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- The Winged Hussars - Deadliest Cavalry Force In The History Of Mankind
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I am Polish i saw today Your canal about Warsow Uprising. I subscribe You. Good Job Buddy 👍👊🇵🇱🇬🇧 . Honor. To Polish Wing Cavalery. Angels Of Dead for every enemies . Honor for You. Ps. Sorry for my english👍
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just corection huzarja byla lekka kawalerja
@@waldemarskibinski-cn5ft nie było cięższej. To pojęcie względne. Nomenklatura ówczesna stawia huzarie jako ciężkie oddziały zbrojne.
Rob witaj .cieszę się że zainteresowałeś się Naszą Ojczyzną tak udręczoną przez nawet swoich sąsiadów złodziei ,morderców ............😮 . Polakom zawsze toważyszyło hasło -BÓG - HONOR - OJCZYZNA -. Dzisiejszy Polak to konglomerat cwaniaka i spryciarza i ......, z echem szlachectwa jakie nie zdołali wyniszczyć w nas niemcy... i moskale jak i komuniści "wewnętrzni" . Polska był krajem tolerancyjnym , gdy w europie mordowano to Korona przyjmowała pod swoje skrzydła .kiedyś w Polsce żyło około 35000 szkotów ,do dziś dzielnica Gdańska nosi miano SZKOTY . POWODZENIA ROB🤝
It is worth noting that independence day in Russia is celebrated on the anniversary of the day that they threw out the Poles from Moscow. The Poles are the last nation that actually managed to conquer Russia not just invade it.
They can't stand that POLES conquered them😂😂😂 shame .. Adolf Napoleon...can't effort😊😊
and Polish king was named Car of Russia
They didnt;t actually conquer it.
@@queenxx1690 He was offered the crown, but never took it. So he was never called Car.
@@Jutrzen he has literally title of Car read some history smartass
At the time when GB was just building its empire, Poland was a power in Europe and its territory was 1 million square kilometres. All the knights or as they are now called mercenaries in the European armies had in their contracts that they would not fight the Polish Hussars. When the Hussars stood in the field they all fucked up at the mere sight of them. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth it was forbidden to sell Hussar horses on pain of death. Horses were trained from foal and cost as much as a whole village. The Battle of Vienna was a mistake because it was the beginning of the downfall of the Commonwealth. Sobieski helped the Habsburgs and they then, together with Russia, brought about the fall of Poland. Therefore, it was better to get along with the Turks than to save the Habsburgs' ass.
Eveyrything you wrote is just stupid. Lie after lie.
You wrote well. It is possible that if not for J. III Sobieski, Europe today would be Muslim or there would be no Europe at all. Another example may be the Yalta Conference, where the "allies" Churhill and Rossevelt betrayed Poland and handed over the murderers to Stalin and the USSR for nearly 50 years. What can I say, despite the huge contribution of Polish soldiers, Polish air force (303 Squadron) in the defense of the UK, Great Britain was unable to oppose Stalin and there were no Poles at the London Victory Parade. Unfortunately, in politics there are usually no friends, only interests. I hope that we will finally start to draw wisdom from history, because it likes to repeat itself... Pozdrawiam.
@@jerry_c7106 The statement about a possible muslim Europe in XVII century is completely false.
@@jerry_c7106 Napisałem to po angielsku bo to kanał angielskojęzyczny. Niestety ale Polska nie ma wspólnych interesów z tzw. Europą zachodnią i zgadzam się, że historia się powtarza dlatego potrzebujemy sojuszników, którzy będą mieli te same interesy co Polska. Na dziś czy nam się to podoba czy nie jedynym naszym sojusznikiem są USA bo mają te same interesy co Polska tylko, że nasze interesy są lokalne, a ich globalne, co nie zmienia faktu, że są zbieżne i to ich powinniśmy się trzymać. Ponadto w obliczu faktów na Ukrainie zaczyna się coś tworzyć wspólnego na linii Bałtowie, my i dalej na południe bo raptem wszyscy się obudzili i zdali sobie sprawę z zagrożenia, a tak jak my przez jakiś czas egzystowali w ruskim mierze. Dopiero teraz się obudzili, a mogli dużo wcześniej. Polska ma rację tylko prowadzi krzykliwą politykę, a to nie sprzyja skuteczności. To trzeba zmienić bo znowu znajdziemy się w czarnej dupie. Pozdrawiam
@@Jutrzen Pierdolisz nie solisz.
Fun fact they didn't mention:
There was a rumor among the Swedish army that hussars used witchcraft to make their horses immortal. In reality the horses were so strong that if a bullet were to hit them in the chest the horse could hold on for a few more seconds, enough to finish the charge and die afterwards. But "afterwards" was when the Swedes were running for their life so all they saw was a horse that got shot and kept running.
another common explaination was that charging hussars were so tightly packed that even if one horse would get hit, he was sandwitched bettween other two which would push him forward anyway.
It was not exactly like that:
The hussar charge is based on first approaching the enemy ranks in a relatively loose formation (horse-length spacing, approximately 3-4 m) in several, usually four, ranks. That was negating enemy's fire effectives. The pace gradually increases, the hussar horses break into a gallop. But suddenly, several dozen meters before the enemy line, the rear ranks accelerate, catching up with the front ones. Now the hussars in the front row are in a much denser, breaking formation. As soon as partial alignment occurs, the entire formation is already in full swing. With tilted lances, it attacks the enemy.
First ranks was always lead by most experienced and renowned companions.
The sense of using wings by the hussars is still not 100% explained. One extreme is that they used them only in parades, the other that they were supposed to have a mental effect on the opponent, BUT also to protect the hussar from being lassoed by opponents...
Hussar horses underwent special training, there are testimonies that the best trained horses were able to keep the line in a gallop on their own: the hussar abandoned the reins to have both hands free to fight :)
In addition to lances, sabers and pistols, hussars also used long "koncerz", metal, long and straight blades, reminiscent of later broadswords.
In my opinion, the most "brilliant" victory of the hussars was the Battle of Kircholm.
It was one of the greatest victories of the First Polish Republic. The Polish-Lithuanian army under the command of the Lithuanian Field Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1,040 infantry, 2,400 cavalry and 4 or 7 cannons, including Cossack, Tatar and Courland banners), mainly thanks to the Lithuanian commander's use of hussars as a breaking force, routed an army three times as numerous as Swedish under the command of Charles IX Vasa (8,500 infantry, 2,500 cavalry and 11 cannons - apart from the Swedes, Dutch, Scottish and German mercenary soldiers fought).
The Polish army lost about 100 soldiers (200 were wounded), of which only 13 hussars and armored companions, and 150 horses.
The Swedes lost about 6-9 thousand soldiers; the Swedish king nearly lost his life :)
There is evidence that Chodkiewicz's staff was slightly terrified of the advantage of the Swedes and one of the commanders was to ask the question: "but do you know how many there are?". Chodkiewicz was to reply with a stony face: "we will count their corpses after the battle."
