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@elijahguttman9289

4 жыл бұрын

You should make an utterly inoffensive video, like about ancient Egypt, and leave Hitler and Stalin out of the intro. Maybe then KZread won't demonetize the video.

@prashanttiwari5686

4 жыл бұрын

You should make a video on the battle of panipat

@darkknightbatman8269

4 жыл бұрын

Soviet invasion of manchuria pls

@ditodanelia1215

4 жыл бұрын

make battle of didgori plz

@ditodanelia1215

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@AK-zs9gj

4 жыл бұрын

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)

@aVeColleCter

4 жыл бұрын

@@AK-zs9gj wytłumacz to Zygmuntowi III Wazie w marcu 1596... (finalnie 1609)

@tomeckb29

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@beautifulcarpetdiagram

4 жыл бұрын

@@AK-zs9gj Widać, ktoś z Krakowa tutaj

@sakakaka4064

4 жыл бұрын

@@beautifulcarpetdiagram Widać ktoś z Warszawki tutaj

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.

@tyrian_baal

4 жыл бұрын

Artur M. Omg I’ve been trying to find the name to that song, thank you

@Artur_M.

4 жыл бұрын

@@tyrian_baal I'm glad I could help. :)

@Menelutorex

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Artur_M.

4 жыл бұрын

@CipiRipi00 Oh yeah, Moldavians too. There were also some Czech mercenaries under the Banner of St. George, including future famous Hussite commander Jan Žižka.

@whitefox8376

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

At least Squarespace is still monetizing history videos.

@Jakob_Herzog

4 жыл бұрын

Squarespace knows the right content to have monetized.

@dude1077

4 жыл бұрын

HELLO MY FELLOW RED PANDA

@Djentle-Rain

4 жыл бұрын

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

@markhassan6203

4 жыл бұрын

A great way of getting around You Tube’s boycott. I’ve noticed they don’t have a problem supporting ANTFA though.

@ibnbattuta7031

3 жыл бұрын

wh-what

When Poland rolls a 9 on a shock phase

@kapper8379

4 жыл бұрын

Ibrahim Awad Silence Ibrahim😤😤

@ops3892

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao EU4 bullshit

@LukeSky2207

4 жыл бұрын

@Ibrahim Awad and may your EUIV heir take hunting as a hobby...

@hardinarthandsyach328

4 жыл бұрын

@@typhon4829 shut up

@samuelskogqvist5565

4 жыл бұрын

Eu4 is actual garbage though.

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

@arkjedrzejewsky4990

4 жыл бұрын

those time we were in a really close alliance

@twisters999

4 жыл бұрын

Connections between us were extremely tight and good for a looong time :D

@twisters999

4 жыл бұрын

@SonicNarcotic Maybe... Well USSR was centuries later... Different times

@twisters999

4 жыл бұрын

@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

@martincarbosin3431

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@totallyaddictive9093

4 жыл бұрын

Its the same in Lithuania, lol :D

@TrainmakerPL

4 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@user-ik6oc2un7r

4 жыл бұрын

also in Belarus

@piotrpiotr1506

4 жыл бұрын

10 lipiec 1410

@pimpinmagicianofprophecy

4 жыл бұрын

1. Semptember 1939.

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

@USSAnimeNCC-

4 жыл бұрын

Me: they'll probably want a drink of cola and beer after eating those chip I want a drink

@Lvl18Meep

4 жыл бұрын

Did nobody else hear that bong rip?

@BigBluenoser

3 жыл бұрын

Slavs gonna Slav

@andresvalverde5182

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBluenoser The Pruzzes were Germano-Baltics.

@admiralashbar4050

2 жыл бұрын

Me on halloween.

Poland and Lithuania: We are catholic so you can stop the “crusade” Teutonic Order: Nah we still gonna invade yo-

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

@Emdiggydog

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest General of all time

@piotrd.4850

4 жыл бұрын

And was, possibly, part of reason why Poland did NOT intevene in Hussite Wars, despite repeated pledges to do so.

@fidenemini111

4 жыл бұрын

There were also Polish knights fighting on the Order's side.

@siejac7894

4 жыл бұрын

@@fidenemini111 probably Jogaila opposition, some Polish nobles want Habsburgs for the king.

@fidenemini111

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

Lithuanians used Lure Heavy Cavalry into marches. It was very effective.

@ronaldostrowski4014

4 жыл бұрын

They learnt that tactic from the Tartars whom they fought in their conquest of the territory that is now known as Ukraine.

