The Battle For Royal Prussia 1626-1629 | Polish-Swedish War (Pt. 3)
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In 1625 a Swedish army of 20’000 men under their king Gustavus Adolphus set out for Livonia. This marked the beginning of the last phase of the Polish-Swedish wars. Today, these wars are rather unknown, but at the time they generated a momentum that dazzled Europe and changed the European balance of power lastingly. At the root of this conflict between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a generation-old quarrel over Livonia. Because Livonia included large stretches of the Baltic coast, it was important both, strategically and economically. Access to the harbors of Livonia promised wealth, influence, and power. After the wars between Sweden and the Commonwealth had been dragging on for years, in 1625 Gustavus committed to a more aggressive strategy. His goal was to defeat the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth properly, and to do that he had to bring the war to royal Prussia.
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Chapters:
00:00-01:14 Intro & Recap
01:14-02:26 Ad Rise of Kingdom
02:26-28:47 Battle for Royal Prussia
Bibliography:
Frost, R., Northern Wars, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721, 2000.
Roberts, M., Gustav Adolf and the Art of War (first printed 1955), in: Essays on Swedish History, 1967.Stone, Daniel, The Polish-Lithuanian State 1386-1795 (History of East Central Europe), Washington 2001.
Oakley, Steward P., War and Peace in the Baltic. 1560-1790, Oxford 1993.
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That Sweed with Polish hairstyle make's me laugh every time.
Will you do a video about the irish battle of clontarf
Are you planning on covering any of the following Polish-Swedish conflicts, such as the Deluge?
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About Koniecpolski arriving on the scene in November 1626. He came all the way from the Black Sea steppes where he just fought against the Tatars, with the most experienced troops of the so-called 'quarter army' (wojsko kwarciane). Also fun fact about him: he managed to be such a successful commander despite having some sort of a speech impediment (possibly stuttering). Edit: great video btw, obviously.
Good job. A few small remarks: - Pancerni is pronounced "Pantserni". Basically, it's quite close to the German word Panzer just with the "-ni" ending. I'm not sure what's your nationality is but if you are familiar with German then you might find it helpful to know that Polish "c" is pronounced exactly the same as German "z" in words like "zwei". - Regarding the sea Battle of Oliwa, the ships were mostly manned by Kashubians rather than Dutch sailors. Captains of Polish ships were from a myriad of different places, mostly immigrants who lived in Gdańsk. The man responsible for building the fleet was Scotsman James Murray (known in Poland as Jakub Murra) who was also the captain of the galleon King David. - The epilogue does not seem to mention what happened when the truce ended
Regarding the mispronounciation of the letter "c", it's even funnier in the case of the name Potocki, especially since it was pronounced right in Koniecpolski.
He is swiss
@@andreascovano7742 Yeah, in this case, he has to be familiar with the German language.
Polish influence on German Prussian?
Interesting. In 18th century Russia also hired one of the German officers Nassau-Zigen, and sailors called him "pie with mushrooms", bc the way he ordered to go forward "вперёд" sounded like "пирог (pie)" due to his heavy German accent, and "греби(push the oar)" sounded similar to "грибы (mushrooms)" 😂
The greatest similarity between Rise of Kingdoms and real historical warfare is that it costs a fortune to raise an army.
Lmaooooo
It’s amazing how many pivotal battles are won because the strategy of the victor was “yeah, they flanked them”. Makes you realise just how difficult strategising and effectively wielding thousands of men must be
Yes. Managing an army of about 1500 soldiers in Total Wars is not that easy, despite you have active pause and camera which can fly everywhere. I cant imagie how hard it must have been to manage, say, 15000 soldiers standing on a battlefield, struggling to see all soldiers :P
BTW, it seems that the one weakness of the Swedish army that was never eliminated was hit-and-run tactics, especially when conducted with horse archers. It worked almost every single time.
