Major conflict1410
Battle of Grunwald
Grunwald · Prussia
1410 battle where Polish-Lithuanian forces defeated the Teutonic Order and demonstrated eastern European military capability.
Estimated casualties
40Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Polish forces under Wladyslaw II and Lithuanian forces under Vitovt decisively defeated the Teutonic Order at Grunwald. The battle involved massive cavalry charges and demonstrated superior Polish-Lithuanian military organization. The Order's military dominance was permanently broken.
Why it mattered
Grunwald established Polish-Lithuanian military superiority. The Order's decline presaged Prussian emergence as northern European power.
Belligerents2
- Poland-Lithuania
- Teutonic Knights
ON THE MAPPoland-Lithuania
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Battle of Grunwald (1410). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/grunwald-battle · Sources & methodology