Poland-Lithuania Vs Teutonic Order: Battle of Grunwald 1410 | 4K Cinematic
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The Battle of Grunwald, or First Battle of Tannenberg, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło, and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German Teutonic Order, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Most of the Teutonic Order's leadership were killed or taken prisoner. #cinematic #grunwald #teutonicorder #poland #lithuania
00:00 - Introduction to the battle
02:15 - Battle Begins on the Lithuanian Flank
05:15 - Battle Begins on the Polish Flank
07:25 - Battle turns in the Teutonic's Favor
10:20 - Lithuanian Cavalry Return to the Battlefield
11:55 - Battle report and aftermath
Music by Farya Faraji = / @faryafaraji
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not two lithuanian armies,but the Polish army and lithuanian army.IGNORANT!!!!
Are you planning to make a video also from the period of the Hussite wars, or the history of the Czech lands?
As a lithuanian, thank you for this clip. It's ours ancestors greatest victory in medieval times, every year we celebrate this victory.
Что серьёзно? До сих пор празднуете? Это так круто. Такую историю помнить, более 600 лет👍
@@elena_n Топ 10 празнуемых побед литовцами. Ширвинтос-Гедрайчяй 1920 (остановили нападение Польши), Восстание 1941г. Вильнюс - Каунас (против СССР), Сауле 1236, Дурбе 1260, Орша 1514, Москва - Смоленск 1604-1612, Ирпень 1321, Синие Воды 1362, Саласпильс (Кирхгольм) 1604 г., Грюнвальд 1410.
As a pole a have question. How do you view personal union between our countrys
still Russian lands hahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@riksim4242 what?
Thank you for the chant of 'Bogurodzica".
There is "Song of the Warriors" based on Gallus Anonymus in the background too = 4:30 it starts
One of the greatest battles throughout medieval history… thank you so much for this
Definitely a pivotal turning point for world history too. The return of Dobrzyn & Samogitia was tough enough, but the huge war reparations crippled the Teutonics forever. Had it been reversed, they held those lands and the Poles had to pay reparations instead, history would have been way different. Imagine a 1500's Prussia that held an even more germanized land from Dobrzyn to Estonia with greater finances to recruit more Germans to keep coming in.
On the lips of Polish knights resounds a song that in later times was the national anthem of Poland. "The Virgin Mary"
Polskie prawe skrzydło ochraniacze półki Smoleńskiem nie czeskie
Thank you for this historical video ! Long live Poland !
👍🏻
Nech zyje Polska I Litwa!
Litwa to dziś Białoruś pamiętajmy, a nie Żmudzini teraz Litwini.
Паважаныя , аўтар камента (А) мае рацыю : Каралеўства Польскае - Польшча , Вялікае Княства Літоўскае - Беларусь , Аўкшайція і Жамайція - Летува . Так ужо склалася гістарычна . У мяне няма жадання кагосьці зневажаць , бо біліся ў Грунвальдзе ўсе , але ... значная большасьць ваяроў ад ВКЛ , гэта харугвы з зямель сучаснай Беларусі . Колькі харугваў было і са Смаленску , бо ён тады быў нашым , ліцьвінскім . У той час продкі сучасных летувісаў ( жамайты і аўкшайты у асноўнай большасьці ) былі паганцамі ( язычнікамі ) і свайго рэгулярнага войска не мелі , але былі надта ваяўнічымі . У Грунвальдзе прымалі ўдзел у якасьці пяхоты са слабым узбраеннем . Таму шмат , вельмі шмат іх загінула , калі яны спынялі тэўтонскую конніцу . На карцінах польскага мастака Яна Мажэйкі , прысьвечаных Грунвальду , ёсьць выявы постацей продкаў летувісаў . Так , адзенне са шкур , прымітыўная зброя , але якой мужнасьці яны былі , калі такія пайшлі супраць тэўтонаў ! І загінула іх большасьць у першыя гадзіны бітвы , бо першых дзве гадзіны яны ў складзе войска ВКЛ біліся сам на сам з Ордэнам . Наш Вітаўт раз за разам слаў ганцоў да Ягайлы "брат , пачынай !" , а той маліўся гэтыя два часа на імшы ( бо лічыў грахом забіваць адзінаверцаў - і палякі , і тэўтонцы былі католікамі ) . Адсюль і адступленне літвінскага войска . Дзякаваць богу , што ў Вітаўта і Ягайлы быў розум стварыць рэзервы .
Польши давно бы не было,а Германии если бы не однократная помощь от восточных славян. Да память у вас короткая и сейчас Польша опять связалась с англосаксами.
Perfect representation of reality ! Tribute to Poland !
Gott mit uns
If my memory serves well, and I have read many many books, the battle didnt really begun with cannon shots (being fired). But with 2 swords being delivered to King Jagiello together with a kind of insult. And yes, Lithuanian light cav went first as Jagiello, correctly, suspected traps and wanted to "scout the field by force". Also to lure out Jungingens main forces. One also need to remember and acknowledge the tactic that was used by Lithuanian light cav. Which was all part of the big plan. Czech infantry did not follow the cavalry but engaged much later, to mop up any surviving forces. Lithuanians withdrew (or fled as some claim) from the battlefield for a time, creating a bit of chaos and panic among Polish forces, only to return later and really turn the scale of the battle for Commonwealth forces. On other note I really love the "Bogurodzica" playing in the background.