This is true. It was a problem for the Swedish army even in the Great Northern War; by then, however, the Swedes recruited Vallack light cavalry (Poles and Lithuanians) to chase away the enemy's light cavalry. In the Russian campaign of 1708-1709, there were concerns about insufficient amounts of Vallack cavalry in the Swedish army, as Cossacks frequently harassed the Swedes - the native Swedish cavalry was simply to heavy to catch up with them, or the horses too small.
@@Leaffordes Hm, by "Vallack" do you mean Wallachian cavalry?
@Igor Hartmann Well, Poles had to deal with these kinds of tactics on the regular basis against Tatars, Cossacks, and Sabats and although it wasn't easy Polish light cavalry was capable of neutralizing this kind of threats. So I think for Swedes it mostly came down to the lack of skill and experience as well as equipment and horses optimized for this kind of warfare.
@@kamilszadkowski8864 I'm not familiar with the Wallachian cavalry, so I can't tell you for sure, but I think - even though the name would suggest so - that they were not exactly the same; according to Nordisk Familjebok (a Swedish encyclopedia), the Vallack cavalry were (roughly translated): "Valacks, or volochs, was a light cavalry which Charles XII raised in 1702, according to the Polish and Russian [cossack?] style. Initially, the 200 man strong corps was commanded by Magnus Stenbock, and mainly consisted of citizens of Kraków - in which town the king camped for the moment. In 1706, two regiments of Vallacks were formed under the commands of Sandul Kolza (captured in 1708) and Andreas; these regiments formed the vanguard of the Swedish army and frequently fought against the Valacks of the Czar and Augustus, which they often beat. A large amount of Vallacks followed Charles XII to Turkey (1709), and then to Stralsund (1715), and even Norway (1718)." - the names of the Polish commanders has been 'Swedenized'. Judging by this, I think Vallacks was just a name that the Swedes used for light cavalry (and not necessarily Wallachian cavalry); in Swedish, 'valack' is also the name for a castrated male horse, while a 'valackare' is someone who castrates horses (I don't necessarily think that Vallack cavalry has anything to do with valackare, though). In my opinion, their role in the Swedish army has been downplayed in later literature. When I'm reading contemporary accounts and diaries of Swedish soldiers, I get the impression that the Vallack cavalry was very appreciated.
@@Leaffordes Ah, I see now. So it might be confusing but Polish light cavalry came in few different styles. One of them was Wallachian cavalry (the other was for example Tatar cavalry which evolved into Uhlans). So yes, I'm pretty sure you are actually referring to Wallachian (style) cavalry. That would suggest that the names "valachs" and "volochs" are simply distorted versions of the Polish name of this formation: "Jazda Wołoska".
You genuinely make some of the best content on youtube. I love your videos.
I love this particular series so much. One of my favorites besides the Karl the bold series. And your series about all kinds of sieges and the evolution of warfare . :) So pleased you cover these kinds of topics.
Pronounciation comments: very good overall. I can't recall a foreigner pronounce "Wisła" perfectly, and you've nailed it. But there are some patterns I've spotted: - you incorrectly say "ck" English style, like a single sound. Puck should sound like "Pootzk", Potocki - "Pototzki". - Piława would be perfect if you placed accent on the second syllabe (ła). Nearly all Polish words put emphasis on the second-to-last syllabe. Which can be a little surprising, for example in "Grudziądz" it should be on "Gru". - You seem to struggle with unique Polish letters, such as in Gdańsk, Toruń, Grudziądz. I suspect it's just lack of practice with unfamiliar sounds and give it a pass. - Malbork was just fine, but there's a spelling mistake on the map (Malbrok). - Trzciana... the "rz" actually makes a single sound aside from very rare exceptions (zamarznięty - frozen). You did it the hard way. ggl trnslt says it perfectly. - Pancerni should be like "pantzerni", with German style z.
All things considered he did well with polish pronancations (aside from some minor mistakes like you mention), but the Swedish once, well, they need some work
Thanks for covering this war. I'm Swedish, but the only thing about this conflict we learn in school is about the Swedish flagship Vasa, which sank off the coast of Sweden. That's very interesting of course, and the ship can be seen today in the most visited museum of Sweden. But the conflict for which the ship was commissioned gets forgotten.
