1410 · Poland-Lithuania vs Teutonic Knights
1410 battle where Polish-Lithuanian forces defeated the Teutonic Order and demonstrated eastern European military capability.
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.
Grunwald established Polish-Lithuanian military superiority. The Order's decline presaged Prussian emergence as northern European power.
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