The Great Teutonic War: Every Day
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- In 1409, Lithuania supporting a Samogitian revolt would lead to the Teutonic Knights attempting a war with Poland and Lithuania, known as the Great War.
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Note:
Precise information on the Samogitian rebellion throughout the war was extremely limited other than a mention on an attack on Memel.
Sources:
- Christiansen, Eric. The Northern Crusades. United Kingdom: Penguin Books Limited, 1997.
- Kuczyński, Stefan M. Wielka Wojna Z zakonem krzyżackim w latach 1409-1411. Warsaw: Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1987.
- Loew, Peter Oliver. Gdańsk: Portrait of a City. United States: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024.
- “Peace of Thorn,” Signed on 01 February, 1411.
- Urban, William L. Tannenberg and After: Lithuania, Poland, and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality. Chicago: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 1999.
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This one was fun mapping out. It's rare medieval wars have this level of back and forth activity.
All of your mapping videos are really cool! Thank you. Keep those up!
Check ua-cam.com/video/leELmda8xG4/v-deo.html
It's a Polish UA-camr called thrashingMad who has a running series of animated Polish history and he did a sub-series about the Great Teutonic War.
@emperortigerstar whatbis the font you use
The outcome of this war wasn't important in terms of territorial changes, but in terms of crippling the Teutons. The actual important outcomes of the war were as follows:
• Teutons were obliged to pay massive reparations to the winners: 100 000 Kopas of Prague Groschen (basically Central European coin at the time; the value equaled around £850 000, more than the annual income of the English king). In the end they only payed around 45 000, but it still put a heavy blow on Teutonic economy.
• In 1412 Jagiello, the P-L king, met with the king of Bohemia-Hungary in Lubowla, where he achieved the most important goal: he destroyed the Anti-Polish Alliance (Teutons, Bohemia/HRE, sometimes Hungary), thus cementing Poland's role as regional great power.
• Large sums of money gained from the Teutons were then loaned to Hungary, and Poles gained what we call Spisz & Orawa region - first as a back-up in case of Hungarians not repaying the loan, but after 1489 these territories became an integral part of Poland all the way until the Partitions.
Overall, the War was crippling for the Teutons: their vault empty, their allies gone, they tried to wage war against Jagiello a couple more times, but ultimately they lost Samagotia and soon they'd lose their status (and independence for that matter) too.
Dang it! Proto-Stormtroopers are cool!
A lot of people know that the HRE and Hungary joined to help the Teutons, but also the cities of the Teutonic Order despite being members of an early Hanseatic League (much less formalized and structured than its later counterpart) wanted to avoid fighting Poland or even join it instead as they chafed against the relatively harsh tariffs and restrictions the Teutons imposed on them. This is why the Prussian Confederation formed eventually
Yep, this is why in pre-nationalism era, Danzig (or Gdańsk now), despite being an ethnically German city, very much wanted to be a part of Poland. Post-nationalism, after WWI and independence of Poland, that was entirely different
and the funny thing about it is, Prussia...ethnically Slavik, trying to distance itself from Germans became the seat of German power
@@skykidBaltic* Not slavic
@@skykidprussia was never slavic. That why your poor dukes has to beg the Teutons to conquer that area. Just thank the lithuanians they gave you an empire. Something you Poles would prove incapable of ruling. Imagine having that much land but was so dysfunctional that you were practically a Russian vassal state
All the wars with barely any territorial changes be called "the great war of" then the wars with territorial changes be like "the ascencion of king brad" or "the skirmish of 1654" wth
"The Great War of" often means that the war was incredibly destructive and exhausting for both sides, meaning that neither side could fully impose their will upon the other. By contrast shorter wars were often the result of one side being overwhelmed or conceding to a far superior foe without a fight. Therefore the stronger power is able to dictate terms.
This war Has broken power of teutonic order and marked the beginning of its decline. That's why this war was so important
Because territorial changes aren't necessarily the most important on the long run.
For example there wasn't really that much territorial changes after the battle of Varna and yet the repercussions for the decades that came after were massive
Same with ww1 in some cases. France and Germany didn't change their borders that much but the impact of the treaty of Versailles for Germany crippled its economy while France had its industrial center (north east) reduced to ashes (to this day there's still places you can't go because there's a risk of buried ww1 objects exploding)
Ten dobór muzyki sprawia, że czuję się jakbym oglądał film Thrashingmada. Jest to komplement.
Dosłownie ja tak samo
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Funfact: The Battle of Grunwald can be described as very important for Polish historic propaganda: 15.07.1410 is considered as one of the most essential dates to remember of in Polish schools. In XIX century, while Poland wasn't an independent nation there was a painter Jan Matejko who made a painting which he called: "Battle of Grunwald" which is very, very big and has a lot of symbols hidden in it. In the same time Polish noblist wrote a book: "Krzyżacy" ("Teutonic order knights") which was about two Polish knights who were fighting against those aggressive and brutal Germans. They fought in the Grunwald of course.