What is Bogurodzica?
@@RKcousins625"Bogurodzica" is probably/allegedly the first "Anthem" of Kingdom of Poland. It is a (very powerful!) song, a tribute to Holy Mary mother of God/Jesus Christ (Bogurodzica). It is said that polish knights would sing this song going into a battle (every/any battle). Here in this vid you can hear it in chapter 4. Very Awesome. Here is a link to a clip from a movie "Krzyzacy" from 1960 or so, based on a Noble Prise winner novel by Sienkiewicz. Same battle, same scenery, this awesome song, but old movie, no cgi 🙂 Please enjoy. kzhead.info/sun/o62lo9mNbJGgmYU/bejne.htmlsi=BUbjV2GkG19FZHVX
@@RKcousins625kzhead.info/sun/rMavgKmrZ3mYinA/bejne.htmlsi=15Dgq-dfi_yX5S91 Engine anthem of of Poland. Probably around 13th century
@@RKcousins6258:50 Song .
A common misconception, that the Lithuanian cavalry is always light. Lithuania was never famous for light cavalry.
Thank you for showing in a nice way the battle of those times, which was important for us Poles and Lithuanians :)
Уточните пожалуйста каких именно литовцев?
Knights from Bohemia and Moravia also fought on the side of the Poles under the command of Jan Sokol of Lamberk, the winner of Grunwald.
The Czechs fought on both sides, but the Polish knights also fought.
the legendary zizka was also on the winning side
@@leszekwolkowski9856Maybe he was there, maybe he wasn't. Obviously, historians messed up that battle. BTW, the Russians were on the battlefield, but Western historians forgot about it after 1991, which is disgraceful from a professional point of view. Once again history looks like a whore of the ruling group. Next time this battle will be won by the Americans, most likely the Negroes.
@@leszekwolkowski9856This was not confirmed.
For Czech donkey :Polish -Czech forces? I this a joke? There were few Czech mercenaries and some fled during the battle and were forced to return by Polish officials. In addition Czechs were fighting in Teutonic army and King of Bohemia was at that time an enemy of Poland and at last it was not Czechs stopped Teutons on Polish right flank but Smolensk banners (Belarussians). You clearly have no idea what are you talking about. You also show more Lithuanian units on the battlefield than Polish but there were 50 Polish banners and 40 Lithuanian banners and the return of Lithuanians were at final stage of the battle when Teutonic Knights were already deterioraiting. What a fak are you doing man ? LOL.
One of the most important battles in the history of my homeland
Poland?
@@WarAndHistory. Yes
Based Poland
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Looks like, God was on the side of the pagans.
False retreat was a typical tactic of Mongol troops, and in 1410 Lithuanians troops had many decades of fighting with Mongols, and especially Tatars, behind them. It is very likely that they took over some of the fighting methods from these armies, and considering that they were the ones who emerged victorious from such clashes since the end of the 13th century.
The are no problems...just think, who wins, who loses? Lithuania was the greatest country to live, to pray, to raise your children and die like a Man in fight! The Glory of it is in Our beliefs. We are the last pagans in Whole Europe! You killed them out of here, but you were delivered a sword on the battlefied. Remember this! We have, what you will never be having. God bless you!
@@zilvinaspavarde9841🙈🙈Boże …a jednak to prawda że Litowcy to Żmudzini i siedzą po lasach ..jak wiewiórki 👍🤣
Выбачайце калі ласка , літвіны , ( жыхары Вялікага княства літоўскага ) не толькі карысталіся тактыкай калішніх супраціўнікаў , але і мелі ў сваім войску іх нашчадкаў . Так у Грунвальдзе прымала ўчасць Татарская лёгкая конніца , для якой такая тактыка была натуральнай пры сутыкненні з мацнейшым ворагам . Яе і выкарысталі тут . А нашчадкі сярэднявечных татар і да гэтуль жывуць у нас у Беларусі : у Іўі , у Слоніме , гэта Гарадзенская вобласць .
i don't think it was a false retreat, they actually retreated as they were outmatched. They then regrouped and attacked them in the back.
@@Brrain95there's also a theory that false retreat was planned and lithuanian troops were used to weaken and disorganize Teutonic lines before the clash with heavily armored polish knigts.
POLAND Love Lithuanian our BROTHERS
go ....yourself !
Lithuanians hate Poles and consider Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as Polish Empire and polish opressor.
Забыли вы своих братьев кто вас не раз спасал.
Kingdom of Moldova being vassal of the Kingdom of Poland at that time, they also sent a cavalry unit who took part to the battle. The Moldovan horse riders could revolve around the horse to ride beneath horse's belly, then rise back to stay on the saddle, as needed during fight. With this behavior they got the attention of a few Polish writers who narrated the battle.