Among all possible explanations of using wings, one that makes most sense for me is to scare opponents horses (horses can get startled easily by things they aren't familiar with and a rider with such installation definetely matches criteria). Lasso thing was tested i believe (ive read about it waay to long ago to summon the source) and testers came to conclusion, that in certain situations wings could help against thrown rope, but were doom in others.
Eghm? No? Wings were originally introduced during war with Ottomans as protection from the Turkish lasso. Later it was decorated and used for psychological effect. The biggest misconception is that it was part of sadle, not the armour and generally was used later in the units history. Initially units were lighter, less regular and more decorated with the animal skins.
The professional literature on the subject is quite extensive, but university researchers are still not clear about the findings. You seem to be sure, congratulations.@@TheRezro
No it is clear why hussars used wings. But hussar wings DID not looked like that.
Wings with feathers like that were more like parade wings, not used for combat.
Combat version of them were bit different. feather was attached freely on wing on short strap so it dangle on wing.
Raason for that is simple: Attach one father to short string and install on stick. Wave it and look how much noise it will do.
And that is the reason, Polish horses were different than Turkish, heavier. And wings made a lot of noise, scaring opponents horses. And because Turkish calvary were much lighter than Polish, havier calvary could easly smash them.
@@artursmya2052 nope, wing or wings had 2 other use points - it was used versus Tatar arcana and look. There was one, two or more wing even isomorfic bird style. Mostly big pennant was the thing that scared enemy horses not wings. It is mitology.
No film depicts the husaria charge as it was reconstructed by historians based on available sources. They were attacked in a line, until the enemy fired a volley of firearms, the charge was conducted in a loose formation in 2-3 ranks (about 3 meters between the horses in each rank), they gradually gained speed and tightened the formation at full speed (the second rank filled the gaps between the riders of the first rank, and at the same time the wingmen pressed from the wings to the center of the formation) and about 100 to 60 meters ahead of the enemy the line was already going "knee to knee". They struck with lances that were longer than pikemen's pikes. If they failed to break up the infantry formation, they turned in a tight circle and the next line of husaria formation attacked, the previous one came back to pick up new copies and repeated the attack if necessary. It would simply require the creation of computer animation - because it required training that today is unattainable for riders and horses.
It should be added that the described tactic was used to break up infantry formations, when they figh against enemy with cavalry, for example, husaria could perform without a lance using the tactic of lighter cavalry. They were versatile.
Exactly, it's a pity they don't show it in movies and they rarely mention it in historical programs.
5:45 its funny that you mentioned it cause that was actually inspired by Winged Hussars charge in Battle of Vienna
cheers brother!
Oh really?!
@@RobReacts1 Actually Charge under Minas Tirith was inspired by Charge to free Vienna "Since World War II, no English work has been published about the king who saved Europe from the warriors of Islam at the Battle of Vienna (1683); a battle which was the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's epic cavalry charge of the Rohirrim that lifted the Siege of Minas Tirith in the Lord of the Rings trilogy."
@@jarekso11 where is this quote from?
@@dorotabarbowska2184 you can Copy it and paste to Google
Article should appear
@@RobReacts1here is more about Hussars, you gonna love it
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11:06 The Battle of Klushino, a key battle in the history of Poland that opened the gates of Moscow. During the Soviet occupation of 1945-1989, this was the biggest taboo. No one could even squeak about this battle.
look at battle of Hodów :D 400 vs 40 000 xD
In XVII century, one Polish field general was asked by a French general: how do you make it, so easy you defeat the close ranks of enemy pikemen? Nothing special, replied the Polish general, we ride as if they weren't there.
False quote.
@@Jutrzen Submite the true one.
@@swetoniuszkorda5737 Do you even undertand your own question?
@@Jutrzen I do tend to understand. What question?
@@swetoniuszkorda5737 So you don't.
In Polish history, the horse was a faithful friend and helper in the fight. For this fact and out of respect for the role of the horse in Poland, we do not treat this animal as a source of meat. We just don't eat horse meat. Just a plain, true fact.
But we sell them, in terrible conditions, abroad - to Italy, for example. Shame on our politics, bussinessmen, veterinary services! Utterly shit!
Polacy kochają wolność i pomagają zawsze narodowi, który zwróci się o pomoc w obliczu zagrożenia. Nie mieli kolonii i niewolników, niestety byli sami traktowani jak biali murzyni Europy, MURZYN ZROBIŁ SWOJE, MURZYN MOŻE ODEJŚĆ. A gdy Polska potrzebowała pomocy nie było chętnych. Więc nie ma się co dziwić ze w sercach Polaków jest żal i wiekowa nieufności. Na zaufanie trzeba sobie zasłużyć, jak na razie żaden "przyjaciel" Polski się nie sprawdził w obliczu zagrożenia. Polscy chrześcijanie mają w sercach zakodowaną przypowieść o Samarytaninie, hasła : BÓG HONOR OJCZYZNA i jeżeli chcesz pokoju szykuj się do wojny. Pielęgnujemy pamięć o bohaterach i 123 latach niewoli.
Oj biedni tacy i święci. Cały wschód I RP to była jedna wielka kolonia niewolników.
Żal mi ciebie, 😁wszystko zależy też od wychowania i pielęgnowania wartości. Niektórzy ludzie mają już tak wyprany nowoczesny mózg że nic nie rozumieją.
Teraz Polacy "frajerzą się" na potęgę pomagając potomkom naszych oprawców i ich sadystycznych metod banderowcom.
I pomyśleć na ile pokoleń Polacy zrobili dobrą robotę w tym czasie inne państwa mogły iść do przodu i to wygenerowało obrone przed droga wojna światowa że strony zachodu to co Polacy zrobili dało efekt w przyszłości tak samo jest dzisiaj , to co zrobi Ukraina🖕
@@yvettechodek8501 No, niektórzy mają tak wyprany mózg nacjonalizmem, że wytłumaczą każde zło czynione przez ich współplemieńców.
Husaria was the 16th century equivalent of today's tank (Polish tankers have a hussar wing badge) and at the same time it was a newer knight from the Renaissance and Baroque times. He must have been rich to train and maintain the 4 or 5 horses he used and expensive weapons. Such a curiosity that there was a death penalty for selling hussar horses abroad. Hussar horses were light but strong, resistant to effort and low-quality food. They came from tarpans, but had an admixture of eastern breeds.
Husarze najczęściej używali Żmudzinów.
Sabaton did a song about this and they have a history channel where they go in depth about the history and a little about the song itself
to illustrate how the mass of charging cavalry on pike/musketer man, on battleground of kirholm, muskets with 5 bullets loaded was found. that's show, how panic works.
