The moment they put all soldier outside of the wall in the dark it over 🤣🤣. Best tatic ever

Martin books

Warsaw pact movies had it easier. The productions of such movies could ask army generals for troops to play extras...

Fuck game of thrones, this is real history

And the best sword fight I ever seen in any movie. It's the most realistic fight according to sword fighting experts. This movie it truly spectacular.

this battle scene is pretty epic comparing to today standards

the movie has other just as good scenes but too badly it doesn't have english subtitles

Bohun and Pan Jan are having an affair

Selling out their art to corporate shills

lol lol lol

Lmao 😂

horse like that was worth moore than wilage

Thousands

Some of them were soviet cavalery units

The hussars were already outdated at that time and the modern Swedish army could not match themselves even though there was some resistance for a long time Hussars but this was not enough until the Common Moving furiously defeated the Swedes

@@talusn9405 wow thats absolutely not true :O could you take your cheap propaganda somewhere else pls

Polish tatars ( lipka tatars ) are originally from crimean khanate and kazan khanate.

Hulagu Mongke Yet it was Poland who repelled the Islamic Invasion From Going any further into Europe at the Siege Of Vienna. Plus Poland had some of the best cavalry units in all Europe at the time.

Hulagu Mongke and Where were the British and French when the Soviet put Poland behind the Iron Curtain?

Hulagu Mongke Try facing Three European Nations colliding on you with no help which was the case with Poland Against the Prussians, Austrians and the Russians who conquered and divided Poland between themselves and remained that way until the end of WW1 even then we were under threat by the Soviet invaders in 1919-1920 and then were Invaded by the Germans and The Soviets in 1939 like I said try to fight an enemy on multiple fronts will lead to failure. And it was France and Britain who Left Poland Behind the Iron Curtain with The Tyrant Stalin.

Hulagu Mongke Really? Poland Ethnicity Cleaned the Ukrainians? When The Ukrainians and Polish During The Soviet and German Occupations were Friendly Neighbors until the Germans inspired nationalists like the UPA To Slaughter Innocent Ethnics Because they Wanted Ukraine Purely Ukrainian every Hear about the massacres in Woyłn? And Voulhunia? Where is You evidence that the Poles Ethnicity Cleansed the Ukrainians? Because that seems outlandish because during the Soviet Invasion Of Eastern Europe The Ukrainians Fought with the Polish Armies to Push Back the Advancing Soviets. Besides you Fucking EU Dickriders claim that Poland should let the refugees in but look at all the terrorism and killing that’s happening in the countries that have open borders. And Quite Frankly I don’t blame Poland she all ways has been weary to foreigners because like I said Poland’s Neighbors Love to Invade and Where’s Poland’s Reparations after WWII? And The Other Countries within Eastern Europe? And Before you Say the Soviets took care of it they stole the natural resources from The Eastern Bloc and Sent Them back to Russia and Oppressed The People Like under The German Occupation. And The Munich Crisis... I’ll give you that was uncalled for and unprofessional but in all honesty when has any country at any time Respected a nations Borders? Because at one every country at one or another every country was invaded by someone else I’m I right? I’m not defending Poland for Invading Czechoslovakia I’m saying how Every Country At one time or another was annexed or invaded by a Second or Third Party.

Karabela Turkish sword.

The hussars were already outdated at that time and the modern Swedish army could not match themselves even though there was some resistance for a long time Hussars but this was not enough until the Common Moving furiously defeated the Swedes

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Yeah, because a Pike is good at a distance with many of those said pikes, but become near useless in close quarters. Horses are actually smart enough to figure out NOT to run into a dense formation of men with sharp pointy things, and thus rear up before getting hit, nullifying the cavalry's effectiveness.

No - it wouldn't. Check yourself out "The Battle Of Kircholm" - it's a classic example. You can bet on the fact they COULDN'T stand any attack - not if they haven't previously fortified their positions, the infantry of that time simply had no strenght to resist in an open - FLAT field to a charge against THAT TYPE of cavalry - trust me. Once the "Pancerni" (or "armoured") and the Hussards were on the other side of the river they were FUCKED. ...and - actually - those horses were specifically TRAINED TO SMASH INTO any "dense formation" - the more the better - eases their job. Ever held an infantry-pike in your hands? Tell me - how much can you hold it DOWN, until you loose control over it? Well - this cavalry was spefically designed for smashing STRAIGHT INTO pikemen's formations. Their "linijka" or...how to say say? ...let's go with "war-lance" was LONGER than the infantrymen's "pike" and - most of all - it was BALANCED to be held horizontally. So let's assume you dense the the pikemen formation, their lances would still go through you like a hot butter through knife - the rest of the job was done by the "koncerz", and the weight of the horse, and you be suffocating in mud, before even knowing what happened. The only true defense was to meet them from behind a mud or earth fortification - OR - you could chain your wagons together and held them at bay with your musketeers (if they were any truly good shot - "Cossack style"!...) ...like this?... as soon as you let them went over that river you were as good as dead... which was kinda the whole poiint of this movie, but I highly doubt it went all as simple as that.

After Battle of Kircholm the sweedish infantry realized that the pike of infantry were shorter than drzewka (more less the lances) od winged hussars. Its only a film and i understand that it would be very difficult to make it real in the film at the begining of '70... In real battlefield both of formations vere veru "tight". The winged hussars were attacking in spread formation (to avoid musket volley) just to be very tight moments before the clash. Check the history;)

Probably, but this scene had no CGI. You don't want to ACTUALLY trample your extras while filming a scene. And one of the thing about hussars' effectiveness was specific manufacturing of the lance, which would be very long without breaking or sagging towards the earth. One of the primary reasons they remained effective as shock cavalry in a time where shock cavalry's days of glory seemed to be largely fading.