It's briefly mentioned in the song "I låga ryttartorpet", but yes, that war has left very little cultural impact, like most of our wars for some reason.
@@Ackalansome cultures define themselfe about some halfe forgotten war 300 years ago while other cultures define themselfe about more Event Events
Thank you for this epic series!
Regarding the Battle of Gniew and whichever side won the battle. I guess reaching a consensus regarding this event is almost impossible. The goal of the Polish side when attacking Gniew was not taking over Gniew but drawing Gustav away from Gdańsk as the Polish command was afraid that the city may side with the Swedes when left unsupported for too long. In addition, neither side was able to break the enemy's army. In a sense, both sides achieved their goals. Swedes defended Gniew while Poles managed to bypass the Swedish army and stand between the Swedes and Gdańsk. No wonder that both sides claimed victory.
"Regarding the Battle of Gniew and whichever side won the battle." Two well-known historians, Michael Roberts and Robert I. Frost, views this battle as a Swedish victory, despite acknowledging the Polish view of wanting to secure Gdańsk - I guess, the Polish army retreating from the battle while also lifting the siege of the town it was fought over (just to secure a town somewhere else), is not a good criteria for having won the battle, according to them. "I guess reaching a consensus regarding this event is almost impossible." If you'll continue to disregard anything but the Polish perspective here, then yes - "impossible" indeed. "In addition, neither side was able to break the enemy's army." An army doesn't have to be "broken" to have lost a battle. "No wonder that both sides claimed victory." Actually, I do think some people back then might've raised their eyebrows when hearing the Polish claims of victory in the battle, despite having retreated from it.
Well, if we go by this way of thinking, the Battle of Dirschau was a decisive Polish victory, the Polish army on the second day of the battle forced the attacking Swedish army to withdraw and stopped its offensive towards Gdańsk and excluded the two leading commanders Gustav Adolf and Johan Banner lol
As always great video, thanks!!
Excellent as usual! Great work !
Damn! I was about to get some work done and now here is a new SandRhoman upload.
What a great video, and what a great series about this war. Amazing content.
Well done and fascinating!
Love your series man
Just finished the Riga video and see this notification...... the rate at which you're putting out these bangers is a remarkable treat for history nerds
I enjoyed every second of it
Love your content SandRhoman plz keep the excellent content coming your one of the very best
Fantastic video :) very informative
In the name of the Protestant faith through a truth brokered by... catholic France. Yes, religion was indeed the main motivator in the 30 years war XD
@Piotr Bury Rousseau was right all along then X)
Based France
Its basically france saying « Sweden, stop fighting good Catholics’ Poland-Lithuania and start fighting bad Catholics Habsburgs! »
It wasn't mentioned that after being hit during the battle of Tczew Gustavus couldn't wear armour anymore. That was the reason why he died during the battle of Lutzen.
Excellent video, you getting better at pronunciation of Polish words, many of them you say almost perfectly. Keep up good work! Can't wait for continuation - The Deluge!
that will take some time though! lots of reading to do. we will cover parts of it in an upcoming video about the southern border of the PLC (and its defenders)!
Interesting to see this video just after I finished my thesis about naval aspects of this war.
Livonia: exist Poland and swedin: it"s mine
Well both kingdoms has kings of the same line, Vasa. Sigismund was heir to sweden but unless he changed location from poland which he had mainly grown up in to Sweden. His uncle usurped him & Sigismund failed to reclaim his fathers/swedish throne due to nobles not supporting him taking the throne when trying to reclaim it with force. Not this Sigismund in the video ofc. Poland & Swedens Vasa kings were great warrior kings untill the end and ruled for centuries.
@@emilpeterson7034 Well, he really fucked up being a king of Sweden, with his false promises and supporting Catholicism in a Protestant country, while also not really living there.
@@demilung well was one lf many issue. We can see similar issues for english kings not being able to rule France or the other way around. Very hard to rule two major powers with a channel between
That's a great inkarnate map you made for the video!