Sorry it will be in polish, use the translator
Husaria była tak dobra dlatego, że miała broń na każdego przeciwnika- kopia na zachodnią piechotę z pikami, broń palna na tatarów, szabla na Turków, bo łatwo kroiła jedwabne kaftany jakie nosili do walki etc do tego znakomita współpraca z innymi rodzajami kawalerii- husaria wybijała dziure w szyku wroga, siejąc popłoch, za nimi wpadali zakończyć sprawę pancerni czy lisowszczycy- oj ci to byli równie groźni jak husaria- po tym co robili w Niemczech w czasie wojny 30 letniej matki straszyły nimi dzieci- aż do XIX wieku. Zachodni najemnicy często mieli w umowach, że nie walczą z husarią, bali się. Do tego na końcach kopii przy proporcu był kawałek bawełnianego sznurka- w czasie szarży sznureczek robił trask taki jak bat, do tego przy takiej ilości koni drżała ziemia- wyobraźcie sobie być Szwedem z piką jak coś takiego na was naciera
Gdzie się podziała ta nasza odwaga i waleczność teraz? W wiėkszości “owce”, to wszystko z naszych przodków w nas drzemie! Musimy tylko to w nas obudzić!
No comment ❤ just ❤i am proud that i have Polish blood. Look about division 303. They was heroes as well.
*squadron
Winged Hussars were one of the best trained cavalry in Europe, even all around the world at their times (1503 - 1776 was the time of polish hussars on the battlefields).
Everyone in Europe knew who they were & their strength, battle courage and honor was known all around the known world.
Most famous battle using Hussars Cavalry was the battle of Vienna (1683) with King Jan III Sobieski as a Polish leader, also Austrians & Germans (about 70k-90k soldiers in total within the alliance) against the enormous army of the Ottoman Empire (about 150k-300k soldiers, sources vary with the numbers quite much). There were about 2,5k-5k hussars and along with the rest of the army (foot soldiers and about 15k-20k other cavalry), they kicked Ottoman's butts so much, that they had to withdraw from Europe with more than 20k soldiers as casualties in this battle alone and another 49k soldiers killed in the siege of Vienna. Casualties of Polish, Austrian & German soldiers were 4-5 times lower: 4,5k in battle (1,3k of Poles) & 12k in the siege of Vienna.
If you have a taste for some metal music, please check out this piece on YT, about Polish Hussars: SABATON - Winged Hussars (Official Lyric Video)
Cheers mate, keep up the good work. Love your channel :D
Pozdrowienia ze Śląska (Greetings from Silesia) :)
Hussars are Winged Fury. Each of them was a well-trained soldier in the knightly tradition. They were excellent horse riders and in saber fights they became Bezerkers. Imagine a special unit, among them an elite chosen from the best. that was Husaria!
Yes, hussars were definitely the knights. The force and advantage of hussars were that they were patriots, had great morals, were really well-trained and had their very long lances created with special technology - they were empty inside which made them enough light to carry. A combination of those things made them so successful and glorious.
If you are interested in hussars, you should look for dr Radosław Sikora's materials - the best specialist of hussars subject in Poland. I'm not sure if he wrote in English but maybe there are some materials with translation.
Great!!!! ..they never lost a batle for 126 years some saying
thats a myth
horses that they were riding were so pracious, that if anyone tried to sell them abroad that person was sentenced to death. And it was almost impossible to sentence noble to death.
Where'd you take that from? Only in your fantasies.
*would be sentenced
If you know something else write it, now it just look like you are just another troll. There is a lot of myths around husar in our society that was made during these years from XVIII century till now.@@Jutrzen
Nie ma logiki w tym co powiedziales.
The charge of the Rohirrim in Helm's Deep, which you mentioned, was inspired by the cavalry charge under the leadership of Jan III Sobieski near Vienna in 1683. 18,000 mounted cavalry, including about 3,000 Polish Winged Hussars.
It was rather the charge at the Pelennor Fields a bit later, but the rests holds true. There was even a secret walk through the forests of the Forest People of Drúadan in Tolkien, just like there was a similar passage through the woods around Vienna.
Witam Pana
Bardzo sympatyczny film
Z ciekawostek: najsłynniejsza polska szarża- pod Samosierrą i szarża Lekkiej Brygady. Zdałem sobie sprawę że były odległe o mniej niż 50 lat- a to oznacza że dowodzący kawalerią dowódca angielski znał jej historię.
Sposób ataku jaki opanowała kawaleria polska, była możliwa jedynie w specyficznych warunkach i z konkretnymi ludźmi i końmi ( :) )z najlepszymi dowódcami. Nie do powtórzenia przez innych... Rosjanie kopiowali Polską Husarię z okrutnie beznadziejnym skutkiem.
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Yes, the outnumbered victories were true. When facing overwhelming opponents, the motto was "We will count them after we kill them". Tough game it was :)
Dude, this Lord of the Rings battle was actually inspired by the battle of Vienna. Where Winged Hussars played main role
Hello there Rob, if I might start from a little untold in West fact, Polish army is the only one who successfully visited moscow twice.
Now back to the topic, huzars were the heaviest ride in the world, and yes Poland adopted them, but it made them perfectly for the time. They were part of the regular army, to witch Kings payed loads of money and they had biggest part of any trophies being found in enemies barracks.
You are right, wings 🪽 were making loads of noise and if you had uneven grounds there was times when they were looking like flying. This was the best time for Poland 🇵🇱 and respect we were getting from everyone.
Ones again Rob good job and your understanding of Polish rules is better every day.
The nosie the wings could make woulb be completely silenced by the noise horses made. And hussars weren't even heavy cavalry.
Wrong why do you spread misinformation. Sadly no one will see this but please learn that it was Poland and Sweden. Sweden has also taken and occupied Moscow back in the day when Sweden fight Russia alongside Poland a lot.
@@melkor3496 I've seen this.
@melkor3496
1577-1582 livonian war where Sweden helped polish commonwealth against rusia. But didn't conker moscow, so were am I misinformed anyone 🤔. Before you try to accuse me again, please check your facts as I don't take kindly to that sort of accusations, thank you
@@grizzlybear1952 My bad I remembered two different events and forgot that they aren’t related.
Sweden did conquered and occupy Moscow in 1610 but it was to save Russia from the commonwealth in return for territory ceded from Russia to Sweden.
And Sweden has fought wars as Allie’s of the commonwealth too but those are a different topic. My bad I don’t remember all the history I learn. Link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_la_Gardie_campaign
Both things I said are true tho just not connected.
Oh, M8 Hussars are good and fancy, but one Polish unit You should be grateful is "Dywizjon 303" - Squadron 303.
A few corrections right at the beginning: technically Winged Husaria was a medium, not heavy cavalry. Their advantage was maneuver combined with deadly charge, but they had lighter armor and horses than reiters of the same period
the heavy one were the so called 'bracia pancerni'
@@andrzej5620 Nope, pancerni were lighter, with short lances and mail armour - their name (literally "armoured" in modern Polish) comes from pancerz, which in their time used to mean chainmail.
