A fun thing that really shows how big Sabaton are in Poland: After a show in Poland (can´t remember wich town though) in the relaxroom behind stage, their tour manager came in and said they had a visitor and they needed to see him. Well in came archbishop Głódź of Poland and presented them a gift from their treasury. An original officer's saber from the times of the Second Polish Republic.
Hello everyone on this beautiful morning. The song is about the Polish Hussars but the battle that the song is about took place in Vienna, Austria. The Polish Hussars came to the rescue of Vienna, there were 20,000 of them and it was the largest cavalry charge in the history of mankind. Never before had anyone led such a powerful cavalry. In their songs Sabaton sings only about heroes, battles and real events and that's why everyone loves this band... because it allows these historical events to continue to live on.
Actually it was only 3,000 Hussars, the other 17,000 in the final charge was a mixture of HRE horseman and polish aligned Tartars that would wear green sprigs in their hats to distinguish them from the ottoman tartars however it was still the Hussars that lead from the front with King Sobieski leading them as they crashed into the retreating ottoman forces
So this battle, the 2nd Siege of Vienna, and their subsequent rescue by the Polish Winged Hussars was the inspiration for Tolkien when he wrote the Battle of Pelenor Fields for The Return of the King.
Tolkien was inspired by the charge of the Polish Hussars, which is why we have the scene in The Lord of the Rings where the Rohirrim charge at dawn... it's literally like the Battle of Vienna.
ehhh thats a bit of a stretch powerful sure but pikemen would totally negate and we know early firearms were often paired with them and the ottomans at the time just didn't have a lot of pikes as I assume Vienna their target didn't have a ton of Calvary the ottomans had many but it was light cav not a match for the armored hussars but also they were caught by surprise they never had time to get in a defensive position and gun them down they were good and strong but not magic and in reality they likely didn't even charge anyone unless they were running if they had pistols using them is much safer though still leaves them open to gunfire but at least not pikes and spears
sabaton teaching history with music. I bet you can tell me what month the polish helped free vienna from hhe ottoman siege after this. sane with final stand, about ghf sacking of rome in 1527 when a few (147) brave men from the Swiss guards delayed the 1000+ invading horde so a detachment (42 men) could escort the pope to safety.
A couple of facts about the battle: it was the single largest cavalry charge in history, with 18,000 horsemen participating. It was the inspiration for the Battle of Minas Tirith from Tolkien's LOTR was inspired by these events. The battle was so desisive, historians generally credit it with leading to the eventual collapse of the Ottoman empire. To this day, Poles like to say they saved the entire continent from Islam. And they might actually be right. Austria repayed Poland for saving its country by anexxing third of Poland a hundred years later, effectively taking her indepenedence.
its Poland and other nations coming to help Austria Also, if you've seen the Lord of the Rings, its implied that the charge of the Rohirrim at Minas Tirith was based on this battle. A huge outnumbering enemy force besieging a vital city is defeated by the aid of a huge cavalry charge from neighbouring nations.....the similarities are there
You should watch the sabaton history for this as a reaction if you want the movie is "The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683" i highly recommend it and fun fact jan 3 sobieski the king of poland led this charge himself
You should firstly watch sabaton history video on this topic to get the history background and then the song itself. P.S. every sabaton video has it's reference in sabaton history video, since all of their songs are related to war history events. I can add a direct link to such video if you willing to watch it, and i personaly think that viewers will also find it interesting. Cheers!
@@DusankDiscoversPoland I've tried couple of times but looks like UA-cam algorithm keeps deleting my comment. Type "Sabaton history winged hussars" in yt search and it will come out as a first result.
251 / 5 000 All the music Sabaton makes is about real military events throughout the centuries. If you already know what happened, listen to the story behind Winged Hussars - Polish Cavalry - Sabaton History 053 [Official] ua-cam.com/video/K_L5acJht3g/v-deo.html
Pride of Poland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A fun thing that really shows how big Sabaton are in Poland: After a show in Poland (can´t remember wich town though) in the relaxroom behind stage, their tour manager came in and said they had a visitor and they needed to see him. Well in came archbishop Głódź of Poland and presented them a gift from their treasury. An original officer's saber from the times of the Second Polish Republic.
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Hello everyone on this beautiful morning. The song is about the Polish Hussars but the battle that the song is about took place in Vienna, Austria. The Polish Hussars came to the rescue of Vienna, there were 20,000 of them and it was the largest cavalry charge in the history of mankind. Never before had anyone led such a powerful cavalry. In their songs Sabaton sings only about heroes, battles and real events and that's why everyone loves this band... because it allows these historical events to continue to live on.
