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You should make an utterly inoffensive video, like about ancient Egypt, and leave Hitler and Stalin out of the intro. Maybe then TH-cam won't demonetize the video.
Wrong. Krakow was oficial capital of Poland until 1918 when Jozef Pilsudski oficialy made it hapend. From 1596 unlil 1795 it was Residance of Polish Kings only when Krakow was still a Capitol. Szczera prawda (honest truth)
@@AK-zs9gj ta, tylko że mówisz o czasach kiedy nie było formalnego i urzędowego określenia "stolicy". Dlatego w praktyce ruch pierwszego Wazy jest prawidłowo określany jako przeniesienie stolicy. Aczkolwiek słusznie zwróciłeś na to uwagę, bo to ciekawy szczegół.
A handful of miscellaneous (hopefully fun) facts: - The battle hymns sang by each side were "Bogurodzica" (Mother of God) and "Christ ist erstanden" (Christ is risen). You can easily find some modern renditions. - Grand Master Urlich von Jungingen was probably slain by Polish knight Mszczuj of Skrzynno (try pronouncing that) of the Swan coat of arms. (Edit: I'll give you a tip, it's actually something like "Mshchuy of Skshenno"). - Lithuanian forces included a Tatar contingent. - During the Teutonic invasion/intervention in the Lithuanian civil war and the siege of Vilnius in 1390 (around 5:40 in the video) among the western volunteer 'crusaders' was Henry Bolingbroke, soon to be King Henry IV of England, with about hundred men. - The diplomatic fighting between Poland and Lithuania and the Order continued after the Peace of Thorn (1411), becoming one of the main issues discussed at the Council of Constance. During those debates Polish representatives; Stanisław of Skarbimierz and Paweł Włodkowic (better known as Paulus Vladimiri in Latin) had some pretty ahead of their time ideas, that can be viewed as precursors to the modern concepts of international law, universal human rights, and religious tolerance.
LITUANIAN CAVALRY RETREAT is in fact common tatar tactics to lure enemy cavalry. Years before this war tatars use this tactisc and win with it many times.
@CipiRipi00 Oh yeah, Moldavians too. There were also some Czech mercenaries under the Banner of St. George, including future famous Hussite commander Jan Žižka.
Polish king, Jan the third Sobieski tried to free all of Orthodox/Catholics nations (including Moldova) from Turks/Ottoman Empire oppression during end of 16th century by creating a Holly League. This is unsuccessful campaign was betrayed by pope of Vatican and Austrian Empire and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth can't pay all of the costs of such a massive military campaign.
shocker he has a animated pic of hitler should instantly be demonetized..... but sure the great war and WWII channel that armchair has be featured on is fully demonetized what a load of bullshit
Well, there are many variations but to put it as simple as it can be... 1 liter (1000 ml) of water, 400g of sugar and 10g of yeast. By the powers combined You get Zacier ("Mashing"?) Base for strong spirit drinks usualy home made, for centuries speciality of most households of Commonwealth :)
Just a note, many mercenaries fought fro the Poles too. The most famous are probably Bohemian-Moravian-Silesian mercenaries, mainly because Jan Žižka, who would later command army of so called Hussites, was part of it and lost one eye in the battle
@@siejac7894 I'm not Polish and am not deep in Polish historiography so I do not know their motivation. It is quite possible they had some personal benefits being under German rule. At least seven banners of Polish lands, cities and dioceses fought under the Teutonic command (some however swapped sides during the balttle): 1. Chorągiew księcia oleśnickiego Konrada Białego 2. Chorągiew miasta Chełmna 3. Chorągiew biskupstwa i biskupa pomezańskiego 4. Chorągiew komturstwa i miasta Kowalewa 5. Chorągiew biskupa i biskupstwa sambijskiego 5. Chorągiew Kazimierza V, księcia szczecińskiego 5. Chorągiew Kazimierza V, księcia szczecińskiego 6. Chorągiew rycerstwa ziemi chełmińskiej 7. Chorągiew komturstwa świeckiego Check Polish Wikipedia pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_pod_Grunwaldem#Wojska_krzy%C5%BCackie
fun fact: in Poland there are intercoms in staircases where you need to enter the code to enter the building. The default for many is 100 * 1410 date of Battle of Grunwald :D
@@ronaldostrowski4014 actually it a tactica Lithuanians or well a tribe that formed Lithuania (zemgaliai and zemaiciai) used to defeat Livonians in two battles...
This tactic was hardly new. Roman emperor Aurelian used it against the Palmyrians way back in the 3rd century. Sure the details were different somewhat, but the common strategy is still there.
Man your animation team is doing wonderful work. I've been following you for a while and it's been a treat watching your channel grow over the years. Please keep up the good work!
LITUANIAN CAVALRY RETREAT is in fact common tatar tactics to lure enemy cavalry. Years before this war tatars use this tactisc and win with it many times.
@@Ohmi_nice It's very much disputed wether it was intentional or not. According to primary sources like Długosz's chronicle it wasn't a manouvre but a rout.
It's nice to see a video about Battle of Grunwald made by such big and quite influential channel. Good job! However there's some remarks I'd like to rise: 1. Jagiełło was not Jogaila's new name - his new name (given at baptism) was Władysław - Jagiełło is polinized version of Jogaila and in Polish history he is known as Władysław II Jagiełło. 2. At the time capital city of Kingdom of Poland was not Warsaw (Warszawa) - it was Cracow (Kraków). In fact Warsaw was one of the cities of Polish vassal of the Duchy of Mazovia. 3. Battle did not take place on the Polish soil - just like we can see on the vizualization - it was on the teritory of the Teutonic Order. The Allied armies of Poland, Lithuania and its vassals and mercenaryies allies had marched into Teutonic teritory to aim it's capital - Marienburg (Malbork), but due to some circumstances they had to changed their route few times. The Teutonic army chased them all the time and on the 15th of July 1410 they met near Grunwald. 4. Lithuanian army was generally lighter equipped than the Poles, but richer part of Lithuanian nobility was more western - style heavily armed horsemen. 5. The battle was highly likely fought almost exclusively by the cavalry from the both sides - the participation of the infantry was very low. 6. The Polish King did not actively participate in the battle.
Very true about everything you said, on last point, there are even jokes here at lithuania, that Jogaila was last to step into battle, because he started a mass, and Vytautas went into war at that time :D. He also forgot to add that Jogaila was attacked while being in the back
@@vytizen Jogaila begun his career as a Lithuanian Pagan prince, thus I would assume he was acquainted with physical fight to some extent. The charge by Kökeritz upon the King is kind of unclear event during the "last ditch effort" by Ulrich. The currently accepted version is that Zbigniew of Olesnica killed the charging German pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_pod_Grunwaldem#Czyny_Zbigniewa_Ole%C5%9Bnickiego and this was efficient but not very knightly.