About size of the horses. Historically horses were smaller than they are now. Also they were using smaller, but hardier eastern breeds. I remember reading that hussars were using german horses during parades, because ones they were using in battles were too small to look presentable
The Hussars also fought a 1 on 1 battle with the Turkish Cavalry near Vienna The Hussars crushed them completely The Sultan couldn't believe that his best cavalry had ceased to exist
the story of the battle with Gandalf's charge was inspired by the Hussar charge near Vienna led by King Sobieski
The wings were also supposed to prevent the hussar from being caught on the lasso.
I know of a Lithuanian who has claimed a Mounted Winged Hussar as his symbol, Lithuania was formerly a part of Poland, and they are equally well respected there! 👍
Not part of Poland per se- it was a "Personal Union" and then, after the death of Jogajłła (Władysłw Jagiełło) it was a union of 2 countries, there always were separate governments for both countries, only the king united them together.
@@paulinarapicka There is still a cultural connection regardless, and a close neighbourly warmth which should be encouraged! 🤔
I like how you remember about Lithuanians but still said that Lithuanians was a part of Poland, not comonwealth, that a big diference.
@@Darwidx 👍
@@paulinarapicka It sounds a bit disrespectful to say that Lithuania was a part of Poland,. No, it was a Part of Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth. We are so sensitive about our independence, the same refers to Lithuania. We need to respect their independence and be careful what we write and say, especially knowing that some Lithuanians feel that they have been often dominated by Poles. Even though Jagiello was Lithuanian himself 😏
A good commentary, thank you! Upvoted :)
Although the hussars paid for their own armour, equipment and weapons, the king supplied them with the lances. Their production was very hi tech for those times, it could only be done in specialist factories. The hollow lance technology was a guarded secret, not sold abroad. Also the breed of the horses was unique. It was forbidden on pain of death to sell these horses abroad, in case they fell into enemy hands.
For combat, hussars usually carried one wing, attached to the saddle (more flexibility for the rider). Apart from the reasons you mentioned, the wing offered protection from lassos, often used by Tartars. The two wings attached to the armour were for parades. Their sabres (szabla) were interesting too, a cross between west European and Turkish weapons. They gave rise to a particular mode of sabre fighting - sztuka krzyzowa (you can probably catch re-enactments of it on yt if you tap in the Polish name).
their greatness is also proved by the fact that they have not lost a battle for 100 years. and nobility is really the same as knights just with a different name
The 100 years without losing a battle is totally not true.
@@Jutrzen the first defeat of the hussars occurred in 1609, 106 years after its formation in 1503. Historians once used to say it was 125 and that was not true. Some also said that the first defeat of the hussars took place in 1580, but there is no evidence that the hussars participated in the battle, but about 800 riders took part in it, which some mistakenly recognized as hussars because Polish cavalry must be hussars
@@zubi9995 First known battle lost with hussars on the battlefield was in 1580.
@@Jutrzen there is no evidence confirming the presence of hussars in this battle, there is a mention of Polish cavalry. not every Polish cavalryman of that period was a hussar
@@zubi9995 There is evidence. You just didn't care looking for it. The also lost in 1538.
Just to clarify - the charge at Vienna was ~18k horsemen, ~3k of which (at the front) were the Winged Hussars. Keep in mind that the Polish King Jan III Sobieski got the command of the whole relief force that came from several Christian countries. A lot of the horsemen in this charge were not even Polish.
Still, it must have been a terrifying sight.
27k Polish horsemen left Kraków for Vienna in 1683.
@@kml8732 correct but only 3k Hussars
@@hussar843 Lol, only 3k? Iwas more than enough.
Here is something interesting about polish hussars ;famous band Sabaton made a glory song about polish hussars historical battle - th-cam.com/video/eWkrQQly6xU/w-d-xo.html
Also Sabaton band made even more songs about Warsaw uprising and couple other polish battles and war.
Rob, how about reaction to this Sabaton song as a follow up?
Hussars were so deadly mainly because of 6 meter long lances that impaled everything on their path and speed and tactics, as there was charge, after charge, after charge. They also used sabres, pistols and very long and light swords that easily kept infantry at bay.
hey Rob, if you are so interested in Polish history, you must watch a Polish film from 1974 name Potop,I'm sure you'll find a version with English subtitles.
The film involved 70 leading and 600 supporting actors, as well as 40,000 extras.The film is based on true events, enriched with a love story and based on Henryk Siękiewicz's novel of the same title.
12:39 imagine you are Ottman. 72 000 hoofs hit the ground, armor clang and charging Hussars shout. It can lower morale pretty bad.
Rob, I am learning so much from your videos, thank you!
Husaria - Polska Duma / The Winged Hussars - Polish Pride. I recommend this short 6-minute film, the achievements that the hussaria had, their fights, are listed in this film, you only need to translate the subtitles
Za skutecznością Polskiej jazdy stała bardzo dobra broń ,wspaniałe wyszkolenie i bardzo dobra strategia ataku . Skrzydła były jedynie ozdobą .
Jesteś Brytyjczykiem to pewnie wiesz o zawodach rycerskich w Brytanii organizowanych od lat wielu. Nasi tam są od wielu odsłon tego festiwalu walk rycerskich. Polecam abyś panie Rob przedstawił to na swoim kanale bo niewielu o tym wie że Polacy są tam bardzo cenieni. Pozdrawiam:)
Jeżeli zwracasz się bezpośrednio do niego dlaczego piszesz po Polsku? Może edytuj komentarz i dodaj poniżej tłumaczenie angielskie żeby mógł zrozumieć bez używania tłumacza google.
@@bleflar9183 Skoro ja używam tłumacza oglądając jego filmy/materiały to co stoi na przeszkodzie by i on go użył.Nie znam angielskiego komunikatywnie.
If you look closely at the picture at 6:53, you'll notice another innovation - the lance is not simply couched (held under the arm), but inserted into a little basket which is attached via a heavy leather strap directly to the saddle - this in turn transfers the entire momentum of the horse directly to the back of the shaft, which means that until the horse stops moving the lance doesn't - that's how you end up impaling 5 or 6 enemies on a single lance - the horse at full gallop is like a bloody missile when it connects.
And with that said - we had another formation called "Lisowczycy" (after Aleksander Józef Lisowski - their first commander) who make the husars look like boyscouts. Lisowczycy were created in 1614, and outlawed in 1635 for being too fucking crazy (like rabid warhounds). There's a famous painting by Rembrandt called "Polish Rider" that depicts one of them.
But did they arrive? DID THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE?!
ALWAYS
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED ! 🏇
@@Natka505 Pouring down the mountain side!
Big love from Poland, in a lot of countries they don't teach about Polish history well because it could put their country at bad sight or the history is simply hating us, we just want to leave peacefuly and rational where our views are respected. Its imbossible to avoid those new times, new generations but even If 80% of the world will for example do everything they want in the future, without any rules, traditons, religion etc. or if everybody will know nothing bout a Poland history, its ok for me, just let us live and do our thing because of that people maybe will see in us something more than just poor alcoholics or some "noname" not important country without history. It all started in 966c.a. so it was a long yourney.
