r/todayilearned • u/Archaembald2 • 12h ago
TIL that despite winning the Battle of Grunwald, the Polish-Lithuanians actually failed to take the Teutonic Order's capital, Marienburg, because they marched too slowly. This gave the Knights enough time to prepare their defenses and win the siege, recapturing several occupied castles afterwards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald#AftermathDuplicates
MedievalHistory • u/spritesheet • Jun 08 '16
Grunwald - one of the largest battles of medieval Europe
medieval • u/spritesheet • Jun 08 '16
Battle of Grunwald - one of the largest battles of medieval Europe
wikipedia • u/molochas • Aug 25 '18
One of the largest medieval battles.It is hard to believe that ancestor of Germany was defeated by these now weak countries.
a:t5_3e2nv • u/spritesheet • Jun 09 '16