Actually it was only 3,000 Hussars, the other 17,000 in the final charge was a mixture of HRE horseman and polish aligned Tartars that would wear green sprigs in their hats to distinguish them from the ottoman tartars however it was still the Hussars that lead from the front with King Sobieski leading them as they crashed into the retreating ottoman forces
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So this battle, the 2nd Siege of Vienna, and their subsequent rescue by the Polish Winged Hussars was the inspiration for Tolkien when he wrote the Battle of Pelenor Fields for The Return of the King.
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Also weird to think that there was more Winged Hussars than there were Rohirrim, 6,000 compared to 18,000 I think
Tolkien was inspired by the charge of the Polish Hussars, which is why we have the scene in The Lord of the Rings where the Rohirrim charge at dawn... it's literally like the Battle of Vienna.
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The Polish heavy calvary showed up, as part of the Holy League, to AID Vienna
New fun fact, the newly acquired F-35 fighters Poland bought, they gave them the name “Hussar”
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And they are winged.
WInged Hussars where wthe best mlilitary power for almost 200 years in Europe.
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ehhh thats a bit of a stretch powerful sure but pikemen would totally negate and we know early firearms were often paired with them and the ottomans at the time just didn't have a lot of pikes as I assume Vienna their target didn't have a ton of Calvary the ottomans had many but it was light cav not a match for the armored hussars but also they were caught by surprise they never had time to get in a defensive position and gun them down they were good and strong but not magic and in reality they likely didn't even charge anyone unless they were running if they had pistols using them is much safer though still leaves them open to gunfire but at least not pikes and spears
My favorite by them is 40:1, ahh. pogo on PL Woodstock with them was just another level of fun.
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sabaton teaching history with music. I bet you can tell me what month the polish helped free vienna from hhe ottoman siege after this.
sane with final stand, about ghf sacking of rome in 1527 when a few (147) brave men from the Swiss guards delayed the 1000+ invading horde so a detachment (42 men) could escort the pope to safety.
According to the lie I just made up, my ancestor was a Winged Hussar at Vienna.
Muito bom 🇧🇷
A couple of facts about the battle: it was the single largest cavalry charge in history, with 18,000 horsemen participating. It was the inspiration for the Battle of Minas Tirith from Tolkien's LOTR was inspired by these events. The battle was so desisive, historians generally credit it with leading to the eventual collapse of the Ottoman empire. To this day, Poles like to say they saved the entire continent from Islam. And they might actually be right. Austria repayed Poland for saving its country by anexxing third of Poland a hundred years later, effectively taking her indepenedence.
its Poland and other nations coming to help Austria
Also, if you've seen the Lord of the Rings, its implied that the charge of the Rohirrim at Minas Tirith was based on this battle. A huge outnumbering enemy force besieging a vital city is defeated by the aid of a huge cavalry charge from neighbouring nations.....the similarities are there
GMT
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Winged Hussars were both mercenary order from modern day Poland and a holy knight order from, yes modern day Poland..
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You should watch the sabaton history for this as a reaction if you want the movie is "The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683" i highly recommend it and fun fact jan 3 sobieski the king of poland led this charge himself
Ill check it out!
the video is from movie
Cześć posłuchaj pieśni reprezentacyjnej wojska polskiego My pierwsza brygada i pieśń Piechotą ta szara piechota pozdrawiam z Polski
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Video is from a movie mate. Some1 has just done good job editing it to song.
the story is true of course lol as sabaton only covers history so far.
You should firstly watch sabaton history video on this topic to get the history background and then the song itself. P.S. every sabaton video has it's reference in sabaton history video, since all of their songs are related to war history events. I can add a direct link to such video if you willing to watch it, and i personaly think that viewers will also find it interesting.
Cheers!
Yea could you send me the link please
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@@DusankDiscoversPoland I've tried couple of times but looks like UA-cam algorithm keeps deleting my comment. Type "Sabaton history winged hussars" in yt search and it will come out as a first result.
@@DusankDiscoversPoland UA-cam keeps deleting my comment with link, type Sabaton history winged hussars in search and it will come out first
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All the music Sabaton makes is about real military events throughout the centuries.
If you already know what happened, listen to the story behind Winged Hussars - Polish Cavalry - Sabaton History 053 [Official]
ua-cam.com/video/K_L5acJht3g/v-deo.html
Islam vs. Poland...