Fantastic series! I really like swedish history of Vasa Era, I'll hope to see more
As an American in not versed in this area or time in European history. That said, whenever Prussia is mention it’s associated with Germany (or the Kingdom of Prussia). So when he explained to attack the Polish-Lithuanian “heartland” aka Royal Prussia I definitely didn’t expect that! I really enjoyed this video and learning a lot!
Fun fact Prussians originally were a baltic tribe that got genocided by germans, so germans are not really Prussians. They just stole the name to give themselves legitimacy over the region
@@Crazyman12457don’t forget to mention that the Germans were Teutonic Knights aka a holy military order, nothing more Christian than genocide the natives
You should do a video on the deluge next!
A great video as always! Could you make a video on how you make these videos? Research, animating etc.
might answer part of that question in the 200k subscriber q&a
@@SandRhomanHistory Will be interested to see that.
Ever since I read “ring of fire” by Eric flint I’ve fallen in love with this era
Love the Pike and shot continuation of the story of Sweden and its warrior king
Very good and informative... One little remark (The ships seems to be wrong ;))
Good to see my home areas in such a video
Thank you for this series :) I am not objective as a pole, but I think that polish history is very exciting due to many twists and turns (it often makes me sad that Commonwealth was so chaotic, but still it is exciting). *of course, not only Polish history is interesting
Underrated
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I guess you could say that the Solun became quite incandescent for a period there.
Got the notification this time let’s go
Looks like Gustavus is going to meet Mr. Death.
you are everywhere bro haha :D
shoulda stayed in poland :P
More videos pls
Let's go.
I have a question. Are you planning to create a movie about Polish-Russian war over the city of Smoleńsk (1632-1634) or at least about siege of the city?
I love your videos : ) But i see that Karlskrona is on your map? The city will not be founded for another 50 years...
Little know but crucial
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Overall nice video, but Gniew and Tczew were most likely unresolved but certainly indecisive, I am also surprised that Hel peninsula became an island in this video.
Hel was actually a series of islands at that time
@15:30. Kinda foreshadowed his later death.
Fantastic content that I would recommend to any History lover (wink wink, algorithm)
Yes
These videos make me forget my responsibilities pog
Dutch involvement in those Northen Wars is super intresting. They are always somehow involved in this period
Something feels off about this episode. Maybe to zoom out, and lack of music. A drop in budget maybe?
Hello, i have a question. Was there a certain reason that poland agreed to the unfavorable peace with sweden in 1629? Did they only wanted to get over with the war or did they also gain benefits through the peace agreement?
@Piotr Bury seems logical that monetary interest played a role. They didnt wanna pay for the war in that they hadnt much to gain
"Was there a certain reason that poland agreed to the unfavorable peace with sweden in 1629?" Yeah. They were fed up with the Swedes blocking their grain exports, especially in light of quite likely taxes expansion required to finally get rid of them. Basically, Poland was growing fat and lazy.
@Piotr Bury fun facts. Yeah poland was really interesting during its commonwealth times.
@Piotr Bury yeah, no, it was not a democracy, that's a myth. And the number of people in Sejm were more than a few orders of magnitude smaller than the often repeated 10% with voting rights claim. In practice it was oligarchy with the highest aristocracy doing what they wanted, to the detriment of common good. Which was the reason of why it all has fallen.
In some sources it's said that Sigismundus and his court agreed for this peace mainly becouse they wanted to shock nobility, increase the support for the next war and higher taxation for it etc. But King died in 1632 and planned war with Sweds never break out. His son don't have enough time for full scale war with Sweds becouse Russian started war over the Smoleńsk lands during his election.
Was it changed Danzig/Gdansk or was it a Derry/Londonderry situation where different communities called it different things
Puck is pronounced putzk, Potocki - Pototzki. In general Polish c is a bit like German z or tz in English. But I'm still impressed by how you pronounce all the names.