9:24 I think it was " Mieczów ci u nas dostatek, ale i te przyjmiemy jako wróżbę zwycięstwa" ("Swords we have plenty, yet we shall accept those as foretelling of victory")
@@deloox7369 I have heard it's because your guys in charge of the Eurovision lose intentionally so that you wouldn't have to host the following year's contest. Cause it's too expensive for your country.
I need to congratulate you for the graphics. They are so much better, so much animations and better articulated movement...wow. Keep doing such great work!
"...his troops fled back to camp, where they attempted to circle their supply wagons into a makeshift fortification" Jan Zizka (who was at the battle) will remember that
Very nice video. Jagiełło didn't rly want to capture Malbork (marienburg). He was lithuanian and he knows that Teutonic Order was only reason for polish-lituanian union.
Not necessarily, Poland always new her enemy's well and alliances were commen back then and still r. If ur smart u do wut ever it takes to win period! Poland was the brains and the braun of that union. Poland even warned the sloppy west like Britain and France of the coming Nazi threat and nobody listened. Polish history is a powerful and remarkable. History is fascinating and those who don't know r doomed to repeat it.
3:50 Just for clarification, Samogitia wasn't a separate state, but a part of the Grand Duchy. They did have some autonomy AFAIK,however, due to them constantly dealing with the Teutons and Livonians E: Neither were they Catholic, as shown in 5:15, as far as I know. Not sure where you got that from heh :P In any case, I enjoyed the video and the attention to detail :)
A bit late into the party, but from what my history teacher told me, both sides fielded heavy cavalry of near identical standards. Part of Lithuanian cavalry was light, part heavy. Also, Tatars were present. And many others. It was a mess.
Teotonic knights: Can we go to battle, please! Kings: Nope. Can we, We will be nice! Ok. But you will regret this. After the battle to Jungingen's corpse: Told you so...
6:37 why is there Warsaw on the map? At that time, Kraków (Cracow) was the capital of Poland. That's where the polish army began its march. In medieval, Warsaw was only a small city.
7:48 The battle took place in Teutonic territory, not in Poland as this animation suggest. It was after all a Polish-Lithuanian invasion of the Order, not the other way round.
@Polish Meme Factory I'm only talking about the Summer of 1410 period of the war. Your sarcasm is not necessary and misleading. The Order started this war in 1409, but in July 1410 it was the Polish side which took the initiative and invaded enemy territory. The battle of Grunwald took place in Teutonic territory, not in Poland as the animation suggests. That's the point of my comment.
@Polish Meme Factory yes they did. The new Polish lightning warfare tactic was devastating against the German lines. The Polish made a temporary alliance with France to invade Germany from both sides. The Germans fought hard but were no match for the two giants crashing down on them. Within a month the Polish flag hung high over Berlin.
Being a Squier of an actual Polish knight, I can tell you that, 1. infantry did not participate in this battle, the 2 bombards were Polish the germans had 11. also, the Germans were not heavily armed as Polish, because they were in geared closer to Lithuanians, as, for the most part, they fought in dense terrain in Lithuania. While the mercenaries etc. were heavily armed. If you like I could correct a large portion of this, as I studied the battle as is was one of my tasks to compile the main differences from this battle and the battle of Kirholm.
@Pax Sarmatica pretty much, many in Lithuania remained pagan, and not just crypto pagan till the 18-19th century. What makes the Lithuanians as a state unique among all of Europe is their tolerance of those who stayed with the old beliefs, not forcing really anyone but the nobility to do the Christian conversion dance.
Nice to see Grunwald be a subject but there are many inaccuracies or omissions that sadly make this battle lose a lot of depth. Good at least that all corrections can be found in comments section. Like for example it is said that Jagiełło was not fighting in the line like we see in animation but commanding from the rear that helped him to move units where they were needed unlike Juningen who died in battle. Also Battle took place on Teutonic lands and there were pretty important moves of armies(like building medieval pontoon bridges) that made the battle take place where it was not somewhere else.
The fact that polish kings went for vassalisation, instead of outright annexation of the Order's land, despite having possibility for such action at least 2 times in history, is probably one of the most, if not THE most pivotal moment in history of Europe. We can only imagine how the Europe and the world in the end, would look like if Order never secularised and did not become the independed state of Prussia.
Great video. Just a small correction: When Jogaila was baptised he changed his name to Władysław. Jagiełło is polish translation of his old, pagan name. Poles used it to differenciate him from king Władysław Łokietek, famous because of his wars against Teutonic Order. Jagiełło was then changed to Jagiellon, name of the dynasty. So it's not incorrect to call Władysław II "Jagiełło", but it was not his name after he became christian.
@@ddlithuania819 Not really. I mean, hide it from whom ?:) Nobiles were engaged in the political life of the kingdom and knew very well who Jogaila/Jagiełło was.
@@ddlithuania819 your theory is nice and dandy until you realise that nickname "Jagiełło" is used more commonly than his number "II". And the whole dynasty is called after his pagan name. Poles do not want to hide their ties with Lithuania. For most of Poles Lithuania is younger sister of our Great Mother. It is our aunt in some way. A lot of great polish patriots and artists were Lithuanian in origin. "Lietuva, my motherland! You're like godd health. How much you should be respected thou shall know, who lost You. Today, your beauty in all its greatness, I see and write about, because I miss You" A. Mickiewicza Lithuanian writing in polish
@@komar7890 Mickevicius was lithuanian and he wrote in polish because it was more comonly used back then by the nobility. Poles hate lithuanians and always look at them as some lower nation, like their little brother. Lithuanians also hate poles, i guess its a demise ment o be
Interesting bonus fact: After the battle in 1410 , Poles took the teutonic banners and store it in Wawel castle in Krakow as you do after victory .They were there until 1939 when after invation of Poland, Adolf Hitler ordered to take the banners back to Marienburg. There was a whole ceremony with nazi and teutonic order flags, wehrmacht soldiers etc, some of them in clothes of teutonic order knights. Photographs of this ceremony can be found on the internet , there are some videos of it as well.
Great to see english speaking history channel, mentioning Poland's history. Esp. in such detail. You are doing a god work, armchair historian! Cheers from Poland!
Sienkiewicz has a wonderful description of this battle in his book, The Teutonic Knights; although I don't really remember how historically accurate it is. Cheers, mate, you're doing an excellent job.
