The Battle of Tannenberg-Grunwald 1410: The Teutonic Knights' Grave

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Tannenberg was the first battle won against the Order. The great battle has two names for a reason. The place where the battle took place is called 'hill of the firs' (Tannenberg in German language), but around it there was a forest of low trees, 'the green forest' (in German dialect Grunwald) and a village called Grunfeld.

The battle was described in a 'Chronica Conflictus' contained in 'Rerum scriptores Prussicarum' and 'Historiae Poloniae' by the Polish priest Jan Dlugosz, whose father directly participated in the battle, and who interviewed many other known survivors.

At the beginning of the battle, the Knights were able to destroy the right of the Lithuanians, but later had to fall back. When their brave Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen was killed in the center of the mixture, then the battle was finally lost. The Teutonic lost at least 20,000 soldiers and 200 knights including the Grand Commander Conrad von Liechtenstein, Marshal Friedrich von Wallenrod, and many commanders and officers, while the Polish-Lithuanian army suffered 13,000 casualties dead and wounded.

The ultimate goal was the headquarters of the Grand Master of the Castle Marienburg (Malbork in Polish) and this fortress was taken on July 25, 16 days after the battle of Tannenberg.

Includes eight full-color pages, with many b/w illustrations and maps. Italian text, but English captions to images. All color plates have full English translations.