Good video. But about favourable truces I still don't understand why Peter the Great was so generous with Swedes in 1721. Coalition won the war fair and square, yet Tsar took just a small amount of land and also paid compensation (!) for it and provided Sweden with lucrative grain trade deals. Could someone explain to me what was that?
Just to make your life easier "Pancerni" literally means armored men
Given your use of multiple names in the video, why did you choose Gdansk instead of Danzig for naming that city?
Becouse Gdansk is first native name. Danzig was german name of Gdansk in 19 century. For us, Poles this form have clear connotations with the Nazi occupation. In medieval times oudside Poland the second most common form was Gedanum. The first mention of Gdańsk comes from Saint Adalbert's Life written in Latin in 999. It describes the visit of Bishop Adalbert in the area in the spring of 997, and this date is often assumed by convention as the beginning of the city's history, although there was a fishing settlement here already in the 7th century In this document, Jan Kanapariusz wrote the name of Gdańsk in the Latinized form by urbe Gyddanyzc.
@@kryniov111 From my research the name Danzig goes back to the Teutonic Knights in the 14th Century. Given that in this video that the city was part of Royal Prussia, I was curious to the reason for the choice.
@@jimsackmanbusinesscoaching1344 Gdańsk goes back to 10th century and the creation of the Polish state itself, Danzig is just the Germanification of the word Gdańsk... By the way the Teutonic Knights stole (and I use stole because they were our allies at the time) the city from Poland in 1308, when the city was defended from Brandenburg invasion of Polish Pomerelia. When the knights took the city, they sloughtered the Polish troops inside and half of the native Kashubian/Polish population.
Gdansk is the original name. Slavs were there before Germans, just like in Eastern Germany today.
@@ontheline3077 It is irrelevant to my question. For example, nobody calls Istanbul by the name Byzantium or Constantinople today. And in most historical videos those names are used for specific time periods. That is my question here and has nothing to do with who was there first. Since I have not really seen a lot of videos on this area prior to the Napoleonic period, I wanted to know if there was a convention on naming this city. Also, I note in the video he provided alternate names for some cities but not this one. This is a video author question that seems will go unanswered as both names were in use before the time of the video.
Excellent series of videos, I like it because you explain where the Swedes got their experienced troops at the time of entering the Thirty Years' War, although the French diplomacy and politics of support for the Protestants at that time seems detestable (not to say Coward). In any case, I would like you to do series similar to this one about the Wars of the late 15th century and the whole of the 16th century, which seem to me very forgotten in history, such as the Italian Wars, the French War of Religion, the confrontations between Spain, Venice and the Ottomans; among many others.
You really don't want to be in the Swedish cavalry in this war. They get their ass kicked a lot.
Yes Sweden (and there german mercenaries) did get there asses kicked repeatedly, but becuse the Swedish army at the time was mostly mercenaries, so the Swedish king did not have that big problem to stomp up a new army. All this change in the miltiary reforms, and the creation of the Carolean army, that core was a fully professional army of Swedish troops (and troops from the Swedish empire) the Carolean army was almost unbeatable but then the Swedish king did louse the army, it was almost impossible to replace it. Hence one major defeat doomed the Swedish empire. Compare to Gustavus Adolphus who did louse a army almost every year in the begining in his career, and still wining.
@@kirgan1000 louse
Ah the good old German mercenary against German mercenary.
I'll say it again Sigismund should've made peace with his nephew Gustavus Adolphus when he had a chance. That would've at least prevented the Swedes from getting a really favorable position. Oh well.
It looks to me that the Commonwealth was still very competent on the battlefield, but lost at the (grand) strategy level. We should be asking why Sweden managed to extinguish most of its border conflicts and focus on the war, while PLC could not. It's my impression that PLC failed at diplomacy and alliances. Losing its 3 best commanders (Sahajdaczny, Żółkiewski, Chodkiewicz) at Chotyń (Khotyn) didn't seem enough to bring it down.