Several major mistakes I have to point out: 1) There is no evidence whatsoever of any infantry fighting at the battle - it was a huge cavalry melee, including mounted crossbowmen and archers on both sides. 2) Polish and Teutonic forces looked so similar that king Jagiełło ordered many of his knights to put belts made of straw around their waists to recognize friend from foe. We have to remember that a vast majority of the Teutonic army were ordinary feudal knights, volunteers and mercenaries from Prussia, Silesia, various German duchies and principalities and so on. There were only around 250 order brothers in "crusader" gear (most of them died). 3) The battle took place nowhere near Warsaw (which at that time was a rather small provincial town) - villages of Grunwald and Tannenberg were located within the Order's territory, not far away from their capital (which was besieged for a few weeks after the battle, but the Polish-Lithuanian forces were unable to capture it). Respect for pronouncing Polish names almost perfectly!
Warszawa w tym okresie nie była już miasteczkiem, 5000 mieszkańców w xv wieku w Polsce to nie mało, Kraków miał ok 15-20 tys., Poznań, Lwów po ok. 10.000
@@siejac7894 To raczej wątpliwe, skoro w 1510, a więc sto lat po bitwie grunwaldzkiej, obie części Warszawy (prawobrzeżną i lewobrzeżną) zamieszkiwało ok. 4700 osób. źródło: M. Zahorski, A. Drozdowski, "Historia Warszawy"
@@artinaam Ja gdzieś czytałem książki już nie pomnę, że na pocz. XVI w. było ok. 6500. Na Polskie warunki było to dużo, skoro europejski średniak jakim był Gdańsk 25-30 tys, robił wrażenie. Poza tym w Warszawie odbywały się negocjacje z Krzyżakami, nie pamiętam szczegółów ale było opisane, że posiada mury obronne i spełnia wszelkie standardy żeby urządzić tam zjazd.
"...ordered many of his knights to put belts made of straw around their waists to recognize friend from foe." Any primary sources? To my knowledge, there is EXACTLY the same amount of evidence for this statement as there is for infantry being in the battle. Am I wrong?
Id rather see him doing one on the estonian and livonian part of the northern crusade. There might be less info but its just as interesting as the lithuanian crusade. If the livonian order had chosen to fight the lithuanians instead of estonians then they would have formed a great nation like lithuania.
8:33 - this is also bit of the track. Teutonic forces weren't as heavy geared as they use to be pictured. This was because over the years they've changed their equipment to fight uprisings and ambushes in Prussian and Lithuanian forrest. This required lighter armor, shorter weapons - no lances. Also most of the Teutonic forces were not knights but lesser troops (half-brothers), conscripts and mercenaries, only order's guests were real knights. Remember that total number of all Teutonic Knights in Prussia was around 300-400 + some guest knights.
A few errors, Polish-Lithuanian infantry did not take part in the battle until the Lithuanian army came back into the fight, the royal banner (aka the banner of Krakow was in a mounted unit).
Well you are wrong, Polish infantry (which was of small number anyways, when compared to the 20,000-23,000 Polish cavalry contingent and 10,000-15,000 Lithuanian cavalry contingent) did not take part in the battle at all (if anything they helped taking over the Teutonic camp) and there was no Lithuanian infantry.
@@aleksandersokal5279 teaching me my own history? Of a battle that every child in Poland and Lithuania knows by memory? What's next? You'll be translating the Polish language sources for me?
@@Seyfudin Jestem polakiem i czytałem wiele historycznych opracowań dotyczących tej bitwy, to że w szkole cię uczyli że była jakaś piechota chłopska to nie znaczy że tak było naprawdę. Grunwald to najprawdapodobniej była tylko bitwa kawaleryjska, z minimalną ilością piechoty po Krzyżackiej stronie... P.S.: I tak będę cię uczyć historii...
Just imagine all the logisticks that had to be solved. 40 thousand of people (just one side) + horses + accomodation + food suplies and all that stuff was moving to the very last moment. I really think they could smell each other from great distance.
Love the visuals. Just some friendly corrections in terms of the kit used at this time; by the late fourteenth-century knights would have largely ditched great helms with hounskull-visored bascinets being the main kind of helmet among well-to-do men-at-arms. The kettle hats should also be more pointed in general, save for the properly-depicted Central-European kettle hats you guys have at moments like 10:27 (good stuff, also a rare depiction of awl pikes on a major historical channel - love it!). Kettle hats in general should be made from single sheets of metal; there's a bit too many that look more appropriate for the thirteenth century. Crossbows should all have wooden limbs, open-faced bascinets should be the most common helmet among infantry, and lastly, there should be a lot more color variation. Uniforms were extremely rare in the Middle Ages, so while it would be appropriate for Teutonic forces to be wearing the colors of their order, it would look strange on just about everyone else to be wearing their liege or country's coat of arms. Most combatants would be coming to the fight with their own kit (which would be gambesons, tunics, swords and a polearm of some kind for most soldiers), relying on recognition and staying in formation to avoid killing allies. Anyway, that's the end of my crazy rant. Good video!
Alexander I of Moldavia/Moldova participated in two battles against the Teutonic Knights: in 1410 at Grunwald (with 1000 cavalrymen) and in 1422 at Marienburg. For that reason, in the end of the video, you can see the flag of Principality of Moldavia, depicting an or aurochs/wisent head, flanked by stylised figures of the Sun and crescent Moon (or other symbols, such as the rosette and star) set against a gules (or possibly purpure) background.
I dont want to complain as a subscriber which sees fifteen minutes documentary without the ability to understand the amount of time you spent on this amazing video but suffice to say heavy cavalry never charge with sword they used lance for head on charges
I noticed some small mistakes. 1. Capital City was Cracov 2.Most of Teutonic knights were propably light armored, after the campagin in Lituania (swaps and forest are not good land for massive units) 3.Most of Teutonic knights were not an knghts, but they were an mercenerys (only 300 were knights, give or take) 4.Most of Teutonic knights were not germans... 5.The retreat of lithuanian forces was propably planned 6.Jagiełło was very old, thats why he was commanding from safe hill, not like a Teutonic master. extra thing! We build the 1st floathing bridge in Europe to pass the ferrys on river, wich is guard. Next bridge was create in I WW i quess. Sorry if i make a grammar mistakes
9:54 This point is widely misunderstood. Lithuanian light cavalry was formed and fought like steppe warriors, in fact, it was in big part composed of Tatars. Fake retreat to pull one flank is bread and butter of steppe generals. That tactic was used in Eastern Europe for hundreds of years now, thanks to hard lessons from Mongol Empire.
ark jedrzejewsky I believe he is talking about this battle specificaly. Some sources say that Vytautas was gifted with ~2000 tatars and they participated in this battle
@@tropix4392 And they turned him into some weird patron saint figure. There are still some descendant of these Tatars still living in Lithuania (though most of them don't look very Asian anymore).
