit about this but do not remember all the details.
Actually hussars were only nobles, but besides that ur right.
Tak jak chłop pisał, husaria składała się wyłącznie z szlachty i to raczej nie z gołoty.
@@sabotuerelthendo2578 To be precise, winged hussars were formed of nobles, and usually, since those nobles were rich they could afford to arm one or two of his close guards to join hussars as well. So, the winged hussars weren't only nobles, but as well "bodyguards" of those nobles, sometimes nobles themselves, but sometimes not.
Death from above also because they were attacking down from the Kallenberg mountain.
The Polish had multiple types of nobles, so about 1 of 10 Polish males were technically members of the nobility at that time.
Saudações do Brasil, sou professor de História e uso essa música também nas minhas aulas.
10,000 subscribers in January, 150,000 in June. Congratulations, man.
This is also my favorite Sabaton song.
Love coming back to these "old" videos of his and seeing how fast his channel has grown in a short time
If you haven't already done it could you do The Last Stand next?
Respect to the guy that made this fan-made music video for the song, it's very well done!
I've actually watched this movie twice and so I actually looked up the Polish military and for several hundred years they were the shock and all cavalry at the time they would have up to 10,000 people go up against anywhere between 20 30 and 40,000 troops and they would win battles with very few casualties on their side. Eventually they were phased out but they had a very fearsome reputation. I learned that each Calvary had to buy their own armament and what they would each wear and what weaponry that they would have pretty cool once you look everything up.
The odds would often be much worse for the Poles. Kircholm 1605, Chocim 1621 are two of many examples. The equipment part is true with the exception for the lance. Since it was considered a national secret (it was hollowed out and some special manufacturing technique was used), that one element was provided by the crown.
It's worth mentioning that winged hussars were part time oldschool heavy cavalry, with long lances and so on, and apart from cavalry sabers they also used an intersting type of sword called koncerz in polish. It was similar to very big a cavalry rapier, very long (1,6m, or 63 inch thrusting sword).
When i hear winged hussars i put my armor on
It really can't be overstated how powerful Hussaria was in its prime. It's not just that it was a cavalry. It was heavily armoured, with horses specifically bred to carry the load of all that metal. Once it picked up speed, especially with the advantage of the high ground, the Hussars were just a moving wall of steel, horse teeth and spears, and swords, simply unstoppable, when properly utilized in battle. It also relied on the sheer intimidating power it had, winning encounters often even before they clashed with the enemy. Can you imagine seeing hundreds or thousands of Hussars, with their heavy armour and the wings, charging at you at full speed?
And it's pronounced more like.... Hoozzahs :D
One of my favourite sabaton songs, the part where they start singing '' Storm Clouds, Fire and Steel '' just gives me chills down my spine.
You gotta admit it, a force of 18,000 up against a force of 150,000, they were some brave cavalrymen.
Edit: Thanks to undertakernumberone1
The actual relief force was 47,000 Germans and Austrians and 27,000 Poles. So around 74,000 men in total.
They did not... for fucks sake, they did not...
to quote from wikipedia:
Viennese garrison:
11,000 soldiers[9] + 5,000 volunteers[9]
312 guns but only 141 operational[9]
(strength on 10 September 1683)
Relief force:
47,000 Germans and Austrians with some 112 guns[10]
27,000 Poles with 28 guns[11]
it wasn't just 18,000... the cav charge was 3,000 Winged Hussars, + other polish AND GERMAN Cavalry. When the cav charge committed, the Ottoman infantry had already been battered by Imperial, Bavarian etc. and Polish Infantry.
@@undertakernumberone1 Jeez, alright mate I was going by what I'd heard from the video. But good to know the actual numbers, thanks.
@@azarth8805 yeah, which is where the reaction came from, because a lot of people only listen to "AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!" and don't bother reading up on it.
Wasn't personal, just frustration from people not bothering to even take a short look at Wikipedia but then going "The Winged Hussars won that battle alone!"
@@undertakernumberone1 It's all good dude, I do the same sometimes.
@@undertakernumberone1 Still outnumbered.
8:15 we came, we saw and God conquered - words of the Polish King Jan 3 Sobieki
This was the largest cavalry charge in Western European history. The battle of Kars saw a massive charge of 40,000 Persians vs an Ottoman army, but I consider this to be Middle East or Western Asia in location.
I remember my college professor telling me about a written account of one Winged Hussar impaling 6 (goddamn SIX) enemy soldiers on his long lance.
Yeah, i belive it was Jan Chryzostom Paszek, could spell it wron a bit. Sometimes he was going over the top with his stories. Battle of Polonka, with moscoviets, this is where he written it. Six is kind of too much, according to historians, but 2 or 3 was a common viev, when fithing with enemies with thin armor or without. And then get back for another lance, regroup and strike, then for another lance...untill there was no horses left :) take care
@@mariuszedward3469 I knew I Got some things wrong. I often forget names, and dates, but I remember details. And to think I'm getting my Masters Degree in military history this year hah (also, I'm polish, just replying in English for Clarity's sake)
@@Alcatraz252 good luck with degree, and read more about hussars, it's just military masterpiece. I've menaged to finish podstawowka :) take care, and horse health for You !!
I was just reading the comments...
AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
Poland saved Europe from Muslim expansion. Respect and Love for Poland from ❤ 🇩🇪
I love how Joakim pronounces "bury" to rhyme with "fury". It confused me when I first started hearing it (it's in this song and also in "'Wolfpack"), but I guess it makes sense when you see it written down.
Pretty sure it's just his accent
Once you hear it you will never unhear it 401
@@bismarckandthekriegsmarine9711 You're right! It's in 40:1 too, "Buried in history"!