Im worrying about my country, we have a lot of bad people but that is like something inevitable everywhere.
Im sad because of the direction which the world goes, I feel like our nation is living endless fighting life. Maybe not with other people now but fighting inside ourselves, we have a really strong mentality and a lot of wisdom from elder parents, grandparents, great history, tradition, families.
The "modern" side of Poland and most of other countries in the world are ruining it with new order.
I think everything will be good, remember this words when the world will come to the limit of madness, there will be a lot of Polish people which was mamy times insulted and ridiculed just exploding with truth and will be able to give their lives for it.
Anyways, keep it up bro!
Really good work I love this content and sorry for my shitty English
Kolego, rzucasz tutaj przestarzałymi stereotypami i powiewa kompleksem. Zupełnie irracjonalnie i bez powodu :) Mamy historię dłuższą i bardziej chwalebną od wielu "uznanych" Państw. Nie będę tutaj robił wyliczanki, bo nie o to chodzi. Co do ludzi, każda społeczność i państwo ma w swoich szeregach tych złych i tych dobrych, mądrzejszych i głupszych, bardziej lub mniej nowoczesnych, tych za i tych przeciw. Tak samo jest w Polsce, bo niby dlaczego miało by być inaczej :) Do polski emigruje coraz więcej ludzi z innych państw, uważając nasz kraj za jeden z ostatnich bastionów normalności w Europie i nie tylko. Ja się nie znam ;) ale daje to do myślenia... Przyznam, że również jestem zasmucony kierunkiem w którym podąża ludzkość. Zapominamy o historii, zwyczajach, kulturze, czyniąc z nich w najlepszym razie, przestarzałe artefakty niegodne uwagi. Nie wróży to zbyt dobrze na przyszłość ale wierzę, że My tutaj, poradzimy sobie z tym, tak jak już nie raz miało to miejsce... Głowa do góry :) Pozdrawiam Serdecznie :)
Then the Winged Hussars arrived!!!
The fact that the hussars look impressive with these wings is an insignificant detail in the battle. These wings were very practical. In battles with the Mongols, Mongol knights often used a rope to throw a rider off a horse, and to avoid this, the Hessaria attached these wings to their saddles. When someone wanted to throw a rope, he caught on these wings and the rider was saved. Additionally, when the hussars attacked at full gallop, the wings made a strong noise, which discredited the enemies and aroused fear.
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the sight of the hussars was usually the last in the lives of their enemies
The effectiveness of the Polish Hussars was due to great training, excellent weapons and an excellent attack strategy.
Now, you may want to listen to Sabaton's song "Winged Hussars".
One of the most famous polish cavalry achievements was the Somossiera charge during Napoleonic wars.
There was many better charges 😏
@@hubertstepniak478 Probably the craziest charge, but it ended successfully!
It was a samurai-style charge, not a Polish one.
Winged hussar, served for fame and glory. A hussar horse cost as much as 2 villages and was a national treasure, any attempt to take a hussar horse out of Poland was punished by a head. The hussar's greatest strength was his training and mentality, since he was a child they had been indoctrinated that they were the best.
And now you are touching the biggest pride of Poland
Wings covered monovers. Hussars trained special tactic . First rank of Husars with wings made possible to hide stronger right or left wing. It helped a lot during charge.
Another special Wings connetced hussars tactic was charge in loose formation. First ranks chreged 40- 60 yards before second and fallowing ranks. First volley of infantry was not so deadfull because of gaps. Then next two ranks chareged faster and filled gaps in formation first ranks. It was doomsday for any XVI and XVII infantry regiment.
3. Hussar with wings was higher and musketeers fired to early.
Anyway, that time many mercenary units had a special paragraph in their contracts that they will not fight against hussars. It is enough meaningful about their power :). Better than Sabaton's song is "Skrzydła chwały" (Wings of glory) by Horytnica - you should definitely check it out!
Tell me the source for the stupid lie you wrote about mercenaries not wanting to fight against hussars.
@@Jutrzen Hmm a wild russian bot appeared who is spamming comments all over trying to denounce the hussars
@@300spartan2222 Just telling the truth and busting stupid myths.
Horse was the most expensive part, worth few villages and it wasn't just ordinary horse, but special breed, it was prohibited to sell them abroad.
Compared to modern realities, hussars were like a tank charge against enemy infantry
i kto powiedział że oni nie powrócą ? oni są tylko w nowoczesnej formie i są nie do zatrzymania tak jak wieki temu czekają.....na znak
"a imię jego będzie ... czterdzieści i cztery!"; głucho wszędzie, ciemno wszędzie - o kuzwa: gdzie ja wdepnąlem...
@@MrFreeGeorge Nie mam na imię Adam
@@MrFreeGeorge 😏
@@MrFreeGeorge Tłum szlachty go otaczał i uszy nadstawiał,
I nosy ku księdzowskiej chylił tabakierze;
Brano z niej, i kichała szlachta jak moździerze........
@@aczka212 my name is Luka, I live on a 2nd floor...
The hussars equipped themselves. Everything they had was paid by them, the pay they got was not enough; to just train the horse (not any horse was fit for this type of training in the first place) it took AT LEAST 7years (and every hussar had a FEW war horses, beside a group of normal horses...), then the armor and the exotic skins- of leopards, lions, tigers... All of this was worth a small fortune.
To be in this unit was an honor, done not for the pay, but for the country (yes, for the spoils of war too in some cases...).
Yes, it was based on Balkanian cavalry (Serbian and Hungarian), but that cavalry was light-weight, Polish Hussars were heavy (to very heavy at the end of their era, in the XVIII century, when it was called: The Funeral Army".By the resolution of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of April 11, 1775, the hussars were liquidated as a combat formation, and the existing hussar and armored brigades were transformed into national cavalry brigades ).
Edit:
About horses: the term "breed" didn't exist until about 200 years ago (when shows got popular and animals started to be bred for looks), hussar's horses were all around mixes, and types, we favored "dzianets" - Spanish and Portuguese horses (Pura Raza Espanola and Lusitan horses). We mixed them with our horses and Turkish or others. There, potentially was a type of horse called the Polish Horse (DO NOT confuse this with "Konik Polski" totally different horses!).
And about that charge on the pikes- yeah, it totally WOULD be done, it was one of the specifics to train the horses to just go without fear, AND train the rider too, for the rider CAN'T be fearful, the horse then will become fearful too.
Also, the horses couldn't be too big, because then they would tire much too easily and would not be fast and agile enough.
Edit2:
The charge of Rohirrim in LotR is based on the Hussars charge in the Battle of Vienna ;) Even the pact is a reflection of the historic event- a pact that Jan III Sobieski fulfilled with that charge, helping his ally in defending the besieged city.