Paradoxically, the Teutonic Knights were invited to invade Prussian territories by Polish duke, Konrad I of Masovia. As Poland was going through the period of fragmentation after the death of duke Bolesław III Wrymouth, Konrad thought that safety to the north would bolster his chances of grasping the capital in Kraków, making him the High Duke of Poland, so the most important of the Polish dukes.
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You should make an utterly inoffensive video, like about ancient Egypt, and leave Hitler and Stalin out of the intro. Maybe then TH-cam won't demonetize the video.
You should make a video on the battle of panipat
Soviet invasion of manchuria pls
make battle of didgori plz
battle of didgori was the great battle 55000 against 300000-400000 it was great georgian victory plz make it
Warsaw (Warszawa) was not capital of Kingdom of Poland that time. Kraków was till 1596.
Wrong. Krakow was oficial capital of Poland until 1918 when Jozef Pilsudski oficialy made it hapend. From 1596 unlil 1795 it was Residance of Polish Kings only when Krakow was still a Capitol. Szczera prawda (honest truth)
@@AK-zs9gj ta, tylko że mówisz o czasach kiedy nie było formalnego i urzędowego określenia "stolicy". Dlatego w praktyce ruch pierwszego Wazy jest prawidłowo określany jako przeniesienie stolicy. Aczkolwiek słusznie zwróciłeś na to uwagę, bo to ciekawy szczegół.
@@AK-zs9gj Widać, ktoś z Krakowa tutaj
@@beautifulcarpetdiagram Widać ktoś z Warszawki tutaj
idźcie się kłócić na pole a nie tutaj xD
A handful of miscellaneous (hopefully fun) facts:
- The battle hymns sang by each side were "Bogurodzica" (Mother of God) and "Christ ist erstanden" (Christ is risen). You can easily find some modern renditions.
- Grand Master Urlich von Jungingen was probably slain by Polish knight Mszczuj of Skrzynno (try pronouncing that) of the Swan coat of arms. (Edit: I'll give you a tip, it's actually something like "Mshchuy of Skshenno").
- Lithuanian forces included a Tatar contingent.
- During the Teutonic invasion/intervention in the Lithuanian civil war and the siege of Vilnius in 1390 (around 5:40 in the video) among the western volunteer 'crusaders' was Henry Bolingbroke, soon to be King Henry IV of England, with about hundred men.
- The diplomatic fighting between Poland and Lithuania and the Order continued after the Peace of Thorn (1411), becoming one of the main issues discussed at the Council of Constance. During those debates Polish representatives; Stanisław of Skarbimierz and Paweł Włodkowic (better known as Paulus Vladimiri in Latin) had some pretty ahead of their time ideas, that can be viewed as precursors to the modern concepts of international law, universal human rights, and religious tolerance.
Artur M. Omg I’ve been trying to find the name to that song, thank you
@@tyrian_baal I'm glad I could help. :)
LITUANIAN CAVALRY RETREAT is in fact common tatar tactics to lure enemy cavalry. Years before this war tatars use this tactisc and win with it many times.
@CipiRipi00 Oh yeah, Moldavians too. There were also some Czech mercenaries under the Banner of St. George, including future famous Hussite commander Jan Žižka.
@CipiRipi00 because Moldova was a polish vassal/ally at the time. never said 'only tatars'. you don't have to be a tatar to use a tatar tactic.
seeing the flag of moldova between the polish forces makes me very happy
those time we were in a really close alliance
Connections between us were extremely tight and good for a looong time :D
@SonicNarcotic Maybe... Well USSR was centuries later... Different times
@SonicNarcotic Yup. I've got a friend from Moldova. She lives in Poland now but sometimes goes to Moldova. This country changed even during her life
Polish king, Jan the third Sobieski tried to free all of Orthodox/Catholics nations (including Moldova) from Turks/Ottoman Empire oppression during end of 16th century by creating a Holly League. This is unsuccessful campaign was betrayed by pope of Vatican and Austrian Empire and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth can't pay all of the costs of such a massive military campaign.
That image of the knights squatting smoking cigarettes and eating a bag of chips is the best
Me: they'll probably want a drink of cola and beer after eating those chip I want a drink
Did nobody else hear that bong rip?
Slavs gonna Slav
@@BigBluenoser The Pruzzes were Germano-Baltics.
Me on halloween.
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Squarespace knows the right content to have monetized.
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shocker he has a animated pic of hitler should instantly be demonetized..... but sure the great war and WWII channel that armchair has be featured on is fully demonetized what a load of bullshit
A great way of getting around You Tube’s boycott. I’ve noticed they don’t have a problem supporting ANTFA though.
wh-what
it's a thing in poland, that literally every single person will always remember that one single date back from school.
July 1410, Grunwald
Its the same in Lithuania, lol :D
Well, there are many variations but to put it as simple as it can be...
1 liter (1000 ml) of water, 400g of sugar and 10g of yeast.
By the powers combined You get Zacier ("Mashing"?) Base for strong spirit drinks usualy home made, for centuries speciality of most households of Commonwealth :)
also in Belarus
10 lipiec 1410
1. Semptember 1939.
When Poland rolls a 9 on a shock phase
Ibrahim Awad Silence Ibrahim😤😤
Lmao EU4 bullshit
@Ibrahim Awad and may your EUIV heir take hunting as a hobby...
@@typhon4829 shut up
Eu4 is actual garbage though.
Just a note, many mercenaries fought fro the Poles too. The most famous are probably Bohemian-Moravian-Silesian mercenaries, mainly because Jan Žižka, who would later command army of so called Hussites, was part of it and lost one eye in the battle
The greatest General of all time
And was, possibly, part of reason why Poland did NOT intevene in Hussite Wars, despite repeated pledges to do so.
There were also Polish knights fighting on the Order's side.
@@fidenemini111 probably Jogaila opposition, some Polish nobles want Habsburgs for the king.
@@siejac7894 I'm not Polish and am not deep in Polish historiography so I do not know their motivation. It is quite possible they had some personal benefits being under German rule. At least seven banners of Polish lands, cities and dioceses fought under the Teutonic command (some however swapped sides during the balttle):
1. Chorągiew księcia oleśnickiego Konrada Białego
2. Chorągiew miasta Chełmna
3. Chorągiew biskupstwa i biskupa pomezańskiego
4. Chorągiew komturstwa i miasta Kowalewa
5. Chorągiew biskupa i biskupstwa sambijskiego
5. Chorągiew Kazimierza V, księcia szczecińskiego
5. Chorągiew Kazimierza V, księcia szczecińskiego
6. Chorągiew rycerstwa ziemi chełmińskiej
7. Chorągiew komturstwa świeckiego
Check Polish Wikipedia
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_pod_Grunwaldem#Wojska_krzy%C5%BCackie
Poland and Lithuania: We are catholic so you can stop the “crusade”
Teutonic Order: Nah we still gonna invade yo-
fun fact: in Poland there are intercoms in staircases where you need to enter the code to enter the building. The default for many is 100 * 1410 date of Battle of Grunwald :D
The Moldavian Banner at 13:00 looks gorgeous 😍. Long live Poland from Romania !