"why Sweden managed to extinguish most of its border conflicts and focus on the war, while PLC could not" PLC was a democracy. In democracy the majority rules. Those whose lands are already taken don't even count. Funny how it works, isn't it? "PLC failed at diplomacy" I don't think so. "didn't seem enough to bring it down" They finally bounce back, but only after being seriously shaken by the Deluge, and never to the same level they used to be at. Mostly because its political system was very effectively deconstructed by foreign influence. Sad story, really. Good thing it's impossible to happen in the West, or we are screwed... ;-)
@@bakters "why Sweden managed to extinguish most of its border conflicts" because Sweden was in the middle of nowhere
@@bmc7434 "Sweden was in the middle of nowhere" But they were in the middle of nowhere, because nobody in his right mind wanted to live there. In other words, they were small and poor country, yet they managed to contest and secure a series of victories against one of the greatest military powers of the World. That was only possible, because Sweden wanted what the king of Sweden wanted. What good did it do to them anyway? A huge expense, huge sacrifice for next to no lasting gains...
Two pronunciation tips: Puck is more like Putsk not Puk and Potocki is Pototski not Potoki. In Polish ck do not collapse to k like in English. These are separate sounds and c sound something like ts said together (or like German z in zeitung or zwei).
Ah finally, the Swedish victory is within grasp!
i just cant believe that the commonwealth of Lithuania just sat by and and didnt take the threat seriously and just lost territory with out large scale intervention
Commonwealth of Lithuania are you drunk? You know the ruler of the Commonwealths most important title was the King of Poland, 45-50% (while 30% was Ruthenian, 8-10% Lithuanian and the rest were other minoritites) of the population was Polish, 2/3 of the army and sometimes even 4/5 were recruited in the Crown of Kingdom of Poland, Crown of Poland was also the biggest part of the Commonwealth, the language of the nobility was Polish and to top it all of the Lithuanian nobility (which spoke Polish) received their nobility status (they ceased to be some cheiftains and boyars) from the Polish nobility during the Union of Horodlo in 1413? When it comes to the naming conventions it had three most important names, which were: Królestwo Polskie i Wielkie Księstwo Litewski (which was the official name and meant the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), Rzeczpospolita (simply the "Commonwealth") and in the 17th century the name Rzeczpospolita Polska became the most popular (the Commonwealth of Poland). I will also add the the westerners simply refered to the state as "Poland" due to the fact that the rulers highest title was the "King of Poland".
@@aleksandersokal5279 interesting i can see you put alot of thought into this, lots to take away from my side and also i dont drink
@@rext87able Sorry I exaggerated a bit with the length of the reply, but I was thinking that you wanted to troll here and that is why I had to bring as much stuff as is feasible in a youtube comment.
@@aleksandersokal5279 nah dude i wasent trolling i was actually serious about my question? dont really know too much about this period or the politics involved. I mean i know that the Commonwealth had alot of resources tied down with the ottomans but i found it had to believe that the would just cede a important port location to Sweden. Just makes no sense to me
@@rext87able Poland was very slow to react to crucial situation due to the fact it was a semi-democracy the word "Rzeczpospolita" is the polonisation of the Latin word "Res Publica", which means both "the common thing" and "the republic". Due to the fact it had democratic institutions, while its neighbors were autocracies, this meant Poland had to do far more debating and paperwork before anything could be done.
Muscovy: A town, close to the Polish border...
*Moscow: A town with mostly wooden housing and no paving, close tothe Polish border...
That thumbnail... it's as if Ronald McDonald, a hipster and Shakespeare had a kid!
French have strange tendency to harm Poland in one way or another. This war - they negotiated unequal peace in favour of Sweden. Napoleonic wars - they used Polish soldiers in exchange for recreating Poland as small puppet state. WWII - they promised to help in fight with Germany, but firstly they refused to attack, and then just surrendered. By the way, respect for mostly correct pronunciation of Polish names and towns.