Vytautas Didysis, aš tave dievinu visą gyvenimą! 💛💚❤
12:32 Counted loses on the Polish-Lithuanian side (known named knights) were very limited. On the Teutonic side it was a slaughter. All the knights were killed as this was the purpose of entire war - break the military might of the order. Corpses were scattered on the way to Malbork (Marienburg).
*Never Said, just WUT it was ALL About!!!!!*
Мы тоже в истории Беларуси изучаем эту битву. Очень информативное видео.
BELORUSIJA VXADILA V SASTAV LITVI ZAL SHTO ONI PREDALI LITVU I PERESHLI NA STORONU MOSKOVJI
Long Live Belarus!
Однако не указано что Литва это литовско- Русское Княжество и войска это хоругви Русских городов Волковыска Витебска и ТД 90 %воинов это теперешние Белорусы ,Русины и Русские И значение эта битва имела для всей Европы. Грюнвальд/Таннерберг
@@user-rv1dc8si5f Fantazior: max 10 %воинов это теперешние Белорусы ,Русины и Русские
@@ricardasadomavicius9293 Согласен.
Из схемы данного видео понял какую хитрую операцию задумали в армии ВКЛ скорее всего с помощью татарских знаний. Это было не бегство, а организованное отступление, чтобы увлечь часть рыцарей в погоню или развернуть их спиной к обратному удару. Удалось второе.
Вынужден огорчить - это туфта.
@@serjioserjio8568 а где смоленские и новгородские полки или их татарами и обозвали.
@@user-en9qz2ch3g Уважаемый, смоленский полк был один и ничем, включая этнос (смоленщина населена кривичами) из остальной пехоты не выделялся. Если вы хотите сказать еще и про оршанский, и мстиславский, то они всего лишь соседи смолян и не более того. Пехота там была представлена несколько обширнее, нежели об этом бают известные пропагандистские издания. Про новгородские полки мне под Стенбарком слышать не доводилось, да и не мешало бы знать, что Новгород в то время - независимая (особенно от Московии) республика, входившая в Ганзейский торговый союз. Чем вообще ордынский кыштым мог помочь бестолковым братьям-союзникам (которым просто повезло под Грюнвальдом) понять сложно.
Вообще так себе 50 на 50
@@damavikbobr4123 ?
Love these! Best way to teach "moments of a day" history.
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@@user-ny2dx7lz3s idi v dupu biezrodny durien.
This was a really good one, keep it up!
Thank you for the improved battle and cinematic
Stunning video as usual! For the next several videos, you should do the Battle of Kadesh (1274 B.C.E.) and Suppiluliuma vs. Tausret (non-historical) for Pharaoh, the Battle of Artaxata (68 B.C.E.) and Carthage vs. Royal Scythia (non-historical) for Rome II, and the Siege of Milan (452 C.E.) and Vandals vs. Picts (non-historical) for Attila. As always, keep up the awesome work👍!
The narrator sounds like a voice actor who does a lot of work for Fall of Civilizations podcast. Excellent as always!
Love that these are getting better, A few battle maps and a bit more talking go a long way
I can only imagine how hard it is to make the battles run as they should in Total War, so I really appreciate your efforts.
Das war die größte Schlacht im Mittelalter und eine unglaubliche Geschichte die verfilmt werden sollte
Lots of mistakes. For example, the Czech regiments also escaped and it was not them, but the Smolensk regiments that prevented the catastrophe.
Czech warriors have always proved to be the cowards.
@@RadEns73 It's not true. Many examples from different eras could be cited. In this century, the undefeated army was the Czech Hussites. As for the 20th century, they were the only ones to win the border conflict with Poland, and one of the best Polish pilots during World War II was... Czech.
@@RadEns73 It is claimed that the most famous Czech general, Jan Žižka, personally participated on the side of Poland and Lithuania in this battle. After the battle was over, the remnants of the Germans defended themselves for hours with the help of a wagon wall in their camp. From there, Žižka adopted this tactic and was never defeated. It is interesting that, except for the short war for Těšín in the 20th century, Czechs and Poles never went to war with each other, and Catholic Poland even supported the heretical Hussites. I have never heard of Czechs being cowards in my life. For centuries they were the strongest state of the Holy Roman Empire, and the iron cavalry of King Přemysl Otakar II was feared by all of Europe.
*Short and abbreviated version of what really happened at the fields of the village of Grunwald on July 15th, 1410.* But .... to make this battle possible, the Polish army first had to surprise Germans moving all its forces from left side of the the Vistula river to the right side of it, using the pontoon wooden bridge. That crossing took place nearby the village of Czerwinsk, which is located in the Northern Mazovia Region. For that time, it was a kinda pretty good engineering project and the war TACTIC!!!!!
You know, there were no Germans at this time.
@@HanSolo__ Yes .... they were Germans !!!! >> Their full name was: *Teutonic Knights Order of the Hospital of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the German House in Jerusalem !!* >> Orden des Krankenhauses der Heiligen Jungfrau Maria des Deutschen Hauses in Jerusalem. >> Ordo Hospitalis Beatae Virginis Mariae de Domo Germanica in Ierusalem
Great video. The video game visualisation, although it can't be 100% accurate gives general idea about the order of battle.