Indeed! It is a gorgeous design!
Cool banner.
Only together we can stand!
@@kawo666 still present on our coat of arms
Lithuania: am I a joke to you?
Lithuanians used Lure Heavy Cavalry into marches.
It was very effective.
They learnt that tactic from the Tartars whom they fought in their conquest of the territory that is now known as Ukraine.
@Der_Dominik Oh, my bad.
@@ronaldostrowski4014 actually it a tactica Lithuanians or well a tribe that formed Lithuania (zemgaliai and zemaiciai) used to defeat Livonians in two battles...
This tactic was hardly new. Roman emperor Aurelian used it against the Palmyrians way back in the 3rd century. Sure the details were different somewhat, but the common strategy is still there.
@@sharilshahed6106 The same tactic was used later at least two times - at the battles of Orsha and Kirkholm.
Man your animation team is doing wonderful work. I've been following you for a while and it's been a treat watching your channel grow over the years. Please keep up the good work!
LITUANIAN CAVALRY RETREAT is in fact common tatar tactics to lure enemy cavalry. Years before this war tatars use this tactisc and win with it many times.
Vytautas lost a battle in 1399 to the Golden Horde when they used this tactic
True, but to this day it is disputed by historians if it was an intentional use of the tactic.
@@janherburodo8070 like "earth is flat" etc.
most think that this was tactics
@@janherburodo8070 Disputes have diminishing value. The battle was won and the maneuvers of flanking and luring where essential. No one disputes that.
@@Ohmi_nice It's very much disputed wether it was intentional or not. According to primary sources like Długosz's chronicle it wasn't a manouvre but a rout.
Vivat Rzeczpospolita!
Isten, áldd meg a magyart !
Thank you for the train full of ammo in 1920! We will never forget!
Werent you part of the axis ?
@@pimpinmagicianofprophecy yup, both times. look where it got us!
Vivat Magyar!
Halina chodź szybko, w telewizorze jesteśmy
Cenving brechtłem
Yeah bunny!!
Dobre
Dźein Dobre
Nie
It's nice to see a video about Battle of Grunwald made by such big and quite influential channel. Good job! However there's some remarks I'd like to rise:
1. Jagiełło was not Jogaila's new name - his new name (given at baptism) was Władysław - Jagiełło is polinized version of Jogaila and in Polish history he is known as Władysław II Jagiełło.
2. At the time capital city of Kingdom of Poland was not Warsaw (Warszawa) - it was Cracow (Kraków). In fact Warsaw was one of the cities of Polish vassal of the Duchy of Mazovia.
3. Battle did not take place on the Polish soil - just like we can see on the vizualization - it was on the teritory of the Teutonic Order. The Allied armies of Poland, Lithuania and its vassals and mercenaryies allies had marched into Teutonic teritory to aim it's capital - Marienburg (Malbork), but due to some circumstances they had to changed their route few times. The Teutonic army chased them all the time and on the 15th of July 1410 they met near Grunwald.
4. Lithuanian army was generally lighter equipped than the Poles, but richer part of Lithuanian nobility was more western - style heavily armed horsemen.
5. The battle was highly likely fought almost exclusively by the cavalry from the both sides - the participation of the infantry was very low.
6. The Polish King did not actively participate in the battle.
Very true about everything you said, on last point, there are even jokes here at lithuania, that Jogaila was last to step into battle, because he started a mass, and Vytautas went into war at that time :D. He also forgot to add that Jogaila was attacked while being in the back
@@vytizen Jogaila begun his career as a Lithuanian Pagan prince, thus I would assume he was acquainted with physical fight to some extent.
The charge by Kökeritz upon the King is kind of unclear event during the "last ditch effort" by Ulrich. The currently accepted version is that Zbigniew of Olesnica killed the charging German pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_pod_Grunwaldem#Czyny_Zbigniewa_Ole%C5%9Bnickiego and this was efficient but not very knightly.
Yeah but grunwald is now in modern day Poland, he didn't say it was in medieval poland
last time when i was this early teutons were still in holy lands
Should've remained there.
Should have remained there /2
Should’ve remained there part 3
Moin Herr Admiral
@Johan Jacobs why would anyone think prussians were Polish? Lol
Poland never even wanted to conquer pagan prussia
9:24 I think it was " Mieczów ci u nas dostatek, ale i te przyjmiemy jako wróżbę zwycięstwa" ("Swords we have plenty, yet we shall accept those as foretelling of victory")
Man, this is still probably one of my favorite Armchair Historian videos, and I don't know why.
Your editing and animations have only gotten better. The level of animation in this video is on new levels.
You should do more of these videos! Medieval history is so complicated yet interesting
Hello from Mexico, my Catholic brothers
What if you, you know.
Become Protestant?
-way better-
@@ls200076 DEUS NON VULT
Hola hermano y hermanas, como estas :)
BROTHER... YOUR DUTY IS NOT DONE BROTHER!!!
Maria de Guadelupe bless you!
Lithuania, I remember the time they trolled Eurovision with We Are The Winners
...and won 6th place!
still the best we ever had ;((
@@deloox7369 I have heard it's because your guys in charge of the Eurovision lose intentionally so that you wouldn't have to host the following year's contest. Cause it's too expensive for your country.
@@jokuvaan5175 Nah, That's a myth.
@@arianas0714 So they actually thought "we are the winners" was their best chance at winning the contest then? XD
@@jokuvaan5175 I think they just wanted to troll Eurovision, if We took another song, We would still probably be in The same place or even lower
I need to congratulate you for the graphics. They are so much better, so much animations and better articulated movement...wow. Keep doing such great work!
"...his troops fled back to camp, where they attempted to circle their supply wagons into a makeshift fortification"
Jan Zizka (who was at the battle) will remember that
Very nice video. Jagiełło didn't rly want to capture Malbork (marienburg). He was lithuanian and he knows that Teutonic Order was only reason for polish-lituanian union.
He didnt want [probably] destroy Knights totally because there was no goal for Union then
Not necessarily, Poland always new her enemy's well and alliances were commen back then and still r. If ur smart u do wut ever it takes to win period! Poland was the brains and the braun of that union. Poland even warned the sloppy west like Britain and France of the coming Nazi threat and nobody listened. Polish history is a powerful and remarkable. History is fascinating and those who don't know r doomed to repeat it.