3:48 You are right. Joining winged hussars was sort of a great honor and a symbol of prestige. To join a campaign, you had to invest a lot of money to equip yourself and your squad (called poczet, you had one guy who was the noble with money and titles, his comrades (pocztowi) who joined him in battles and a whole lot of servants who also were skilled at combat (fun fact, the were not used in the estimate of army size and when it came to casualties, the servants were counted together with the horses)), the money you received for service was much lower than the investment you had to make, so winged hussars plundered everything along the way. The risk of losing a fortune was also very high. Losing a fine Polish steed at that time was like crushing a high-end Mercedes nowadays. And the hussar needed several such horses for a campaign. Edit: Sorry, I wrote the comment and the creator of the video explained most of those thing as the video went on :D 12:40 It is said that it was such a sight that other troops stopped their attacks just to look at the charge of winged hussars. Another fun fact is that mercenaries enrolling to the Swedish army highlighted that they would join the army only under the condition that they would not fight winged hussars.
What an amazing sight. "Oh f--k!" "Run away, run away!"
Polish Winged Hussars were elite cavalry formation that was created in 1503 and was solved in 1776 by a resolution of Polish Parlament. They didn't lose single battle for 125 years despite the fact that in most cases they've been vastly outnumbered by the enemy forces sometimes even 15 to 1. If it comes to the battle of Vienna which took place on 12th of September 1683, it was actually 25 000 regular cavalry and 3 000 Polish heavy lancers, the famed "Winged Hussars". It was the largest cavalry charge in history so far. Polish King Jan III Sobieski led the charge himself. It's also worth noting that the Poles were not alone. The battle was won by the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the latter represented only by the forces of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (the march of the Lithuanian army was delayed, and they reached Vienna after it had been relieved)
It was the Polish King Jan III Sobieski who paraphrased, after the battle of Vienna, Julius Caesar's famous quotation (Veni, vidi, vici) by saying "Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit"- "We came, we saw, God conquered"
Let's be precise. It was Polish and Lithuanian hussars. The famous Chodkiewicz was a Lithuanian hetman, not a Polish one. Lithuania had a separate army and its own command. The Polish hetman could command Lithuanian troops only with the special consent of the king. And vice versa.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania included the lands of today's Lithuania and Belarus. Boyar families in Belarus also adopted Lithuanian identity. Vilnius has been the capital of Lithuania since the time of Gediminas. Unfortunately, some Polish nationalists with very little historical knowledge think that it was a Polish city. Lithuanian elites first became ruthenian and then polonized.
They were scary for good reasons. Apart from lances, they also had extra long, armor-piercing swords. So if they were moving, you had no chance by default, and if they stopped, you had to stand against the sabres, which again were one of the most effective weapons of its kind.
And then there was that short story of even scarier elears...
Thank you very much for the Polish History.
Just an interesting fact - every year during the summer holidays, you can see live hussars at Leeds Royal Armories. It is a kind of reconstruction and demonstration of the skills of both cavalrymen and horses. I think they come to Leeds every year, maybe to other English cities as well.
Rob, it is worth mentioning that the English name "hussar" is due to a translation error made a long time ago by some historian who doesn't know too much about militaria. The word "hussar" comes from "huzar", a light cavalry soldier of "huzarzy" units, which had their beginnings in Hungary, and from the end of the 17th century were used by Austria, Prussia, France, Russia and several other countries (Poland, the first formations of "huzarzy" created during the Kościuszko Insurrection, at the very end of XVIII century). "Husarz" (old name is "usarz") and "husaria" ("usaria"), the subject of Your film, also come from the same Hungarian cavalry, but their evolution went in a complete different direction. It's like with tanks and MRAPs - they have the same ancestor, but You can't mix them or called both cars (not to mention interchangeable use on the battlefield).
The name has its roots in Hungary, but the kind of units in Serbia?
Nie przez sto lat tylko sto dwadziescia pięć lat nie przegrali żadnej bitwy to jest ten fenomen
To jest brednia. Nie bylo praktycznie ZADNEJ bitwy TYLKO z udzialem husarzy (no, moze jedna, pod Hodowem, ktora zakoczyla sie remisem), wiec nie mogli oni ani wygrac ani przegrac zadnej bitwy. Za to wielokrotnie nasze wojska wsrod ktorych byla i walczyla husaria takie bitwy wygrywaly jak i przegrywaly (chocby pod Warszawa ze Szwedami).
Owszem, wielokrotnie szarze husarii w efekcie przynosily nam zwyciestwo. Ale to tez dlatego, ze wczesniej artyleria i lekkie choragwie godzinami "szarpaly" wroga. A wtedy, gdy juz zmeczeni wrodzy zolnierze slaniali sie na nogach, otumanieni klebami prochowego dymu i otepiali od zgielku, wyjezdzala na pole husaria, cala na bialo :P, swiezutka, pelna energii i walila jak taranem w wyczerpane wrogie oddzialy.
Kluczem do zwyciestwa bylo WLASCIWE wykorzystanie husarii - a nie sama husaria.
@@jerzypoprawa7107 Dzięki. Mnóstwo tu bzdurnych hurrapatriotycznych komentarzy.
@@Jutrzen
Moim ulubionym jest ten, ze najemnicy zaciagajacy sie do Szwedow mieli w umowie paragraf, w ktorym mieli prawo odmowic walki z husaria, czy jakos tak.
Tyle ze nikt nigdzie takiej umowy nie znalazl, a kazdy kto zgodilby sie na taki paragraf zaciagajac wojska bylby kretynem. :)
Acz prawda jest za to, ze np. szwedzka jazda bez problemu kontrszarzowala na atakujaca ja polska lekka jazde, natomiast na widok husarii zachowywala spora wstrzemiezliwosc. :)
@@jerzypoprawa7107 Oczywiście, ale bawi mnie też te 100 lat bez porażki, gdzie w XVI wieku bitew z udziałem w pełni uformowanej husarii było niewiele, więc oc tak, jak ja bym się cieszył, że w XXI wieku nie rozbiłem żadnego Ferrari.
Like most of Poles, I have enormous sentiment for husaria. ❤ There's a kind of anegdote that when Sobieski's charge in Vienna had place, people already fighting on city walls stopped fight and started observing the charge. I'm not sure is it true, but damn, works well on imagination. ❤
Offtopic: the guy said that they were calling other nobles "tavarish". I'm not sure how it worked in Old Polish, but in modern Polish that word is "towarzysz" and spelling it like "tavarish" sounds russian and reminds communism times. 😅
Definetly "towarzysz", not "tavarish" !!!!!!
Another vital element of the Hussars success was their "Rota". The unit was considered to have a collective 'spirit' that rode with them and fluttered in their banners. This greatly aided Polish morale and harmed enemy morale.
zdziwiony ? pisałem ci przecież że okupowaliśmy moskwe 2 krotnie nasz błąd był taki że nie wychowaliśmy ich na ludzi.........