Czy można zobaczyć jak wygląda bitwa pod Wiedniem, Chocimiem i oblężenie Moskwy?
actually it was not the czechs that pluged the gap but the Smolianskian of the Lithuanian army
May i ask what what a base of your reconstruction From where did you take the course of the battle?
Amazing recreation
A great illustration of the battle described in The History of the Crusades Podcast. 👍
Liked the very much video and historical information. I would like to suggest a topic for a future video: The Battle of Aljubarrota, 14 August 1385, between Portuguese (6.6K men) and Spanish army (circa 30K men); at the end the Portuguese won against all odds, with superior tactics and choice of terrain, and maintain their independence. This happened much before the famous Battle of Agincourt.
22 February 2024 AD / AH : A first- class production , a fine military history lesson , I watched all of it . I intend to watch all of it a second time . Thank you for your presentation .
I love how we can use video games to make good cinematic content like this.
A huge number of errors both in the description of the battle and in the animation and course of the fight. A person watching this video may get the impression that the main force on the Polish side were the Lithuanian troops (twice as many marked banners), there were only a handful of Polish knights who were saved from death by brave Czech troops, the Polish troops fought at the end in the forest surrounded by the Teutonic Knights and the Lithuanians appeared "out of nowhere" from the north. What a nonsense! The heavily armed Polish cavalry constituted 2/3 of the Polish-Lithuanian forces, the Polish flank was defended not by the Czechs (who betrayed the Poles and fled from the battlefield!) but by the Smolensk and Novgorod (Russian) cavalry, but nowadays it is not political to talk about Russian troops. The Teutonic infantry and bombards stood not behind but IN FRONT of the Teutonic troops and were driven into the ground during the first charge. No one dragged cannons in front of the troops during battle. The Teutonic forces did not stand still, they charged on their own. The main battle took place in the meadows in front of the forest, not in the forest. Lithuanian troops returned to the battlefield from the forest, where they had killed the pursuit units in ambushes, not from the north. Junginen's reserve consisted of 16 banners that attacked on the left wing and not (again) in the forest on the right wing. In fact, there were only about 240 Teutonic Knights on the battlefield. The rest were mercenary troops, including Polish (Pomeranian and Silesian) and Czech. Poorly implemented. Poorly edited.
U also did a lot of mistakes
If that was the plan to retreat then return submerged with more men then that was a very good strategy because it lured the king behind enemy lines setting the trap with perfect performance 💯
Love this new style of video.
Glad to hear it!
First time I see animation of this battle. Little incorrect narrative, however on the whole, appreciated. Thank you. 👍
BUEN VIDEO, GRACIAS POR PONER SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL!
Thank you für das tolle Video mit Erklärung von der schlecht! Ich fahre 2024 nach Polen und schaue mir persönlich das Schlachtfeld und die Marienburg den ehemaligen sitzt der Kreuzritter an ! Ich finde die geschichteter Kreuzritter. fanszinierend wird ein großes Erlebniss fürmich sein 🙋♀️🙏🙏🇩🇪👍👍🇪🇺🇪🇺
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A little known fact, the troops besieged Malbork and could have captured the capital of the Teutonic Knights because it was defended by a small garrison, but the then pope ordered the Polish king to cede the castle under the threat of anathema to the Poles and the Polish king withdrew.
Did he have it done over the phone or did he send it by e-mail? Do you realize that such messages have been passed on for weeks or even months? Were you born such an extreme idiot or did something happen to you?
BS
Here is the historically documented story. The Poles and Lithuanians were unable to seize their chance because their disciplined units were too busy plundering. It took them 6 days to reach Marienburg Castle. In the meantime, the defenders had 5000 battle-hardened men at the castle, the town of Marienburg outside the walls of the fortress was burnt down, the bridges destroyed, the inhabitants housed in the castle and the surrounding resources of supplies and livestock brought behind the walls of Marienburg. The siege lasted from July 26, 1410 to September 19, 1410, during which time the besiegers were decimated by frequent abandonments of the castle and disease. In the meantime, a Livonian army was already at Königsberg to relieve Marienburg. Heinrich von Plauen, the defender of the castle, received a message from King Sigismund of Hungary, later Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, pledging his military support. Meanwhile, the Polish King Jagiełło ordered the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas to march against the Livonian army with his Lithuanian troops. However, when he realized that the entire northern Prussia was already under arms, his army returned to the main Polish army in front of Marienburg Castle. The ranks of the Polish-Lithuanian army had thinned dramatically due to desertion, disease and the fighting. The Livonian relief army reached Warmia and was thus only a few days' march away from Marienburg Castle. The mercenaries in the siege army, including Tartars and Russians, were dissatisfied with the lack of pay, and mercenary detachments of the Order from Pomerania and the Margraviate advanced from the west towards the Marienburg. Due to the untenable conditions and the advanced season, Vytautas finally withdrew his troops to Lithuania on his own authority, and a few days later the Duke of Mazovia followed his example. When news arrived of the Hungarian king's troops invading southern Poland, the remaining Polish king fled. It then took just 14 days for the Order to regain control of all the territories and castles conquered from the Poles and Lithuanians. The Polish king was later diplomatically successful and the castle fell to him as a result of the 13 Years' War, an internal conflict in the Teutonic Order state. The Prussian Confederation, an interest group of Prussian towns and landed gentry formed in 1440, revoked the oath of allegiance to the Grand Master in 1454 and shortly afterwards allied itself with the Kingdom of Poland against the rule of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. The war led to the division of the Teutonic Order state in Prussia and had political consequences until the 20th century. In 1454, the Grand Master Ludwig von Erlichshausen had to pledge the castle to his unpaid mercenaries as he was in dire financial difficulties. They then sold it directly to the Polish king, ending the presence of the Teutonic Order in its former main seat.