Sooo France created back a disappeared Poland twice (Napoleon and 1918), declared war on Germany to support the country that allied with the Germans on the Sudetten crisis in 1938 and supported Poland's territorial claims in 1919 despite this seriously endangering France's alliance with the UK. How did France have a tendency to harm Poland again ? You see it is easy to select facts that align with pre-established theories. Try to be a bit more objective in your analysis next time. (Precision : i do not think France were always good allies to Poland, but it has not specifically always harmed it either)
Sweden and France had a very close relationship. Mean the queen during the french revolution rather stayed with the swedish ambassador instead of fleeing. Sweden have alot of french king and supported & later joining them during 30 years war. Even tho the war was about "religion". Our king is an ancestor to Napoleons general Jean Baptist Bernadotte. Guess if Napoleon got mad when one of his kins join the allied and led the coalitions northen army. The monarchy was always very close.
@Blendzior this is a voluntary biaised fact (as stated in the second paragraph) but it is true : since Germany promessed the city of Český Těšín to Poland, the country declared it's neutrality during the crisis and helped Germany strong-arm French British and Tchecoslovaks into giving in. Once again of course it is a biaised reading of the big picture, just like the initial comment was, and that is the whole point : if we look for biaised facts to back up a theory we'll find them.
@@emilpeterson7034 And the Swedes helped back : half-way between legend and history it is highly possible that the city of Paris was spared destruction in 1944 thanks to the ambassador of Sweden
@Blendzior Poland and Czechoslovakia were in a fight for some border regions since 1919. When the Third Reich claimed Sudetenland, Poland supported it because it allowed them to get some couple of cities too from the Czechs that had been in dispute.
Peace just to go fight another war 🤪 What a messed up time it was
Koniecpolski means "end of the poland". Sometimes surname dont match person.
I was thinking about this surname but I have some issues with such obvious interpretation/translation. That nobility originated from village of Koniecpol/Old Koniecpol. Given geography (Koniecpol is near Częstochowa in Silesia) it could be also translated as "Edge of Poland". I think it is more likely given how ordinary most surnames were. The same as debate regarding entymology of word slavic (where latin speakers think of "slaves" while, slavic people either of "word" or "glory")
The conclusion at the end: England, France and Netherlands had an alliance to destroy German Empire using a north-eastern state (Sweden). History rhymes...
When?
9:00 hold on, did...did the winged hussars lost?!
I know a gal from that area , I call her minsk from gahdansk .
Kluszyno 1610yers.
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Gå på! Marsch! North European history is a bloody mess of petty monarchs.
"Swedish bullets stopped the onslaught" "their mounts were too slow to catch the small and fast Polish breeds" Those statements are simply not correct. The bullets were a deterrent, which posed a constant threat to anybody within range and no threat at all to someone outside of it. The horsemen were not able to win, because the infantry was fortified. The fortifications stopped them, not the bullets. (How do you even do that? You fire your one shot and then what? You laboriously reload, while they cut you down?) The second statement is just wrong. The Polish breeds were actually taller than what the Swedes had, and yes, generally much faster. Higher quality mounts, that's all. No rock-paper-scissors. (I know there are conflicting accounts about it. The trouble is, you have no access to the newer research, because it's in Polish. It's solid, though. Swedish horses were overall definitely worse. Cheap army, cheaply armed, supremely lead and trained. Their equipment was worse, though.)
Och ändå slakade vi er så förnedrande 🇸🇪
@@2121gul What good did you get from it?
@@2121gul I would not say this war was embarrassing for the Commonwealths military, that would be more applicable to the initial stages of the Deluge (1655-1660) or the Great Northern War (1700-1721) which was a total military disaster for Poland on all fronts (due to numerous reasons).
Slakt är ingenting att fira och förnedring av de fallna speglar illa den glans du vill tillskriva ditt land.
@@2121gul the only thing you slap is your mother. Your old pro swedish history is almost as laughably false as Russian. 😆
The Commander asks the Chaplain what he thinks of the tale. Cynically, the Chaplain notes that Jesus told men to love their neighbor at a time when their bellies were full, but this is no longer the case. The Commander remarks that Eilif got his men meat, and any act done for the least of God's children is done for God. He celebrates Eilif's bravery, calling him Julius Caesar, and declares that he should be presented to the king. In the kitchen, Courage remarks that trouble must be afoot. If the Commander's campaign were any good, he would not need brave soldiers. Indeed, great virtues always signal that something is amiss.
*THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED*
your 50 years early for that xD
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Gott mit uns!
This whole seems particularly pointless.
The biggest problem for Poland was that most of western Europe wanted Poland to fall. and after exhausting war against the Swedes. Austria Russia and Prussia attacked Poland and divided it between themselves. Polish language became outlawed and for next hundred years Poland disappeared from the map of the world. Regaining its independence only after world war one only to be attacked by Nazi Germany twenty years later.
Everyone wanted his neighbour to fall in this time
You're overreacting. Most of Western Europe didn't care what was happening in Eastern Europe most of the time unless Ottomans were invading. Also, this video literally shows how Austria sent help to Poland. What happened to Poland later in the XVIII century was both due to unfortunate circumstances but also because of the incredible incompetency of the Polish-Lithuanian ruling class and the shortcomings of the Commonwealth's political system. Stop with this victim syndrome. Man up, admit the mistakes of the past, and learn from them.
@Piotr Bury Yeah, pretty much I'm afraid. I would say that democracies can work but large political unions rarely do.
@@kamilszadkowski8864 "Man up"? If there were mistakes in the past they had nothing to do with me personally. as far as Political situation at the time in Poland. At that time Poland came up with first constitution in Europe which the way I see it is a positive achievement. As far as Democracy not working. sometimes some people shouldn't be heard ( you probably think I'm one of them when you tell me to men up) but democracy is still most reasonable system there is. As far as me overeating that would suggest that I'm furious with the west. I'm not. Even though I would definitely prefer if situation of Poland being divided among other countries would never happened. I simply prefer that we would not look to the west or the east for that matter with so much reverence without knowing our own history and work together not against each other as we often do.
@Piotr Bury Waść nie porównuj Najjaśniejszej Rzeczpospolitej do Unii Europejskiej...
Polish cavalry about to get blown the fuck out after the Finnish cavalry adopted new tactics created by Finnish marshal and Gustavus Adolphus' mentor Evert Horn
When did exactly Finnish cavalry win on even terms against Polish cavalry? No, seriously, I am curious because maybe I've missed some battle? Most that I know. like Battle of Kropimozja ended rather badly for the Finnish cavalry despite them having the numerical advantage.
@Blendzior Yeah...
@Blendzior Cope
@@kamilszadkowski8864 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Swedish_War_(1626-1629) In this war. Also, I find it interesting that you decided to manipulate the standards and say "even terms", when I only spoke about getting blown the fuck out. You've raised the bar from what I've claimed. "The Swedes hoped to provoke the Poles into a reckless attack and then to destroy them with infantry fire and artillery, but Koniecpolski decided otherwise. The Swedes then took the initiative and attacked with cavalry, and managed to deal severe damage to the Polish cavalry, but failed to inflict a crippling blow on the main body of the army (the morale of which remained high, mostly thanks to Koniecpolski). When, King Gustavus Adolphus was shot in the shoulder by a Polish sniper, the Swedes decided to end the assault and withdrew from the field, reportedly in good order."
@@kamilszadkowski8864 Ps. I'm not sure where the emotion came from, since my comment is mostly in jest. Got no hate for the poles and would've much preferred if the Finns and Poles had succeeded in defeating the Swedes during the war against Sigismund.
Befor speaking English you have to take the hot potatoe out of you're mouth😁
Robert Frost is the 'historian' the Poles always cite when talking about Britain and Polish ties, isnt he? Hes the guy who the Poles cite relentlessly when they say Britain and in particular Churchill sold them out! none of which was true! Many a Pole has that delusion thanks to that guy! maybe hes a British Socialist. they love rewriting British history. this isnt an attack on the Poles or their wonderfully colourful history. it for that guy!
G'Dansk? You mean DANZIG?
Nope Gdansk
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