@ronaldostrowski4014

4 жыл бұрын

@Der_Dominik Oh, my bad.

@Rokxas1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldostrowski4014 actually it a tactica Lithuanians or well a tribe that formed Lithuania (zemgaliai and zemaiciai) used to defeat Livonians in two battles...

@sharilshahed6106

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@fidenemini111

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharilshahed6106 The same tactic was used later at least two times - at the battles of Orsha and Kirkholm.

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 !

@eazy8579

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed! It is a gorgeous design!

@kawo666

4 жыл бұрын

Cool banner.

@mikolajtrzeciecki1188

4 жыл бұрын

Only together we can stand!

@andreipop5805

4 жыл бұрын

@@kawo666 still present on our coat of arms

@vBlinz

3 жыл бұрын

Lithuania: am I a joke to you?

Vivat Rzeczpospolita!

@dizeed1787

4 жыл бұрын

Isten, áldd meg a magyart !

@stefankusniez9271

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the train full of ammo in 1920! We will never forget!

@pimpinmagicianofprophecy

4 жыл бұрын

Werent you part of the axis ?

@K4myk4z3

4 жыл бұрын

@@pimpinmagicianofprophecy yup, both times. look where it got us!

@jackfisher9833

4 жыл бұрын

Vivat Magyar!

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")

Halina chodź szybko, w telewizorze jesteśmy

@NekromDj

4 жыл бұрын

Cenving brechtłem

@jacekkomeda7087

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah bunny!!

@TheDamis360

3 жыл бұрын

Dobre

@100_Deceased_Birds

3 жыл бұрын

Dźein Dobre

@paulwilkinson4073

3 жыл бұрын

Nie

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.

@totalfreedom1282

4 жыл бұрын

Vytautas lost a battle in 1399 to the Golden Horde when they used this tactic

@janherburodo8070

4 жыл бұрын

True, but to this day it is disputed by historians if it was an intentional use of the tactic.

@Menelutorex

4 жыл бұрын

@@janherburodo8070 like "earth is flat" etc. most think that this was tactics

@Ohmi_nice

4 жыл бұрын

@@janherburodo8070 Disputes have diminishing value. The battle was won and the maneuvers of flanking and luring where essential. No one disputes that.

@ciamciaramcia99

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

@Vitalis94

4 жыл бұрын

Should've remained there.

@riograndedosulball248

4 жыл бұрын

Should have remained there /2

@cranjismcbasketball919

4 жыл бұрын

Should’ve remained there part 3

@luiseising

4 жыл бұрын

Moin Herr Admiral

@toreq1127

4 жыл бұрын

@Johan Jacobs why would anyone think prussians were Polish? Lol Poland never even wanted to conquer pagan prussia

Hello from Mexico, my Catholic brothers

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

What if you, you know. Become Protestant? -way better-

@Austin_Schulz

4 жыл бұрын

@@ls200076 DEUS NON VULT

@xtc79

4 жыл бұрын

Hola hermano y hermanas, como estas :)

@jakubremelski4927

4 жыл бұрын

BROTHER... YOUR DUTY IS NOT DONE BROTHER!!!

@Smutnomir

3 жыл бұрын

Maria de Guadelupe bless you!

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!

Man, this is still probably one of my favorite Armchair Historian videos, and I don't know why.

Achievement unlock: - Drive out the Order - We should make Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Deus non Vult

@simplymarshal1167

4 жыл бұрын

Eu4 ?

@Lendalas

4 жыл бұрын

The Commonwealth only came almost 2 centuries later.

@deeznutz3712

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lendalas start of it all

@deeznutz3712

4 жыл бұрын

@@simplymarshal1167 EUIV

@olgierdvoneverec3554

4 жыл бұрын

Poland was more Christian than Teutonic Order.

"...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

If my enemy gave me swords like that I would say, "I accept your surrender".

@pawelchmielewski1

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@deloox7369

4 жыл бұрын

...and won 6th place! still the best we ever had ;((

@jokuvaan5175

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@arianas0714

4 жыл бұрын

@@jokuvaan5175 Nah, That's a myth.

@jokuvaan5175

4 жыл бұрын

@@arianas0714 So they actually thought "we are the winners" was their best chance at winning the contest then? XD

@arianas0714

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@kapitankloss4657

4 жыл бұрын

Idiom. Google it

@kabadahija

4 жыл бұрын

@Sam Bowling Alley r/woosh

@Hydrauliskk

4 жыл бұрын

@@kabadahija r/wosh wrong use of sub, bud

@Blake4014

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! He should have an armchair!