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Perfect
Today is my mother's 105th birthday. Through her, I am Mazuren (ethnic Baltic Old Prussian/Mazovian/Lipka Tatar) from the Grunwald - Nidzica area. This battle strategy is to this day taught at West Point. This speaks volumes. Several years ago I happened upon the West Point texts, now in my library. Happy birthday to my mother, and Bright Blessings upon my Mazuren ancestors.
There is not a single ethnic Baltic Prussian in the world. All Baltic Prussians died many centuries ago. Baltic Prussian language is dead language. Only a few books. But those a few books are only tiny part of language.
Mazuren are old Prussian? - nonsens. and in more Lipka Tatar ethnic Mazuren? Complet paranoia (Lipka = Lithuania in the Tatar language). The battle took place near the village of Stębark.
Sorry. Genetics don't lie. Not my personal genetic tests, nor recent genetic studies of Lipka Tatars (who traditionally and currently live in NE Poland, Lithuania, Belarus), or Baltic genes exclusive of Slavic. Old Prussians were not entirely wiped out; those who did not die at the hands of the Teutonic Order were absorbed by colonizers - in Mazury, Mazovians - after which Mazury is named. Mazuren is a dialect of Mazovian, still spoken by a few thousand in Mazury. My grandparents spoke it. Much of the vocabulary is of Old Prussian origin, and it is studied to recreate Old Prussian, which died out about 1750. If Old Prussians had been exterminated, I highly doubt Mazovians would have colonized the area speaking Old Prussian for another 500 years, and also incorporating it into Mazovian to create Mazuren dialect. And my Baltic and West/Central-NE Asiatic genes are from? Certainly not the Lipka Tatar rod under which my ancestors fought, or my great uncle, a Tatar general in the 1800s Prussian Army. We have his photos in uniform, and letters. Study history and science and do not waste your time slamming my family and heritage with your ignorance and hate.
Co za brednie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@seboho6938What ignorance.
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The battle was not based on Ulrich's plan, but Jagiełło's and his entourage's plan. The whole battle was commanded by Jagiełło, not Witold. The Lithuanian retreat was most planned in order to take a large part of the Teutonic knights from the battlefield (the heavy-armed fools wanted to catch up with the light-armed units). The Lithuanians returned to the battlefield in formation. Both Jagiełło and Witold knew this manoeuvre very well from their clashes with the Tatars and Mongols. In the era of “mounted battleships”, it was used only by light cavalry, which, due to its speed and manoeuvrability, could apply it and use it. The heavy cavalry formations always hit each other head on. They were too heavy to catch up with the light cavalry. Jagiełło and Witold were confident that this manoeuvre would work, anticipating that the Teutonic knights would get carried out by the perceived success. The Czech unit consisted of approximately 300 knights and therefore they could not play a decisive part in this battle. All the more so because they wanted to escape both before and while the battle. They returned, accused of cowardice and treason. Instead, Russian reinforcements from Smolensk fought heroically. Why is there no mention of them in this program? The Teutonic knights did not surround the Polish troops, they only intended to do so. The fact that the Lithuanians appeared out of nowhere is due to this planned retreat (and return), but they certainly did not return in larger forces. The Lithuanian light cavalry, clad in leather, could not do much to the steel-clad knights and horses of the Teutonic Order. This reconstruction of the battle portraits a fundamentally wrong ending. In fact, it was decided only by the heavily armed Polish reserve prepared precisely to deal the final blow after Ulrich engaged all his forces. Without it, Grunwald would have been lost for Poles. The losses of the Teutonic side amounted to about 6-10 thousand people, 80% of which were the monks. There was no mercy showed for them. Most of the surviving remnants of their army were taken prisoners. Polish-Lithuanian losses amounted up to 3,000 dead, most of them lightly armed Lithuanians. In general, 2/3 of the forces on the Polish-Lithuanian side were Poles. It was a terrible pogrom and revenge by the Poles, as evidenced by the fact that ALL Teutonic commanders died. At Koronowo, only Poles fought without Lithuanian support. And despite the numerical advantage of the Teutonic Knights, they were beaten again.
Very important additions. Thanks !