If my enemy gave me swords like that I would say, "I accept your surrender".
and we Polish ve said, we dare say thats aluminium lets take it and sale on a scrap ,there willbe the money for beer after the battle
3:50
Just for clarification, Samogitia wasn't a separate state, but a part of the Grand Duchy. They did have some autonomy AFAIK,however, due to them constantly dealing with the Teutons and Livonians
E: Neither were they Catholic, as shown in 5:15, as far as I know. Not sure where you got that from heh :P
In any case, I enjoyed the video and the attention to detail :)
This always bothered me. He's called Armchair Historian but he doesn't have an armchair.
Idiom. Google it
@Sam Bowling Alley r/woosh
@@kabadahija r/wosh
wrong use of sub, bud
Agree! He should have an armchair!
Agree, he should have an armchair!
Did an assignment on Poland- Lithuania earlier this year. Love seeing Grunwald specifically in depth
*10k new subscribers from Poland appear*
5k Lithuanian subscribers who have previously unsubscribed appear and subscribe again.
*confused and scared German/Latin screaming intensifies*
Wow just wow. Its amazing how far this channel has come
Lithuanian most popular basketball team name Žalgiris is dedicated to this battle.
WE NEED A JAGELLION!
As a Pole I have to give Jungingen credit. He was a true warrior and fought to the end.
Loving the new intro. The one you were using before was so long an unnecessary. This one is short and sweet.
A bit late into the party, but from what my history teacher told me, both sides fielded heavy cavalry of near identical standards. Part of Lithuanian cavalry was light, part heavy. Also, Tatars were present. And many others. It was a mess.
Teotonic knights:
Can we go to battle, please!
Kings:
Nope.
Can we, We will be nice!
Ok. But you will regret this.
After the battle to Jungingen's corpse:
Told you so...
"Here is one who this morning called himself greater than all world's powers."
6:37 why is there Warsaw on the map? At that time, Kraków (Cracow) was the capital of Poland. That's where the polish army began its march. In medieval, Warsaw was only a small city.
They showed krakow
@@kaderpdi1982 I know, but I wonder why is there Warsaw on the map.
And also, Warsaw was not in Poland in this period. This city was a part of allied duchy - "Mazowieckie".
@@Palderon Mazovia was not an ally, it was a vassal. Please learn the difference.
I would guess it is so less familiar people get an idea of the location.
7:48 The battle took place in Teutonic territory, not in Poland as this animation suggest. It was after all a Polish-Lithuanian invasion of the Order, not the other way round.
@Polish Meme Factory I'm only talking about the Summer of 1410 period of the war. Your sarcasm is not necessary and misleading. The Order started this war in 1409, but in July 1410 it was the Polish side which took the initiative and invaded enemy territory. The battle of Grunwald took place in Teutonic territory, not in Poland as the animation suggests. That's the point of my comment.
that was real Prussia-territory-just baltic tribes were exterminated by germans teutons(and english for example)
@Polish Meme Factory yes they did. The new Polish lightning warfare tactic was devastating against the German lines. The Polish made a temporary alliance with France to invade Germany from both sides. The Germans fought hard but were no match for the two giants crashing down on them. Within a month the Polish flag hung high over Berlin.
Never invite Crussader on your nation. Remember how Latin empire been build, and now these.
hungary was wise enough to chase them away.
All of the animation quality in this video was absolutely spectacular, good job and good luck with monetization.
Being a Squier of an actual Polish knight, I can tell you that,
1. infantry did not participate in this battle, the 2 bombards were Polish the germans had 11.
also, the Germans were not heavily armed as Polish, because they were in geared closer to Lithuanians, as, for the most part, they fought in dense terrain in Lithuania. While the mercenaries etc. were heavily armed.
If you like I could correct a large portion of this, as I studied the battle as is was one of my tasks to compile the main differences from this battle and the battle of Kirholm.
3:37 the map showing samogitia as chrisitans is wrong.the region of samogitia wasnt christinized as late as 1417
@Pax Sarmatica pretty much, many in Lithuania remained pagan, and not just crypto pagan till the 18-19th century. What makes the Lithuanians as a state unique among all of Europe is their tolerance of those who stayed with the old beliefs, not forcing really anyone but the nobility to do the Christian conversion dance.
Самогития - это та же Жемайтия? Просто она долго не принимала крещения.
@@anasevi9456 ye cant even win against the nazis
Nice to see Grunwald be a subject but there are many inaccuracies or omissions that sadly make this battle lose a lot of depth. Good at least that all corrections can be found in comments section. Like for example it is said that Jagiełło was not fighting in the line like we see in animation but commanding from the rear that helped him to move units where they were needed unlike Juningen who died in battle.
Also Battle took place on Teutonic lands and there were pretty important moves of armies(like building medieval pontoon bridges) that made the battle take place where it was not somewhere else.
The fact that polish kings went for vassalisation, instead of outright annexation of the Order's land, despite having possibility for such action at least 2 times in history, is probably one of the most, if not THE most pivotal moment in history of Europe. We can only imagine how the Europe and the world in the end, would look like if Order never secularised and did not become the independed state of Prussia.
its basically the same
Eastern Europe was basically Skyrim at this time
?
please remake this video I can't imagine how good it would look
Hey Griffin, can you please do a video on the Last Stand of the Swiss Guard during the Sack of Rome in 1527? That would be an awesome video.
Agreed. This would make an amazing episode!
@@eazy8579 There really is something awe inspiring about a hopeless yet heroic last stand.
@@IronDragon-2143 agreed. There is something about it that is so appealing to it.
(insert Sabaton lyrics here)
@@J4R0D I freaking love Sabaton.
Let's go Lithuania!!!🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹........and Poland🇵🇱
Yes, let's finally go together! There are things that menace both our nations... again!
Its not Belarus who support Poland in this time?
@@talusn9405 no, it was both Lithuania and Poland, belarus was Lithuanian territory at the time
Your Videos are becoming very professional looking, keep it up.
Never watched an armchair historian video in my life, mercilessly suggested by TH-cam regardless, despite being asked to not recommend
Great video. Just a small correction: When Jogaila was baptised he changed his name to Władysław. Jagiełło is polish translation of his old, pagan name. Poles used it to differenciate him from king Władysław Łokietek, famous because of his wars against Teutonic Order. Jagiełło was then changed to Jagiellon, name of the dynasty. So it's not incorrect to call Władysław II "Jagiełło", but it was not his name after he became christian.
basically polish had to hide the fact that Jogaila was lithuanian
@@ddlithuania819 Not really. I mean, hide it from whom ?:) Nobiles were engaged in the political life of the kingdom and knew very well who Jogaila/Jagiełło was.