@Blake4014

4 жыл бұрын

Agree, he should have an armchair!

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.

@vytizen

3 жыл бұрын

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

@mikolajtrzeciecki7979

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@minedoimperija

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but grunwald is now in modern day Poland, he didn't say it was in medieval poland

Did an assignment on Poland- Lithuania earlier this year. Love seeing Grunwald specifically in depth

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 :)

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!

Your editing and animations have only gotten better. The level of animation in this video is on new levels.

All of the animation quality in this video was absolutely spectacular, good job and good luck with monetization.

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.

@horsefish2525

4 жыл бұрын

He didnt want [probably] destroy Knights totally because there was no goal for Union then

@joechicago9762

2 жыл бұрын

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.

You should do more of these videos! Medieval history is so complicated yet interesting

*10k new subscribers from Poland appear*

@mikedittsche

4 жыл бұрын

5k Lithuanian subscribers who have previously unsubscribed appear and subscribe again.

@josephpeck8723

3 жыл бұрын

*confused and scared German/Latin screaming intensifies*

Wow just wow. Its amazing how far this channel has come

This video has the most ambitious animation I've seen so far on your channel. Congratulations to you and your team.

Loving the new intro. The one you were using before was so long an unnecessary. This one is short and sweet.

Lithuanian most popular basketball team name Žalgiris is dedicated to this battle.

I enjoyed how informative this video was. And also the animation was wonderful. Nice job guy.

Your Videos are becoming very professional looking, keep it up.

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.

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.

This is great! Really like the animation and how this video is made! Plus very interesting

Wow. This has got to be the best animation of any of your videos

WE NEED A JAGELLION!

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.

@garretphegley8796

4 жыл бұрын

7:37

@kaderpdi1982

4 жыл бұрын

They showed krakow

@theultumateprezes6379

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaderpdi1982 I know, but I wonder why is there Warsaw on the map.

@Palderon

4 жыл бұрын

And also, Warsaw was not in Poland in this period. This city was a part of allied duchy - "Mazowieckie".

@aleksandersokal5279

4 жыл бұрын

@@Palderon Mazovia was not an ally, it was a vassal. Please learn the difference.

the battle animation is SPECTACULAR!! well done!

great video would love too see more videos on this time

As a Pole I have to give Jungingen credit. He was a true warrior and fought to the end.

Let's go Lithuania!!!🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹........and Poland🇵🇱

@mikolajtrzeciecki7979

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, let's finally go together! There are things that menace both our nations... again!

@talusn9405

2 жыл бұрын

Its not Belarus who support Poland in this time?

@minedoimperija

2 жыл бұрын

@@talusn9405 no, it was both Lithuania and Poland, belarus was Lithuanian territory at the time

Amazing work brother thanks for all you do 💯💯💯💯💯

The battle animation looks so smooth awsome job on that

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...

@The0Stroy

4 жыл бұрын

"Here is one who this morning called himself greater than all world's powers."

battle of brenna(a battle from the witcher books) looks like battle of grunwald

@gigachad3457

Жыл бұрын

Because the author is a pole

@dogukanyel1391

Жыл бұрын

@@gigachad3457 yes ı know, probly he inspired this battle when he ride brenna

Damn, your animations are getting really good.

God, your videos are so beautifully and elaborately animated these days

Eastern Europe was basically Skyrim at this time

@mareksicinski3726

2 жыл бұрын

?

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.

@Vielenberg

4 жыл бұрын

​@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.

@arkjedrzejewsky4990

4 жыл бұрын

that was real Prussia-territory-just baltic tribes were exterminated by germans teutons(and english for example)

@James-vm2cl

3 жыл бұрын

@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.

Great, informative video. Thank you for posting.

love the videos man, keep'em coming!

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.

@eazy8579

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. This would make an amazing episode!

@IronDragon-2143

4 жыл бұрын

@@eazy8579 There really is something awe inspiring about a hopeless yet heroic last stand.

@eazy8579

4 жыл бұрын

@@IronDragon-2143 agreed. There is something about it that is so appealing to it.

@J4R0D

4 жыл бұрын

(insert Sabaton lyrics here)

@IronDragon-2143

4 жыл бұрын

@@J4R0D I freaking love Sabaton.

Was weed bong sound effect at 3:48 with the lazy knight 👍🏽

@nandinhocunha440

4 жыл бұрын

Most likely

@skun406

4 жыл бұрын

xD

@wafl423

4 жыл бұрын

its swaggersouls

This video is great, keep up the good work bro!