Okupacja to okupacja. Nic dobrego. Inna rzecz, że ich się nie da wychować.
Ale sam fakt, że jako jedyni z Europy dwa razy im porządnie utarliśmy nosa przyjemnie rozgrzewa serduszko.😊
Wrecz przeciwnie.Zachowywalismy sie tam jak totalni barbarzyncy.
To nie była okupacja tylko obsadzenie Kremla i Moskwy załogą na mocy porozumienia z Bojarami. Sami o to zabiegali. Przeczytaj postanowienia traktatowe. Król Zygmunt dał ciała, nie wojsko.
7:27 tak to wyglądało , jedno skrzydło przytroczone do siodła , a nie dwa do pleców
Robercie. well you would have a lot of doubts as a ton of equipment and weight is going your way. besides, these wings made quite an interesting and intimidating sound effect at full gallop.
Yea I thought they would make a noise!
Historians still argue if they were making noise or not .
@@nagi84 I still shit my pants badly just thinking about it.
Rob thanks for the content! Very cool.
There are many misconceptions about huzaria .
At different time they were differently provisioned.
Through of the majority of history of Poland, only Nobles were obligated to provide military service. (in fact, Land owners (Nobles) had the obligation to:
a. Present themselves onto a assembly area, with the specific equipment and trained and supplied retinue in numbers and strength as specified for their means based on their land holdings.
b. Pay up to the crown specific amount of money that would pay for raising equal units from Nobles that are not land owners,who may or may not on permanent basis working in military capacity.
Huzaria, was a professional unit, composed not from ad hoc assembly of rich lads with wings arriving to battle field in their ferrari's..
Although these units, could have been raised and retained by a landlord, by the banner (noble families in that land area, or Families that shared the same coat of arms (a clan) ,or raised by the local wojewod on at he behest of the king.
These were the top tier unit, professional, that could serve in any of the units raised or retained on permanent basis, and were payed equal amount of money for their services, each according to their rank of course.
Each one of them was a paid professional contractor/consultant.
Like knights before them, so did Polish nobles of post medieval period, continued with that knightly tradition.
That is also the reason why you se a specific Knights Cross etched everywhere. Armour, Banners, Coats of Arms. (not because of their religious affiliations)
Non-Nobles were not required to participating in the fighting.
However they may have been brought in as the logistics train, and in the service, technical support roles.
What was decisive as you have rightly said their superiority in the use of some technical advancements, but the vid failed to state, that apart of the lances and dedication, and wow factor, the horse was the key weapon.
It was a special breed of the Arabian horse, small, strong, fast, and agile, extreme endurance.
These horses were able at full gallop, turn in a circle of 3 meters and return at a gallop to starting lines to "reload" the rider with new lance and prep for next charge.
These horses were forbidden to be exported under the penalty of death.
Second decisive factor was the huzaria's tactics.
Line after line after line, like a conveyor belt would smash one after another into the enemy lines, while passing each other on the way in(to engage) , and the way out (to reload)
All this until the enemy lines are broken which came about fairly fast.
Seldom the side arms like saber would come to play until conveyor belt tactic created a break.
The wings exept thte psychology effect have also very important technical reason. Very offten Husaria fighted with the east Horse Riding (Tatarzy). They use rope/lasso and the wings protected against the noose.
As for Otoman empire and battle of Vienna, I just want to add, that later on (almost hundred years) Turkiye was the only country that never recognized the partitioning of Poland. That was tribute to a worthy opponent. Respect!
I think that watching movies or clips about hussars doesn't give how elite their charges were. It is caused mainly by the fact that teaching horses to be as great as hussars' is just too expencive and timeconsuming. Boys and horses were lerning to be hussars from very young age. It is told that they praticed their formation by keeping a coin beetwen knees of neighbouring raiders. So they formation was solid as a wall .
Forget about wings making noise on the battlefield. With artillery and muskets in the background. The pennants on the copies are different - they make some noise.
Most horse breeds throughout history were much smaller than the modern horse, they would be considered by us no more than large ponies. It's also true for the horses used by winged hussars.
Also the rohhirim charge in the Return of the King was loosely based on the charge during the siege of Vienna and that scene had only 6,000 horsemen involved. Now imagine the real deal with over 3 times as many cavalry.
Nie wiem jak w filmie, ale akurat wersja książkowa na pewno nie. Pola Katalaunijskie.
As for 'wings' of hussars, as I recall history lessons, main reason for wearing them was protection against being caught by 'arkan' (Tatars lasso).
@6:11 In fact, the loss of horses was expected. A hussar usually had several of them at his disposal, but it's important to realize that in the old world, before automobile era, the means of transportation were mainly horses. Poland was once famous for horse breeding and there was no shortage of horses. Horses of many breeds, for many tasks. Also war horses, specially selected and trained. They were worth a fortune, and the rider sometimes established a strong emotional bond with the animal on which his life depended. But it was these horses that paid the blood tribute on the battlefield. The hussars themselves usually died in battles in a minimal number, but the losses of horses were high. They were listed in the loss records as carefully as the soldiers.
11;36 the pictures are from the fiml "With Fire and With a Sword" about Ucrainian upprising against Polish and it was succesful
History lesson on my way to work.
Thanks
My favorite story is the battle of Mogilev (1581) - 200 hussars against 30-40 thousand russians, of course the russians fled. Imagine 1 against 200!!!! and by the way, the battle was in the open field.
Or Hodów. Similar Commonwealth force against up to 70 thousand Tatars.
Mohylew na Białorusi?
@@swetoniuszkorda5737 były tam 3 ordy po 3 tumeny i jeden tumen 4 ordy. Łącznie pod Hodowem około 40 000 Tatarów z ord: budziackej, krymskiej, dobruckiej i nogajskiej zaatakowało 200 husarzy i 200 pancernych w umocnionej wsi.
Po utracie kilku tysięcy wojowników Tatarzy odstąpili od oblężenia i dalszej kampanii w głąb terytorium Rzeczypospolitej.
Fun fact: in the film Collateral (2004) with Tom Cruise, his character says during the escape "ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP IS THE POLISH CAVALRY" xD
4:11 That;s 100% true. Only the best trained men from a rich houses can became a hussar
The hussar comes to Poland from Hungary as light hussar cavalry. In Poland, it was modified or perhaps evolved into a heavy version. More armored, but not like a typical medieval knight. Only that part of the armor that is necessary to survive. His strengths were good discipline, special horses and tactics. In their day, gunpowder weapons were not very quick-firing. Of course, the range of this weapon was short. They stayed out of this range and attacked at full speed between enemy reloads. The horses were strong. When a horse was shot in the heart, it was still running. His muscles were still pumping blood. Hussar's lance (main weapon) was longer than typical. Rest of their weapons was koncerz, pistols, and special type of saber (Hussar saber). Wings propably wasn't typical equipment on battlefield and if was then mounted them to the saddle.