Kamil Całus I mean these days, when poland has become such nationalistic state.
@@ddlithuania819 your theory is nice and dandy until you realise that nickname "Jagiełło" is used more commonly than his number "II". And the whole dynasty is called after his pagan name. Poles do not want to hide their ties with Lithuania. For most of Poles Lithuania is younger sister of our Great Mother. It is our aunt in some way. A lot of great polish patriots and artists were Lithuanian in origin. "Lietuva, my motherland! You're like godd health. How much you should be respected thou shall know, who lost You. Today, your beauty in all its greatness, I see and write about, because I miss You" A. Mickiewicza Lithuanian writing in polish
@@komar7890 Mickevicius was lithuanian and he wrote in polish because it was more comonly used back then by the nobility. Poles hate lithuanians and always look at them as some lower nation, like their little brother. Lithuanians also hate poles, i guess its a demise ment o be
Huge kudos to the Age of Empires II team for restoring this battle for Dawn of the Dukes.
Because of AoE Dawn of the Dukes I knew who Jogaila and Jadwiga are.
Damn, your animations are getting really good.
Thanks for not forgetting to include the Moldavian banner show the support from them with if I’m not wrong some 3000 cavaliers
FINALLY. ONE OF THESE VIDEOS WITHOUT WEIRD PROPERTIONS
I never heard of this battle witch is confusing cause it's important.
One of the biggest battles of the Middle Ages.
In Germany it's known as the battle of Tannenberg.
@@kermitage propaganda lol
@@ZapadoslavistROTFL it's German name of the same place, nothing to do with propaganda.
Biggest battle in medieval world
This video has the most ambitious animation I've seen so far on your channel. Congratulations to you and your team.
Was weed bong sound effect at 3:48 with the lazy knight 👍🏽
Most likely
xD
its swaggersouls
Interesting bonus fact: After the battle in 1410 , Poles took the teutonic banners and store it in Wawel castle in Krakow as you do after victory .They were there until 1939 when after invation of Poland, Adolf Hitler ordered to take the banners back to Marienburg. There was a whole ceremony with nazi and teutonic order flags, wehrmacht soldiers etc, some of them in clothes of teutonic order knights. Photographs of this ceremony can be found on the internet , there are some videos of it as well.
13:04 i didn’t know the tin man fought for the polish such a backstory
Great to see english speaking history channel, mentioning Poland's history. Esp. in such detail. You are doing a god work, armchair historian!
Cheers from Poland!
they were actually based in Transsylvania when being kicked out from Hungary.
but only for twenty years
You mean Erdély?
@@aleksandersokal5279 I mean ardeal
Sienkiewicz has a wonderful description of this battle in his book, The Teutonic Knights; although I don't really remember how historically accurate it is. Cheers, mate, you're doing an excellent job.
That Total War thumbnail is amazing.
THIS VIDEO IS NOW MY FAVORITE ARMCHAIR HISTORIAN VIDEO
As a Romanian, I love the inclusion of the flag of the principality of Moldavia.
They were pur blood brothers
Several major mistakes I have to point out:
1) There is no evidence whatsoever of any infantry fighting at the battle - it was a huge cavalry melee, including mounted crossbowmen and archers on both sides.
2) Polish and Teutonic forces looked so similar that king Jagiełło ordered many of his knights to put belts made of straw around their waists to recognize friend from foe. We have to remember that a vast majority of the Teutonic army were ordinary feudal knights, volunteers and mercenaries from Prussia, Silesia, various German duchies and principalities and so on. There were only around 250 order brothers in "crusader" gear (most of them died).
3) The battle took place nowhere near Warsaw (which at that time was a rather small provincial town) - villages of Grunwald and Tannenberg were located within the Order's territory, not far away from their capital (which was besieged for a few weeks after the battle, but the Polish-Lithuanian forces were unable to capture it).
Respect for pronouncing Polish names almost perfectly!
Warszawa w tym okresie nie była już miasteczkiem, 5000 mieszkańców w xv wieku w Polsce to nie mało, Kraków miał ok 15-20 tys., Poznań, Lwów po ok. 10.000
@@siejac7894 To raczej wątpliwe, skoro w 1510, a więc sto lat po bitwie grunwaldzkiej, obie części Warszawy (prawobrzeżną i lewobrzeżną) zamieszkiwało ok. 4700 osób. źródło: M. Zahorski, A. Drozdowski, "Historia Warszawy"
@@artinaam Ja gdzieś czytałem książki już nie pomnę, że na pocz. XVI w. było ok. 6500. Na Polskie warunki było to dużo, skoro europejski średniak jakim był Gdańsk 25-30 tys, robił wrażenie. Poza tym w Warszawie odbywały się negocjacje z Krzyżakami, nie pamiętam szczegółów ale było opisane, że posiada mury obronne i spełnia wszelkie standardy żeby urządzić tam zjazd.
@@artinaam Możliwe też, że liczba ta była po jakimś pożarze czy epidemii których było nie mało.
"...ordered many of his knights to put belts made of straw around their waists to recognize friend from foe." Any primary sources? To my knowledge, there is EXACTLY the same amount of evidence for this statement as there is for infantry being in the battle. Am I wrong?
Achievement unlock:
- Drive out the Order
- We should make Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Deus non Vult
Eu4 ?
The Commonwealth only came almost 2 centuries later.
@@Lendalas start of it all
@@simplymarshal1167 EUIV
Poland was more Christian than Teutonic Order.
Can you make a video about the portuguese-otoman war or at least a video about the battle of Diu?
Resume of the war: looks like cannons in ships weren't a crazy idea at all
I've never heard of that one. Can y'all give me some scources to check out?
@@eazy8579 go to wikipedia and search battle of diu.
Or Iberian Moroccan War...
Battle Of Alcazar el Qibir ;)
@@mohamedred5746 That was our worst loss.
great video would love too see more videos on this time
5:25 his name after baptism was Władysław
@@aeugh7861 Lászlo! haha
@@aeugh7861 lmao nice name
God, your videos are so beautifully and elaborately animated these days
Hope the Battle of San Lorenzo is on the list, then you can learn about Cabral and how he saved San Martin
Soon North Korea will also suffer
I enjoyed how informative this video was. And also the animation was wonderful. Nice job guy.
Firstly,
The king of Poland Jagiełło hadn't fought in The battle, and secondly
Ulrich von Jungingen sent two swords as a taunt
Just correcting
@PanBaniški but he didn't say as a taunt
I would agree it was a taunt. Y else do it?