Thanks for this piece of confusing history. I needed this video to make sense of some missing details. After listening to History of the crusades podcast, the Baltic crusades, by Sharyn Eastaught for a few years i really missed out in confusion during this period.

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.

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

4 жыл бұрын

basically polish had to hide the fact that Jogaila was lithuanian

@buziaku

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

Kamil Całus I mean these days, when poland has become such nationalistic state.

@komar7890

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@ddlithuania819

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

Outstanding video....the animation is awesome.... great job to the TAH team.

The best video I have seen on your channel!

3:37 the map showing samogitia as chrisitans is wrong.the region of samogitia wasnt christinized as late as 1417

@anasevi9456

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@meraklija316

4 жыл бұрын

Самогития - это та же Жемайтия? Просто она долго не принимала крещения.

@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379

2 жыл бұрын

@@anasevi9456 ye cant even win against the nazis

Never invite Crussader on your nation. Remember how Latin empire been build, and now these.

@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer

3 жыл бұрын

hungary was wise enough to chase them away.

Really diggin the new intro looks very snazzy

THIS VIDEO IS NOW MY FAVORITE ARMCHAIR HISTORIAN VIDEO

I never heard of this battle witch is confusing cause it's important.

@plrc4593

4 жыл бұрын

One of the biggest battles of the Middle Ages.

@kermitage

3 жыл бұрын

In Germany it's known as the battle of Tannenberg.

@Zapadoslavist

3 жыл бұрын

@@kermitage propaganda lol

@kermitage

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZapadoslavistROTFL it's German name of the same place, nothing to do with propaganda.

@zepter00

3 жыл бұрын

Biggest battle in medieval world

13:04 i didn’t know the tin man fought for the polish such a backstory

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.

I like the more concise intro - it's still incredibly appealing and just... really well made!

Thanks for not forgetting to include the Moldavian banner show the support from them with if I’m not wrong some 3000 cavaliers

5:25 his name after baptism was Władysław

@wastedviking6280

4 жыл бұрын

@@aeugh7861 Lászlo! haha

@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeugh7861 lmao nice name

Loved the animations!

Great video! Very happy to see history from the middel ages. A few corrections, the map has some pretty big mistakes, specifically in scandinavia. Halland and Blekinge were part of Denmark, Gotland switched hands from Sweden to Denmark to the teutonic order and back to Denmark (Kalmar union) throughout the period shown, in the video it is consistently shown as part of Sweden.

That Total War thumbnail is amazing.

Huge kudos to the Age of Empires II team for restoring this battle for Dawn of the Dukes.

@loganbagley7822

2 жыл бұрын

Because of AoE Dawn of the Dukes I knew who Jogaila and Jadwiga are.

please remake this video I can't imagine how good it would look

This is one of the most entertaining comeback I've watched.

1:30 The best crossover of historians ever

As a Romanian, I love the inclusion of the flag of the principality of Moldavia.

@FEDEXLuchs

Жыл бұрын

They were pur blood brothers

You have no idea how happy I am to finally see some good coverage on the Baltics! Thank you!

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.

@czesckolego9121

5 ай бұрын

its basically the same

1:32 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the apple!

they were actually based in Transsylvania when being kicked out from Hungary.

@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer

3 жыл бұрын

but only for twenty years

@aleksandersokal5279

3 жыл бұрын

You mean Erdély?

@waIdemar44

2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandersokal5279 I mean ardeal

Great work!!

Great vid. loved it

Hope the Battle of San Lorenzo is on the list, then you can learn about Cabral and how he saved San Martin

@nsms1297

4 жыл бұрын

Soon North Korea will also suffer

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).

@aleksandersokal5279

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@vytilostudios6110

4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandersokal5279 are you frikin blind in the video it shows lithuanian ground unit that is fighting with poles at right flank

@Seyfudin

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

@@vytilostudios6110 preach it.

@aleksandersokal5279

4 жыл бұрын

@@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...

Loved the new intro ❤️

FINALLY. ONE OF THESE VIDEOS WITHOUT WEIRD PROPERTIONS

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!

@siejac7894

4 жыл бұрын

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

@artinaam

4 жыл бұрын

@@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"

@siejac7894

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@siejac7894

4 жыл бұрын

@@artinaam Możliwe też, że liczba ta była po jakimś pożarze czy epidemii których było nie mało.

@mp1335

4 жыл бұрын

"...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?

Not to worry, Steiner’s counterattack will change everything

Awesome new intro man!