Hussars at that time were a combination of today's Marines, Grom or SAS. Every enemy who heard they were around feared for their lives. Poland, like Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, was an empire, and like the history of Rome, Egypt or Byzantium, there will be a weapon for every power, Poland was destroyed by a firearm, on which to stop the Poles, taught by war, invented a bulletproof vest and the Swedes from Poland Our ancestors passed away. Wons change not only the equipment of the army but also the lives of ordinary people. The V1 and V2 rockets that fell on London and the surrounding area during World War II laid the foundations for space flights. I believe that Ukraine's defensive war against Russia will give us, ordinary people, a technological leap in the next 2 decades. It's nice to see someone trying to learn about my country's history, language and culture. I salute you Rob
Of course they are my favourite formation. I heard somewhere that the mecenary warriors, who were hired by neighbouring with Poland kingdoms or at war with Poland, that they will fight, as long as they won't have to stand against polish winged hussars
About wings: they evolved from eastern warfare where light cavalry of tatars and kosacks where using arkan pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkan_(sznur) kind of rope/lasso which was tool to pull down rider from horse. Simple stick above head tied by leather straps at back easy to drop out in need prevent that effectively.
Or much better big bold angelic wings for additional psychologic effect^^
Lances was only attribute of hussar's equipment provided fully by King of Poland.
Just to Vienna - and your Gandalf comment - imagine Gandalf's charge - but ten times more people, and visibly more imposing ;)
As for the decline of Hussars - decline started in 1640s. In early 1700s there simply wasn't enough horses good to be hussar horses, and not enough people to train new hussars (they were very well trained during their height, that could ride in a tight line, knee to knee, at the full gallop during the charge).
Only 2,5 thousand of winged hussars fought in the battle of Vienna. The other key cavalry unit in this battle was Pancerni/Jazda Pancerna (Heavy Cavalry). Pancerni was also badass and successful unit. And if we ever had 18k of those fierce mother*uckers (hussars) partition and downfall of Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth would be simply impossible
So, maybe next "Winged hussars" by Sabaton? ;)
Wings rather it was a myth. They often had one wing attached. All the might of this cavalry defied training and tactics. The tactic was to attack galloping in close proximity, practically touching hussars with hussars. They were like a rushing wall.
How the wings "were a myth"? It's historical proven fact, from many sources.
at full gallop it sounded like the wrath of the Almighty. You can trivialize it now, but old dayz. you would shit your pants.
Not all hussars had wings but polish hussars had wings.
@@Sargath666 he means it was very often just a single wing, not two wings as usually it is depicted everywhere, you can hear about it in every museum with hussar's equipment
@@tomasz7950 exactly
horses were a special breed, the penalty for selling a horse abroad was death, the horses were a cross between several horses, they were big, and the fastest and most maneuverable. hussar wings made no noise (not every hussar had wings, secondly, they were first mounted on the seats, rarely on the back) but during the charge they increased the size of the hussar 2x 3x in the minds of the enemies. the cost of the horse is 10,000 silver, but the armor with the weapon is 8,000 silver. the trick was that the hussars rode in a loose formation and 100 meters from the enemy, they created a wedge and smashed it. the hussars were seen in 1476, officially created in 1501 by king Stefan Batory, who was Hungarian and took this idea from hungary, besides, the hussars at the beginning were light cavalry, only when the king moderated it was a hard cavalry. Jan III Sobieski was a king but in the 17th century, I remind you that the battle of Vienna, where 8,000 hussars defeated 140,000 Turks in the villages were charging in 1683. 18,000 but 10,000 were heavy Lisowczycy Cossacks and other Hussar cavalry was not more than 8,000. Most Hussars were peasants in the service of the nobility. The nobleman had 3 or 4 postal officers (subordinate hussars) to whom he bought horses, weapons, armor and trained them, and in return he received the spoils of war that they collected, so in Poland the spoils of war belonged to the army, not to the king. the hussars fell because king August II in the battle of Inflany in 1702 threw all the hussars to attack, after 3 charges they killed 2000 enemy soldiers, but there were 100 wounded in 3 killed. yes they lost And that the king did not want to be a bad strategist, he said it was the fault of the hussars , then he moved the hussars away from the fighting. And the Swedish king would like to have them in the army, then Sweden lost, but without the hussars. Hussar armor had stellars and no bullet could penetrate them, only the gun from 1914 pierced their armor.
The hussar tactic was that behind the company of hussars there were 2 standard-bearers who killed anyone who wanted to desert, behind them was a lieutenant, and behind them peasants on horses, that when the horse fell or was injured, the peasant rode up to the hussar and gave him a horse.
Let me just remind you that during World War II Poles fought on horseback, but they destroyed tanks anyway, so they were a real threat.
And if you want to look for a different ride, more brutal, not sparing anyone, attacking everyone, I recommend the Lisowczycy topic. they were the horsemen of the apocalypse, and they were light-armed, for example, in vienna they captured a drunken prince of austria-hungary.
you have some hussar battles here
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here you have about foxes, you can translate
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The English have mastered the art of removing hot potatoes from the fire with other people's hands.
Even in Poland, few people know about it but, most hussars did not wear wings in combat, rather they were worn on parades.
Nosili do boju. Sami husarze o tym pisali. Jednak czy nosili czy nie to był ich wybór. To że nie nosili w ogóle to mit.
Tak jak napisałem takich co nosili było niewielu, bo było to po prostu niewygodne, jednak tacy też byli. Chodzi mi o to, że błędnym jest stwierdzenie iż skrzydła te dawały jakąś przewagę w walce jak i to, że przedstawia się ich jakby wszyscy nosili te skrzydła kiedy tak naprawdę było ich niewielu.
@@jakub8579 no tak, skrzydła nic nie dawały podczas walki, ale kozacko wyglądały.
Pozdro dla typa co napisał ten komentarz i nie widział żadnego obrazu z husarią. Na obrazach są skrzydła i takie gadanie że nie nosili jest szybko obalane bo malarze tamtych czasów byli swego rodzaju historykami
@@nitrofochv2185 Pozdro dla typa ntrofochv... Logika u ciebie poziomu podstawówki. Obrazy nie są żadnym dowodem - przykładem obraz "Kopernika przy pracy" pędzla mistrza Matejki, pokazywał wśród innych przyrządów astronomicznych lunetę. Na szczęście, ktoś mu zwrócił uwagę na fakt, że lunetę wynalazł Galileusz po śmierci Kopernika, więc Matejko ją zamalował. Podobnie z obrazkami szarży husarii - wszyscy późniejsi mistrzowie opierali się na opowieściach, gdyż żaden z malarzy, prawdziwej bitwy nie widział!
Interesting fact about hussars is that they evolved from light cavalery, so they were extremely maneuvering force. When they were abroching to the target they rode with big distance between the soldiers. So it was hard to hit them from muskets or artilery. And at the ending of charge they were closing their formation to fit as one force and break formation of their enemies.