1 important detail has missed - Vytautas has a lot of war experience, Jagaila hasnt mostly any
@@vytautassulcas6494 We saw his experience over Worksla ;) Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Jagiełło did not entrust him with all his strength.
@@maciejdn and what did you saw? Tatars lost 3 times more, their leader got injured and died soon after. So in general for Tatars it was a Pyrrhic victory. "What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger" and Vytautas wasnt killed and his opponent was.
False information, it was all Vytautas plan Jagiello did bad desitions it this battle, also Vytautas was the best at the time
Главу тевтонского ордена в поединки сразил хан Багардин, татарская хоругвь сражалась в составе Великого княжества Литовского.
BELORUSIJA VXADILA V SASTAV LITVI
Brilliant!!!
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polski przyjaciel
pod Grunwaldem husarii nie bylo ...
Tak się tłuki dowiedzieli o husarii, że kiedyś była i tak ją będą wszędzie wciskać @@kriseastlondon965
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Great Battle. It is a pity to don't kow if Polish-Lithuanian cavalry' return back was planned or not. If it was a real great strategic victory, if not a great victory only. Anyway, it was the end of the threaten of Teutonic order. Thanks for your documentary and clever explainations. Take care
Great video
One thing I've noticed about these battles is that nobody used enough scouts. I guess it wasn't chivalrous but losing is worse.
It seems to me that the false escape of the Lithuanians was intentional. The Polish-Lithuanian command with Czech and Tatar advisors was certainly aware that the light Lithuanian troops would not withstand the pressure of heavy German cavalry. The Tatars made such retreats and retreats in their battles. Fortunately, the Teutonic Knights did not foresee this and moved with battle enthusiasm towards the exposed wing of the royal guard. The return of the Lithuanians and Tatars was epic and tipped the scales towards the Polish-Lithuanian side. At the same time, it is necessary to deny the myth about the Czech hero Jan Žižek, the leader of the Hussites. In the spring of 1410, Žižka set out with a force of three thousand Czechs and Moravians to Grunwald to help the Polish king Władysław Jagielle in the fight against the Teutonic Order. Contrary to what we can see in Jan Matejko's famous painting "The Battle of Grunwald", Žižka did not reach the battle site... Jan Matejko preserved the sight of Jan Žižka at Grunwald in the collective memory of Poles. In his painting, in the central place of the work, there is the famous Czech with a raised sword, aimed against the commander of Tuchola, Henryk. The painting "The Battle of Grunwald" is currently in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. During World War II, the Germans were looking for the painting. They offered a huge reward (2,000,000 German Reichsmarks) for information on his whereabouts. Fortunately, they never reached him.
Its wrong cause Jan Žižka was in that times in 100 hundret war in France. :D Known as Jehanu Susque de Behaigne (Bohemie) was in Burgundia.
@@Bynk333 Or maybe it was under this name that Žižka came to help the Teutonic Knights, together with the knights from Burgundy? The painter could have made a mistake and placed him among Poles. Hehe
@@synheraklesa1615 Thats other posibility. But Žižka fought on crusader side, that will be huge bite for Czech. No wonder that later on husite site he never mentioned his Grunwald escapade! :D
Marienburg or Malbork, the capital of the Teutons is still existing and you can visit the castle... what an impressive masterpiece.
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A few years ago, I made a short video about the battle of Grunwald with the MK1212 mod. I remember it was nearly impossible to record the battle scenes because the AI never did what I wanted them to do, usually it turned into a mosh pit that made my PC lag too hard. Did you use the AI for the battle or had a friend with you to play the opposing side?
Very Good!
Very goood expilcation! my compliments! Very clear.
Many thanks!
A few thoughts about the "fleeing" of the Lithuanian light cavalry: 1. Charging heavy cavalry with light cavalry with the aim of engaging in prolonged combat would be a stupid thing to do, and Vytautas was not stupid. Luring out the enemies and forcing them to break their lines trying to pursue a much more maneuverable foe, on the other hand, does seem like sound tactics. After all, medieval battles were all about HOLDING the line. 2. A mere decade before, in 1399, Vytautas and his Western-type forces suffered a crushing defeat at the battle of Vorskla River, and the reason of the defeat was that the Tatars feigned routing, thus luring the knights to pursue them and break their lines, which, in turn, made the pursuers vulnerable to counterattack. It would have been unwise of Vytautas not to use this proven tactics, the more as he had forces suitable for this task (i.e., light cavalry). 3. The pursuing Teutonic knights were BETWEEN the "fleeing" Lithuanian light cavalry and the battlefield, thus precluding the return of that said cavalry. This means that to return, the fleeing cavalry had to stop, turn around, completely defeat the pursuing enemy, and ONLY then return to the battlefield. Seems like a hard task for a ROUTING unit to do. 4. The prefect timing. In Medieval battles, slaying the leader often meant the difference between victory and defeat. Cutting the way through all the Teutonic forces to reach von Jungingen was not really a viable option for the Polish-Lithuanian forces - but luring out the hot-headed Teuton could have seemed a rather feasible option. And he took the bait. Based on that, I would side up with those saying that the retreat of the Lithuanian light cavalry was a trick rather than a genuine rout.
