Prussian Crusade: Battle of Grunwald | Animated History

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[TheArmchairHistorian]

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[Elongated_Muskrat]

At least Squarespace is still monetizing history videos.

[cristianarghiropol]

When Poland rolls a 9 on a shock phase

[michalwasil]

Warsaw (Warszawa) was not capital of Kingdom of Poland that time. Kraków was till 1596.

[whitefox]

seeing the flag of moldova between the polish forces makes me very happy

[Artur_M.]

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.

[rowandoggo]

That image of the knights squatting smoking cigarettes and eating a bag of chips is the best

[miwoj]

it's a thing in poland, that literally every single person will always remember that one single date back from school.
July 1410, Grunwald

[makeawishkid]

Poland and Lithuania: We are catholic so you can stop the “crusade”


Teutonic Order: Nah we still gonna invade yo-

[lordyaromir]

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

[cenving]

Halina chodź szybko, w telewizorze jesteśmy

[Kmykz]

Vivat Rzeczpospolita!
<3 from Hungary :)

[greybluewolf]

Lithuanians used Lure Heavy Cavalry into marches.


It was very effective.

[David-vznd]

The Moldavian Banner at 13:00 looks gorgeous 😍. Long live Poland from Romania !

[yourlocalt]

last time when i was this early teutons were still in holy lands

[chujcinaimie]

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

[kabadahija]

This always bothered me. He's called Armchair Historian but he doesn't have an armchair.

[Menelutorex]

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.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Lithuania, I remember the time they trolled Eurovision with We Are The Winners

[mareklewandowski]

*10k new subscribers from Poland appear*