Also panzer battalion
@@bismarckandthekriegsmarine9711 Ha! You've studied this more than me then, obviously! LOL
For every polish hussar there were a few light polish riders from his domain. Lithuanians didnt take part in the charge because they were late to the battlefield as usual.
Tolkien loved the charge of the Hussars so much he created an entire race of man (Rohirrim) SPECIFICALLY so that they could REPEATEDLY do a "Winged Hussar Charge" type thing.
I mean don't get me wrong, Rohan's my favourite (well them and Elendil but w/e), but damn Tolkien, calm down.
Nah. While their charges may be inspired by the Winged Hussars, the nation of Rohan is pretty much Tolkien's power fantasy of an alternative history Anglo-Saxon kingdom that got into cavalry warfare and thus resisted the Norman conquest.
It’s was King John Sobieski who said, « We came, we saw, God conquered. ». By the way I am Polish.
My suggestions are The Price of a Mile and Cliffs of Gallipoli
price of a mile is excellent
The king Jan Sobieski said " We came, we saw God conquered"
Such a little known and under appreciated battle in regards to what it did for history. Vienna was the gateway to Europe for the Ottomans, if they took Vienna then Ottoman armies would be free to march on the heartland of Europe and we might very well see a very different Europe today
Bernardino Malanotti is documented in 1598 as being an imperial advisor, and secretary of the Archduchess Anna Cattarina in the Courts at Innsbruck and Vienna. He was the Royal concert and responsible for the then Princess Cecilia Renata (daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, of the House of Habsburg) successful trip to Poland, where she would be crowned Queen of Poland. She was a very popular Queen with the Polish people and this marriage linked the two Houses together. Bernardino is my ancestor and in a very small way responsible for establishing some of the reasons that the winged Hussars arrived.
You need to check The Last Stand, It's about the swiss guard that sacrificed themselves to let the Pope escape to safety during the sacking of Rome in 1527.
In fact, the hussars' attack tactics were very complicated. It required great individual training (One type of training was a game called "ring chase", which wealthy young noblemen played on horseback. It evolved from medieval knights' tournaments. A hussar had to hit a circle with a six-meter lance in a circle 20 cm in diameter at a horse's speed of about 50 km/h) and collective training. The attack involved driving towards the enemy at increasing speed, varying depending on the frequency of the enemy's volleys. This minimized own losses. During this maneuver, the formation was constantly being replenished (replacement of killed and injured soldiers from the first line by soldiers from the second line). The actual attack: The last few dozen meters were run at the highest speed. At this time, the formation tightened the ranks to such an extent that the soldiers touched their knees to the knees of their comrades in arms on the right and left. Thanks to this, all hussars attacked at the same time. Those who were not killed by the lance were trampled by horses. The lance was hit on the upper part of the first infantryman's upper part torso. It also impaled 1-2 more infantryman before it broke. It was recorded that subsequent hits were penetrated lower and lower. The entire force of the impact was absorbed by the saddle, not by the hussar's arm: the rear end of the lance was inserted into a leather "cup", attached to the saddle with a long strap). There were reports of even 4 to 6 infantry soldiers being pierced with one blow of a lance. The record holder killed six crowded Turkish cavalrymen with one lance at the Battle of Khotyn in 1621. With his already broken lance, the well-trained hussar tried to hit another infantryman in the head as if with a billiard cue before the horse stopped. Only then did he throw out the lance and, together with everyone else, turn in a tight turn towards the approaching helpers - henchmen, carrying more lances. Charges were repeated up to 8-10 times during one battle. If the first charge broke the enemy completely, the hussars reached for sabers or long, heavy broadswords and chased the enemy. Hussar horses were also trained to fight for 2-3 years. They were resistant to noise and sudden movements, like the clowns of modern police. They could kill people with their hooves, overturn carts, and break fences. Some had trainers from as far as the Caucasus. These horses, trained by the Kabardians, could grab the faces of enemy soldiers with their teeth and crush them. They bit and kicked the opponent's horses. Cavalry was fought using other methods. Sorry, my English is bad.
As a Pole, I understand why we can save others…, why not ourselves though?
You did up untill Russians and Habsburgs had the bigger guns. After that, even Ottomans couldnt stop them from tearing Poland apart. Tho they protested in every opportunity they got. Like every time when they had great meetings with ambassadors and sultan asked "where's the Polish ambassador" loudy enough to Russians to hear. Apparently Poland didint forget this. That's why Polish prime minister said "after a long wait, Polish ambassador is finally here" when he visited Turkey after a long while back in 2001 or 2002 i think.
You want a discussion on the reasons behind the partitions?
1. Political corruption by our neighbors.
2. Underpaid army, underpaid officials... which just made them easier target for corruption.
3. Poland "died of civic rights". Low taxes, high freedom for the voting citizens, a functional parliament... makes for a nice country to live in, but a disadvantage when facing these highly centralized, highly taxed absolutist behemoths like Russia and Austria. Low taxes meant a small army and underpaid officials.. see point 1 and 2.
4. Diplomacy. Austria, Prussia and Russia managed to act in concert, while we failed to brake that unholy alliance up. We also failed to gain noteworthy allies.
5. It was a "bad place on the map" to be at. Spain or Turkey was going though a much worse crisis then we were at the time, but they simply didn't have such ruthlessly efficient neighbors to take advantage of them.
6. Poor past political decisions. We have not supported the enemies of Russia (like the Crimean Khanate or the Ottomans) when they were fighting against Russia. Then when push came to shove, we had to face Catherine the Great alone, there was nobody else left in the east to help us.
this was about the second siege of vienna by the turks.... the first time they left because it was winter
i recently found your channel through oversimplified videos, stuck around because i like the content. now landed here on this video, because i tried to find out if there was content on your channel about that siege of my hometown. (not knowing that there was a song about that siege)