Teutonic order wasn't equipped in full plate and long lances like western knights would do. They were using quite "Lituanian" inspired armour and short pikes which were much more useful in forests but not so good in the open field. On the other hand Polish cavalry was equipped for a proper open field battle. It is important to understand that entire Teutonic Order at that time had no more than ~400 Knights in entire Europe. Only 250+ Teutonic Knights were present on the battlefield, plus guests, mercenaries, etc, rest was not so heavy equipped.
I agree, I was about to write the same thing. It can be added that the heavy western armor was equipped by the Guests of the Teutonic Order. But there were not many of them.
Tak było, byli mniej liczną ( krzyżacy) i gorzej wyekwipowana siłą.
Nie prubuja przeinacza prawdy jak mogło być ich 400 jak od 100 lat mordowali i potporzantkowali w północnej Polsce ludność Polska i litewska. Po prostu byli slapsi w determinacji walki ściągnęli na Polaków rycerstwo z całej zachodniej Europy i oni zginęli wraz z krzyżaka mi to była kara zapyche i zbrodnie
Jagiello most likely fielded the richest knights of Poland with full plate armors and multiple healthy spare horses. All odds were against the order. The myth of superior Teutonic Knight is completely false, in fact their best forces to match the opponent consited of foreign mercenary knights.
2:15 What software do you use for this type of diagram?
I'm the guy who did the battle map animation. Several pieces of software were used. Inkarnate and Photoshop for the terrain map and units, After Effects for the animation, and Midjourney to create the portraits.
When i remember well then polish kingdom won Gdansk back
A great visual illustration of the History of the Crusades Podcast. 👍
Dang! What a twist of fate!
Awesome video, can you give a better Moddescription pls, can't find all of them.
Czołem wielkiej Polsce❤
where is the soundtrack from?
After the defeat it was a slope down for Teutonic Order, which was transformed into civic state subservient to Polish crown. New state was named after the nation destroyed by Teutonic Order - Prussians. Hohenzollerns were named Heads of the state by Polish king. Over the next 450 years this subservient state will gain independence from Poland, then unite all German states in 1871 creating Keiser Reich and modern Germany.
*WHO????? Were the GOOD Guys & WUT Made THEM the GOOD GUYS?????*
The music fits very well...
Kingdon Of Poland And the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ,don't Forget. Korona i Litwa " Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodow" Amen
Perfection!!!
Вот раньше было, вышли, стали драг против друга и вперед. Ужас сплошной. И как то строй они держали.
It's beautifully made, good job. I just have question how did you do that you control both armies in battle.
It’s sad to see them fighting, the big threat to Europe at that time were the Muslim Turks but the Europeans were too divided to form a standard front to confront their Jihad. Would be a different world if they had.
My forefathers were there serving King of Poland from Lublin voividship under the Jelita coat of arms.
Im from Lublin...thx your forefather Europe is free!!!
@@jaja1596Europa nie jest wolna znowu mamy problem z potomkami krzyżaków kturzy chcą urządzać kraje Europy tak żeby dla siebie wycisnąć największą korzyść wynikiem tego są straiki w całej Europie przeciwko ich pomyslom
As were mine! Fighting under the Voivode of Pomerelia.
Автор видимо забыл или не знал, что это стандартная тактика крымских татар которых в войске было около четверти😂
The knights drip gose hard
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Shahpur the victorious, The war that brings the Romans on their knees. With the music "Shahpur's Dream" Bro it will epic.
Wrong battle
Could someone tell me the song at the beginning of the video please? Thanks 🙏
faraya faraji, a "german crusader song"
@@WarAndHistory. thanks 🙏
To nie była bitwa pomiędzy Litwa a zakonem.najswietrzej mari domu krzyżackiego w jerozolimie a wojna między unia polsko litewską gdzie władze nad wojkami miał Kazimierz jagielo polski król pochodzenia litewsko polskiego
Wieso wurde die kleine Gedenktafel von Ulrich von Jungingen auf dem historischen Schlachtfeld geschändet? Ist das die Art und Weiße der Sieger?
Die Gewinner haben das nicht getan!!!
Polskie orły rządzą :)
Ale to Litwini wygrali. Obaj dowódcy byli Litwinami.
No tak sama lekka jazda litewska pokonała cały zakon 🤣@@PiotrJaser
@@user-ck5hz3xl4z Zgodzimy się, że piechota litewska oraz jazda tatarska jako chorągwia litewska, to był klucz do sukcesu. I oczywiście obaj dowódcy litewscy. Cieszę się, że da się jednak dogadać ponad podziałami. 100% zwycięstwo Litwy z pomocą Śląska, Czech, Polski i Smoleńska.
Król był Litwinem to prawda ale był Polskim królem pod sztandarem Korony Polskiej która posiadała najsilniejsze siły. To prawda, że manewr litewski bardzo pomógł ale wszystkie siły po stronie polskiej, litewskiej oraz najemnej się dopełniały plus istnieje wiele innych teorii na temat Bitwy Pod Grunwaldem@@PiotrJaser
@@user-ck5hz3xl4z Najważniejsze, że Litwini wygrali, z pomocą Czechów, Polaków, Tatarów i oddziału smoleńskiego.