That medieval 2 kingdoms thumbnail was a legendary addition
Does this mean we are getting a video on Saint Alexander Nevsky and the Battle on the Ice in the near future? Please say it be so
Id rather see him doing one on the estonian and livonian part of the northern crusade. There might be less info but its just as interesting as the lithuanian crusade. If the livonian order had chosen to fight the lithuanians instead of estonians then they would have formed a great nation like lithuania.
Is Alexander Nevsky considered a Saint in Russian Orthodox Christianity?
@@jhmmgf4236 He was canonised in 1547
not as saint as saint louis
8:33 - this is also bit of the track. Teutonic forces weren't as heavy geared as they use to be pictured. This was because over the years they've changed their equipment to fight uprisings and ambushes in Prussian and Lithuanian forrest. This required lighter armor, shorter weapons - no lances. Also most of the Teutonic forces were not knights but lesser troops (half-brothers), conscripts and mercenaries, only order's guests were real knights. Remember that total number of all Teutonic Knights in Prussia was around 300-400 + some guest knights.
King of Poland: "Oh hey, the tectonic knights where defeated, now its time to capture Marienburg!"
Livonian order: "I'm gonna stop your right there."
Poles: Jesus Christ
@@ls200076 heh
Damn tectonic knights, causing earthquakes all around my lands.
Except they weren't stopped by the Livonian Order Xd
Wow. This has got to be the best animation of any of your videos
A few errors, Polish-Lithuanian infantry did not take part in the battle until the Lithuanian army came back into the fight, the royal banner (aka the banner of Krakow was in a mounted unit).
Well you are wrong, Polish infantry (which was of small number anyways, when compared to the 20,000-23,000 Polish cavalry contingent and 10,000-15,000 Lithuanian cavalry contingent) did not take part in the battle at all (if anything they helped taking over the Teutonic camp) and there was no Lithuanian infantry.
@@aleksandersokal5279 are you frikin blind in the video it shows lithuanian ground unit that is fighting with poles at right flank
@@aleksandersokal5279 teaching me my own history? Of a battle that every child in Poland and Lithuania knows by memory? What's next? You'll be translating the Polish language sources for me?
@@vytilostudios6110 preach it.
@@Seyfudin Jestem polakiem i czytałem wiele historycznych opracowań dotyczących tej bitwy, to że w szkole cię uczyli że była jakaś piechota chłopska to nie znaczy że tak było naprawdę. Grunwald to najprawdapodobniej była tylko bitwa kawaleryjska, z minimalną ilością piechoty po Krzyżackiej stronie... P.S.: I tak będę cię uczyć historii...
Just imagine all the logisticks that had to be solved. 40 thousand of people (just one side) + horses + accomodation + food suplies and all that stuff was moving to the very last moment.
I really think they could smell each other from great distance.
The way you said Vytautas' name made me laugh too hard 😂😂😂
ВиТоТаС
This is one of the most entertaining comeback I've watched.
Germans and Poles - perfect brothers loving each other since centuries...
Humans being humans.
Love the visuals. Just some friendly corrections in terms of the kit used at this time; by the late fourteenth-century knights would have largely ditched great helms with hounskull-visored bascinets being the main kind of helmet among well-to-do men-at-arms. The kettle hats should also be more pointed in general, save for the properly-depicted Central-European kettle hats you guys have at moments like 10:27 (good stuff, also a rare depiction of awl pikes on a major historical channel - love it!). Kettle hats in general should be made from single sheets of metal; there's a bit too many that look more appropriate for the thirteenth century. Crossbows should all have wooden limbs, open-faced bascinets should be the most common helmet among infantry, and lastly, there should be a lot more color variation.
Uniforms were extremely rare in the Middle Ages, so while it would be appropriate for Teutonic forces to be wearing the colors of their order, it would look strange on just about everyone else to be wearing their liege or country's coat of arms. Most combatants would be coming to the fight with their own kit (which would be gambesons, tunics, swords and a polearm of some kind for most soldiers), relying on recognition and staying in formation to avoid killing allies.
Anyway, that's the end of my crazy rant. Good video!
1:30 The best crossover of historians ever
Alexander I of Moldavia/Moldova participated in two battles against the Teutonic Knights: in 1410 at Grunwald (with 1000 cavalrymen) and in 1422 at Marienburg.
For that reason, in the end of the video, you can see the flag of Principality of Moldavia, depicting an or aurochs/wisent head, flanked by stylised figures of the Sun and crescent Moon (or other symbols, such as the rosette and star) set against a gules (or possibly purpure) background.
I dont want to complain as a subscriber which sees fifteen minutes documentary without the ability to understand the amount of time you spent on this amazing video but suffice to say heavy cavalry never charge with sword they used lance for head on charges
I noticed some small mistakes.
1. Capital City was Cracov
2.Most of Teutonic knights were propably light armored, after the campagin in Lituania (swaps and forest are not good land for massive units)
3.Most of Teutonic knights were not an knghts, but they were an mercenerys (only 300 were knights, give or take)
4.Most of Teutonic knights were not germans...
5.The retreat of lithuanian forces was propably planned
6.Jagiełło was very old, thats why he was commanding from safe hill, not like a Teutonic master.
extra thing! We build the 1st floathing bridge in Europe to pass the ferrys on river, wich is guard. Next bridge was create in I WW i quess.
Sorry if i make a grammar mistakes
Well, is wasn't that old. He still lived after this for the next 24 years. ;)
1:32 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the apple!
Really diggin the new intro looks very snazzy
Not to worry, Steiner’s counterattack will change everything
9:54 This point is widely misunderstood. Lithuanian light cavalry was formed and fought like steppe warriors, in fact, it was in big part composed of Tatars. Fake retreat to pull one flank is bread and butter of steppe generals. That tactic was used in Eastern Europe for hundreds of years now, thanks to hard lessons from Mongol Empire.
I dont know about Poland but Lithuanian not only had pagans but also Muslim tatars in their army.
we have Polish noble Tatars until this day brother
ark jedrzejewsky I believe he is talking about this battle specificaly. Some sources say that Vytautas was gifted with ~2000 tatars and they participated in this battle
Tatars where Turcks nomads, many of them convert to christianns but some of them even today are muslim.
@@tropix4392 And they turned him into some weird patron saint figure. There are still some descendant of these Tatars still living in Lithuania (though most of them don't look very Asian anymore).
@@arkjedrzejewsky4990 Until this day? You guys fucking hate muslims today
Paradoxically, the Teutonic Knights were invited to invade Prussian territories by Polish duke, Konrad I of Masovia. As Poland was going through the period of fragmentation after the death of duke Bolesław III Wrymouth, Konrad thought that safety to the north would bolster his chances of grasping the capital in Kraków, making him the High Duke of Poland, so the most important of the Polish dukes.