And even when communist took rule over Poland there was a strong propaganda about changing shape of borders of Poland and a strong point was of course fighting against Germans and winning (in Grunwald od course). Today a lot of Poles know something about that battle. I think that the most remarkable facts are 2 swords that Germans gave Poles (to humiliate them, that they would need them to have more chances) but Polish king refused them saying that they have enough swords, but they keep those two swords stabbed in the ground as an omen of victory. For this day those two swords in the ground (something like double Excalibur) are a very well known symbol.
And of course every year there is organised a big battle with roleplayers. You never know who will win this time
What's funny is that there's no "Grunwald" there, the Germans I believe refer to it as the First Battle of Tannenberg (after another nearby village), and the actual village is called Grunenwald. But yes 1410 is very much a big date hammered into Polish children in history lessons
Polish historic propaganda?
@@maciejbala477 These are German names
Why you not notice the battle of Grunwald (15 July 1410)?It’s propably the most important event of this war(Urlich con Jungingen,grandmaster of Teutons dies,it’s actually broke the power of TO).
Good video anyway,greetings from Poland.
As a Lithuanian, this is so cool, thanks.
Thanks for creating this video, the battle for Grunwald was one of the biggest medieval battles in history and it was a very important victory for Lithuania and our Polish brothers, and it's also an important source for Lithuania's national pride
was it the biggest?
@@interneteris It was most likely the biggest battle of the Middle Ages, with total forces estimates putting it t about 40000 soldiers.
It also happened to be fought very close to the site of the Battle of Tannenberg, fought more than 500 years later.
@mateuszchoda5560 Fontenoy(841) was the largest European medieval battle. If we're going by 100% true sources then the siege of Thessalonica(1185) is the largest.
But in battle of grunwald there where 22000 of polish troops and 11000 lithuanian. So how you can even call it a lithuanian battle.
One suggestion - you might want to put the date of the Battle of Grunwald (15 July 1410) in the scrolling list of dates on the right. After all, it's almost certainly the most remembered thing about this war, and is the subject of the painting at the start.
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Always love a good map video!
Keep it up, great as always!
Nicely done! I find the 13 years' war to be a bit more interesting though. Would be cool to see you cover it one day as well, probably not in day by day format though.
Lithuania: Can we have coast?
Teutonic Order: Mmmmm… No.
Actually Lithuania had a coast, I have no idea why author didn't show that.
Barely any
"Do krwi ostatniej kropli z żył
Bronić będziemy ducha,
Aż się rozpadnie w proch i w pył
Krzyżacka zawierucha.
Twierdzą nam będzie każdy próg!
Tak nam dopomóż Bóg!
Tak nam dopomóż Bóg!"
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excellent work keep it up
Was this before the formation of the PLC?
Yes
Yes, official formation of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth happened in 1569. Before that both countries were very close together but legally not one country yet.
About 150 years before. The great Teutonic war was in 1409-1411, while PLC was formed in 1569
It was the prequel. A glorious prequel
Just Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in alliance rather than a fusion Polish-Lithuanina Commonwealth for now.
I think I remember this one happening. It was quite difficult to survive.
What a country, the Teutonic order
Okay so this might be a stupid question but why was Memel never captured by Polish-Lithuania? I mean, it's right there, and it would've cut the Teutonic Order in two.
i think its fortress
I think you need to make videos twice as fast as they are now Because then they will look more dynamic and interesting
Bogarodzica dziewica, Bogiem sławiona Maryja,
U twego syna Gospodzina matko zwolona, Maryja!
Ziści nam, spuści nam.
Kyrieleison.
In Polish this war is simply called: "The Great War" and it's the only war called as such in Polish historiography.
Very interesting
Were the samogitians the last pagan rebels in the Baltic region? I suppose that in 1415 all population in the Baltic region were nominal christians.
Lithuania was still primarily Pagan. It was simply a treaty Vytautas agreed to in order to get the crusades to stop like Mindaugas had done prior.
No the majority of the population of Lithuania as well as Latvia were still majority pagan even during the 1600s.
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Unrelated, but are your username and avatar perchance a Warriors reference?
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Love how this actually shows what the war was like instead of just Polish nationalism or Teutonic larping.
Why is Thorn not shown? Toruń?
Torún is the actual name of the city in Polish.
@@EmperorTigerstar *Toruń (Polish)
@EmperorTigerstar I have a question: Why did you type some of the city names in German and other ones in Polish? An idea I have is that you could make it so that when any side of the war occupies a city, its name could become written on the same language as that side speaks. For example, when the Teutons occupied Bydgoszcz, the city could be renamed as Bromberg, and so on.
@@EmperorTigerstar trying to ping you again (so that you can read my previous question)
I went based off of the majority population at the time.