What game is this?
We need a mod for total war attila where the formations are not so straight and unrealistic. I think there was a mod but its outdated
Когда кони рыцарей устали в преследовании литовской кавалерии и остановились или попадали, хитрые татары выехали из засады и начали стаскивать рыцарей с лошадей при помощи длинных копий с крюками и веревочными петлями. Каждый татарин стремился связать и взять в плен богатого рыцаря для последующего торга и обмена. Правый фланг польско литовских войск устоял благодаря мужеству и стойкости русских полков из города Смоленска.
Какие русские полки в Смоленске в 1410 году? Совсем плохой. Русских вообще не существовало в 1410 году. Московиты да были, но Смоленск московитами был захвачен намного позже
Когда одни побежали под давлением Тевтонцев, Смоленские полки стояли насмерть и бились !!!
Nado otdat im dat uvazenie. Byli voini, chest im i uvazhenie.
It was a tactical retreat. The Lithuanians picked up these tactics from the Mongols who feigned retreat to attack the enemy's rear. This is how the hussars fought even later. And it's funny how the Russians want to claim idolatry in this battle at all costs. And the truth is that in this battle there was only one Smolensk banner commanded by Lithuanians. Moreover, a country like Russia was created only about 100 years after the Battle of Grunwald. It was a tactical retreat. The Lithuanians picked up these tactics from the Mongols who feigned retreat to attack the enemy's rear. This is how the hussars fought even later. And it's funny how the Russians want to claim idolatry in this battle at all costs. And the truth is that in this battle there was only one Smolensk banner commanded by Lithuanians. Moreover, a country like Russia was created only about 100 years after the Battle of Grunwald.
Actually most historians agree that was typical, cavalry clash without melee infantry at any stage of battle.
We all need total war medieval 2 remaster..
At the start I had wanted the Teutonics to win, as I typically go for the underdog. However, when a large portion of the Lithuanians fled, I rooted for them, and thought, "It would be interesting if those who fled would be inspired to rally,and return", and I was surprised when they did.
Hey it was not surprising, Vytautas lost one of his battle against mongols and then learned this tactic :)
Worth to mention that most of noble from Teutonic side werce killed or fall into captivity and west knight who were among Teutonic, they were release after made a vow that they will not fight against Poland again.
1:35 some of allied forces on Polish-Lithuanian side were Muslim Tatars.
The first Lipka Tatars were Tengrist. This is one reason they chose Pagan Lithuania when the Golden Horde broke apart. Shortly after the Muslim Tatars immigrated. So, it is likely those in Grunwald were both Tengrist and Muslim.
Vytauto didžiojo asmeninę apsaugą sudarė kilmingi Krymo totoriai karaimai, tai ne muchametonai ir ne tengrianai. Jie buvo išskirti tarp Lietuvos didžiūnų privilegijomis, ir jų palikuonys iki šiol gyvena Trakuose, net išlaikydami dalį senų papročių iki dabar nežiūrint į daugybę nutautėjusių vietinių aplinkui, Vilniaus rajone. Labai daug anegdotų ir kliedesių kelią šis svarbus visai Europai mūšis, nes daugybė apsišaukėlių skelbiasi prisidėję prie pergalės, net Lukašenka rėkauja, kad ten dalyvavo😂
The infamous Lithuanian light cavalry! Oh yea! According to the chronicle of Johnnes Longinus (Jan Długosz) Lithuanian cavalry was arranged " accordimg to the old Lithuanian custom" in tightly packed triangle formations, with better armored horsemen compricing the outer line of the frontline of the triangle and less armored filling the inner part. An excelent formation for a light cavalry isn't it?! The chronicle (Annales seu cronicae incliti Regni Poloniae etc) is mostly based on the previous not survived in its entirety but much more closer in time to the battle Polish chronicle Cronica conflictus Wladislai regis Poloniae etc. Most likely the Lithuanian battle formation as other particular details of the course of the battle were took from it. Such depicted by Dlugosz formation in all historical works is unanimously regarded as a typical batle formation of heavy cavalry of the period. Even more, the Teutonic sources dated prior and after the battle call this firmation "Spitze". There are at least two letters from high ranking Teutonic Order officials dated by the same period of time consist of allarming questions - how it could happen and whose fault is that "Litausche Sptzen" are "as fascionable and as well equipped as are our ones". May be there was some slight exaggeration for a better propaganda effect to allert the recipients of these letters. Neverthekess.
What is missing from the video is the subsequent storming of the Teutonic camp which resulted in the most deaths of the Teutonic knights and soldiers. The Polish/Lithuanian pursuit overrun Teutons since most of the camp workers actually revolted and slowed them down, Teutonic knights were forced to make a stand in the camp fortifications but got overrun again. This is also why most of the Teutonic side banners were captured.
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WERY PURE INFO 2 THE FACTS but good grafics .