Battle of Grunwald

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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