Normal cavalry it would work, but not with hussaria charging. Inf pike at a time was 3-4 meters long, hussar lance was 5-6 m. Longest original saved is 6.20m. Also this film really tried to be historical accurate but when comes to hussars they fail. I don't blame them. To use 3m spear from horse you need day or two. To use 5 meter lance you need significant training. There is no more hussars :( They couldn't find enough of riders to make this scene like it should be. You can tell by on simple detail - hussars bottom of lance put into small basket which was by letter rope attached to saddle. When hussar charged momentum was not from rider but from horse. In historic chronicles there is plenty of mentions that they stuffed 3 soldiers on lance, most recorded one was 6 people in one charge. Strength of lance with stiff attached to a horse is terrifying one. People underestimate this simple weapon. Thing is you need extensive training to be able to do that.

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its on youtube (no subtitles tho)

Yes, they were....

Yes, crimean tatars, although we had and still have our Lipka tatars who wee fighting as a part of a light cavalry. Very loyal and great patriots of Poland. They appeared on our lands during the Genghis Khan invasions.

@@dumnylach Lipka tatars still exist today?

@@dumnylach Lipki tatars

what is wrong with white people fighting each other

Russia had a better culture for empire building. That's why Russia dominated both.

@@levvy3006 Russia had more manpower. That's the only reason why.

The war wasnt exactly pointless, the Swedish got what their wanted: riches of Poland. Swedish modern army simply to expensive and their economy couldn't hold it long if they not start looting other country. Swedish still a great power that could defeated Russia for next century until certain Karl decided that it was good to invade Russia.

@@levvy3006 Poland was too destroyed after this war, 40% of Polish population died

tobias wildenhoff slavs & tatars vs kingdom of swedish.

Actually Finnish cavalry at that time was light cavalry and they were called hakkapeliittas

No, they were trained for this.

it can be consider as a part of 30 years war... Well maybe consider as a revange for supporting the Habsburgs with reinforcements... Oficially Commonwealth (RON) was neutral. In fact we send 10000 of light cavalry (lisowczycy)

if only the Polish-Swedish Union had worked out...

Indeed..

Well swedes started it, Poland had to fight back to protect themselves.

The Polish betrayed the Cossacks right after this war. Poland had it coming.

Adam Yusuf: Or perhaps Empire vs Kislev?

@@Vulturefist yeah, more likely. Both kislev and empire are using early modern technology and tactics, while brettonian are stuck in their 'typical crusader knight'.

Except cavalry lances are even longer than pikes so infantry gets no bonus and just gets fucked.

No read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prostki

What the heck u talking about? We demolished sweds in this battle, swedes were in full witdraw already, harrased and beated.. Anyway, their invasion weakened Poland badly, since Poland was in war with Russia, Prussia, Turkey and Valahia, same time.

to answer your question, no it wasn't won by swedish, prussian, traitor radziwil. hahahaha! How did you come up with all this nonsense???!!! are we talking about the same battle? this is not a cheap propaganda movie, it is a great movie based on great trilogy books based on historical events in 17th. century Polish-Commonwealth. If you get a chance, watch the movie potop/the deluge or at least 10 min. prior to the battle where swedish army is already marching and marching confused and demoralized hoping that cannons and radziwil will be the difference maker.

I think you have a mistake here, this happened in porotski when the Polish-tatar troops defeated the Swedish-prussian troops and what came after that was the looting of Prussia which was nominaly a vassal of Poland but make guaranteed by Sweden.

No that was a diffrent battle

Bullshit.

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Why watch then? But then, history might not be your strong point. You haven't heard, I suppose, that during this campaign, as an ally to Denmark-Norway, Stefan Czarnecki (Polish general), with his troops, went on to capture the Kolding castle (Denmark) on December 25th, 1658, when the Swedish forces were occupying it. Also, not to mention the battle of Nyborg on the Danish Island of Funen and the charge of Polish Hussaria, on November 14, 1659. Some interesting stuff, bro, worth checking out, for history lovers only.

@@nobodycares9494 And then 60% of Polands population was killed, all of Polands treasure was carried off to Swedish museums and the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth declined and ultimately was partitioned up and erased off the map. But you won some battles, wow.

@@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105 Correct, but you live in a moment, and you don't know what the future brings. Empires and kingdoms rise and fall. None of the ancient kingdoms is in existence today. Poland had internal problems, and its expiration was on the horizon. Mind you, the partitions were the result of a bunch of nobles (like today's elites) who sold Poland for profit, and yes, the wars Poland was involved in (not only with the Swedes but primarily with Ottomans, over one million of the native population was lost to Ottomans, so I don't know about 60% loss in population to Swedes, the number was also very big, too much ) were a huge blow. Today's elites do just the same in each country of the globe as we speak; they currently sell nations and for very little. With the Polish treasure stored safely in Sweden, from today's perspective, it can be called a bitter-sweet benefit because these would be lost during partitions and, if not, during WWII for sure. At least we can have access to Polish medieval literature in the Swedish museums. And yet, again, we don't know what the future will bring. The tables might need to be reversed, and perhaps Poland will need to keep other's treasures for safekeeping. Personally, I wouldn't want that to happen, but I am not very optimistic about what I see in the neighboring countries, to the North, West, East, and South. Regards!

@@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105That's not propaganda, the battle of Prostki was won by the Polish side. Sure, the Deluge was devastating, but actually, less than 60% of the population was killed, and certainly not all Polish treasures were carried off to Sweden, cause Muscovy was at war with the Commonwealth at that time too. Next, the decline of the Commonwealth did not happen that quickly cause not long after that devastating war, Poland achieved huge victories in wars with the Ottomans.