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How many great wars where there in the baltic?
Great? The Great Teutonic War is probably the first "great" one, then the Thirteen Years War (1454-1466), The Deluge and The Great Northern War (1700 - 1721)
of course, this is just my, Polish-centric point of view, which is probably downplaying a lot of historical events
What will you do when you run out of wars?
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Fun fact:This war is considered as beginning of Polish local supremacy.
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the war where lithuania got most of it's modern territory
Got it back*
@@markkars8754 ahh, that's why they revolted
@bomoose not really. Vytautas and Jogaila (both were 1st cousins to each other) were involved in a power strugle ever since Jogaila's marriage to Jadvyga and him becoming the ruller of both GDL and Polish Kingdom. Vytautas struck a deal with the Teutons as in giving them Samogitia (Žemaitija) for the forseeable future for the exchange of them helping him sack Vilnius and then claim the GDL throne. A sort of a trade off. Fortunately, Jogaila and Vytautas struck a deal at the end, making Vytautas the Grand duke as in de facto ruller of GDL, whilst swearing loyalty as a vassal to Jogaila. After which, the historical events of 1410 would commence, including the reclamation of previously in 1409 traded Samogitian lands who mind you, ever since the formation of the Lithuanian state under the first, and only king of Lithuania - Mindaugas, were never a part of the Livonian or Teutonic knight's orders.
@@bazinga-tt9pj thanks!
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So as you can see here, Germans have had imperial designs on Eastern Europe since the dawn of time. LoL
what a surface level take
Look up ostsiedlung
@@markusd338 What did I say that's factually wrong?
@@elitalks258the Teutonic Order wasn’t trying to take over Poland lol
@@elitalks258 It's the projection of 19th/20th Century national politics into the Middle Ages. The Teutonic Order isn't Germany, and every country has expansionist visions in their respective region, how do you think the PLC got all of their territory, through asking politely? Didn't the PLC also have imperialist visions in what is now Ukraine, Belarus and even in Russia? The Order and Poland had been in conflict for centuries at this point, with both powers trying to check the power of the other. This war was only one (albeit important) episode in this long conflict. The entire comment just screams nationalist agitation mainly based on 19th Century Polish mythmaking around the Battle of Grunwald, which build up the Germans and the Prussians in particular as their historic oppressors, which collectively from the beginning of time always had the ambition to destroy Poland and integrate it into their Empire. In the end however, what happened was that it was the Order, that got destroyed and absorbed into Poland, so it was the Poles, which destroyed the German state and integrated it into their empire and not the other way around.
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Why isn't lithuania in Lithuania
Didnt had these territories
@@mam0lechinookclan607 why isn't half of poland polish? Is Teutonic order something to do with Teutonic plates?
@@unknown12367 Well, its because of the territorial loses during the middle to late Piast dynasty and the fact that some of these territories weren't even polish at the time to begin with, like the western pomerania and the silesia region
Samogitia was conquered some time earlier by the Teutons. They rebelled to join Lithuania back
@@iwo7x790 bro what
Great Tectonic War
Drat! I wanted the Teutonic Knights to win! Do they EVER get to be the heroes in pop culture? You'd think there'd be at least one especially as a Take That to Alexander Nevsky in the aftermath of the Russo-Ukrainian War...
i think the reason that they aren't heroes is because they didn't really do what they were supposed to do. They were invited by the king of Poland to fight pagans, they did that for a time, but then they went on to have their own expansionist ambitions which had nothing to do with their overall goal as a holy order. Dunno if it's just my Polish bias, could be, but I have a hard time seeing them as heroes when all they do after a certain point is wage wars against fellow Catholics
@@maciejbala477 Maybe so but proto-Stormtroopers are cool and assuming Germany and Russia actually started fighting now, everyone would likely side with Germany.
the worst war in history. Still crying!!
lol
then cry more
@@thepolishdomino Prussia took revenge for the battle of Tannenberg
@@TeutonicEmperor1198 and..?
@@TeutonicEmperor1198and where is prussia now lmao ?
It was infact indecisive. Not a polish victory. And the poles were humilliated at the siege of Marienburg.
yes, bankrupting your greatest enemy for forever essentially, regaining land, and destroying a coalition that threatened the independence of one's nation for moderate casualties and destruction of some land by the border is an indecisive victory that caused loss of prestige. Absolutely, brother.
They were not. There was conflict between Władysław Jagiełło and Witold which is why they did not push for Malbork as then the balance of power between them would be disturbed too much.
Real life politics are NOT as simple as they are in your map games
Not taking impregnable fortress is not humiliating.
considering where Teutons ended afterwards, it was. Just not an instant one
@rosyjsko-ukrainskitroll87 there's no such thing as an impregnable fortress irl. In fantasy there is but in the real world any castle can be conquered with the right equipment and effort