Jan Sobieski: The Polish King Who Saved Europe

[@arekw7388]

and 89 years later, those whom Sobieski defended entered Poland, dividing it between them - Poland disappeared from the world map for 123 years .... this is called gratitude ....

[@OlderRockRocks]

Hopefully Poland will save us again.

[@agnieszkaszumilas9507]

GrumpyDad red more :-) : Sister Lucia Santos from Fatima in Portugal :-) !

[@lekoz3572]

Amen

[@fabians5573]

Ameen 😇

[@NoName-sl2fs]

they better develop nuclear weapons fast

[@notabene9013]

Poland won't save anyone who doesn't want to save themselves.

[@arturjarmolinski3247]

Poland - ultimate savior of Europe. First mongols, then ottomans, then bolshevics. But still we were betrayed by Europe again and again.

[@beliarek4595]

Germany betray Poland in 1939

[@su_morenito_1948]

Artur Crus Spain...?

[@Peterfukinruwlar]

Europe or rather EU has betrayed all Europeans. Not just the Poles mate

[@anandsinha7021]

Sad reality. Most of the European countries are happy to be invade by Arab and Islam.... they are neglecting European values......

[@koisov4401]

900 years ago we fought Islam in the crusades. Now for some reason, we’re fighting with them!

[@panzerst4699]

God bless Poland! From Spain!

[@markstallman1670]

PaNZeR ST God Bless Poland and Spain! from USA.

[@el_jefe_007]

God bless Poland 🇵🇱 from a Mexican🇲🇽

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Polish Muslims were one of the main reasons we won.. if you think this was a religious war your mistaken lol... later French people even made an alliance with Ottomans

[@AkigumoCH]

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE!!!

[@pyrightl3389]

Neon Dagger coming down they turned the tied!

[@demoneus3070]

CANNONBALLS ARE COMMING DOWN FROM THE SKY

[@tomurg]

We will seek our vengeance eye for an eye

[@sandayyyy]

Rafael Moura on this battlefield you're only facing our hate. While back home the sultan's sealing your fate

[@taylorahern3755]

Neon Dagger The Greatest and most feared heavy cavalry of all time, and the most fearsome, inexorable missile force on the planet back then! Polish Winged Hussars forever!

[@vangla1482]

As a Catholic, I now have enormous respects for Polish people and her country. Much love from Vietnam.

[@sathishkumar5505]

from Vietnam why?????!!!!!!

[@electricink3908]

Much Love back from Poland

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

@@sathishkumar5505 Why not? We're all God's children, all around the world. Much love from Poland. To Vietnam, of course.

[@MrHoojaszczyk]

We got this!

[@maxmuller8633]

@@sathishkumar5505 Racist rat.

[@selimkahraman5582]

Greetings from Turkey I love Poland culture and I respect Poland history

[@kagtkalem7115]

@Theo Lionheart Understandable. But don't you want revenge from Austrians and Germans? Just watch refugees flow to their streets and listen their cries for help.

[@ramius1496]

Jako Polak mam dla Was Turków więcej respektu, niż dla tych sukinsynów z Zachodu. Pozdrawiam

[@MrMajsterixx]

@@ramius1496 Já jsem čech a taky mám turky radši než bolševiky z rasije.

[@ramius1496]

@@MrMajsterixx Pozdrawiam Czecha, všc nejlepśi :)

[@michalmalikowski8058]

Thenk you

[@Myrrmoasta]

God bless Poland! Greetings from Germany.

[@Panasiux2]

You're kidding, right?

[@Panasiux2]

Polak Sarmata Yeah, later, they take part in partition Poland, Bismarck with his advisors plan to genocide 2 m. Poles, we know what Nazi Germany did. I dont mention sick tactics during siege of Głogów.

[@Panasiux2]

History show us, they always hate us. Always dream about erase us from the surface of the earth. They never change.

[@onespiker]

Panasiux2 dont say you did not do sick tactics or bad things to germans ( you have done many of those things).

[@Panasiux2]

Examples pleas, if you dont present me example from good source, you can bark as long as you like.

[@JosePerez-dn3ji]

Poland saved Christiandom, Eternal glory to the heroes of Vienna. Much love from a fellow catholic in México.

[@bdleo300]

Saved Vienna, perhaps, but saved Europe, don't make me laugh... Ottomans were already in serious decline, this was their last, desperate effort to stay relevant. Siege of 1529. was far more important yet no one ever mention it...

[@VunderGuy]

Accept Christ as your Lord and Savior by faith and not of works.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Yeah.. except some of our greatest warriors were POLISH MUSLIMS, after the war he gave our Muslims large land in Eastern Poland.. Jan Sobieski himself was a Turkophile.. this had nothing to do with religion but imperial quarrel.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

@@bdleo300 Saved Vienna despite us relying on the Ottomans for survival.. then we see what happened when the Ottomans declined, we were swollen up

[@Fabian-l5b]

🇲🇽🇵🇱✝️❤️

[@NotoriousPepe]

Europe needs a new Jan!!

[@beversgold]

They have one in Orban in Hungary.

[@naonaonia]

Not Jan. This was the King! King JanIII Sobieski...SOBIESKI! King Jan III ( the third) Sobieski.

[@uncle1839]

his called jan korwin mikke

[@bullet1544]

@@uncle1839 Nah, Jan III Sobieski hate Russia, opposite to Mikke.

[@votefortrump5145]

@@uncle1839 Korwin is Russian spy

[@stanstanic8422]

Long Live our polish Slavic Brothers

[@Hago_official]

Sława

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Slavs are Muslim too.. and Lipka Tatars (Polish Muslims) were part of the reason we won

[@madman026]

this guy was truly a hard core badass

[@tonyballerxxxx]

G.O.A.T

[@philiputarid5282]

there are times like these when u need badasses to save u from evil...

[@miger38]

We not, only nobles, we had dimm the rest, hehe...

[@squakrock]

When you’re surrounding by good dopamine enhancers you become bold. Wanting to leave your comfort

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

@@philiputarid5282 What evil? If you mean Islam.. I hope you know that Polish Muslims (Lipka Tatars) helped Poland win the war and in gratitude Jan Sobieski gave them a lot of land in Eastern Poland. He was in no way anti-Muslim, the war was a war of empire. Also Jan Sobieski was a noted Turkophile, he introduced a lot of Turkish culture into Poland..

[@yorico4944]

Winged warriors are the most freicest Words from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@TheOstry322]

The Peacemaker Greetings from Poland!!

[@Lucas_Jeffrey]

plumed archers and eagle warriors trash anything saracens have to offer

[@hectorvega621]

The Peacemaker Que tal Hombre Jaguares.

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

Mexico! Much love from Poland!

[@el_jefe_007]

Mi paisano.Viva Mexico🇲🇽 🤝Polonia🇵🇱

[@vanpelt5383]

I'am polish I was grown in germany and in the school they never told about this hero!

[@kimjongun6857]

because germany is a weak muslim country xD

[@individuum4494]

Hmm ... I wonder why they don't teach about muslim agression (like 1683) in Germany ...

[@bullet1544]

@@individuum4494 :)

[@almanduku9043]

@@individuum4494 Because they are from us 😂😄😄

[@szwesta71]

Chwala II RP. Wielki Szacunek dla naszych Wielkich Przodków i Dziadków! Na zawsze! Po I Wojnie Światowej Niemcy i Rosjanie wywieźli z ziem II RP wszystkie zakłady, które stanowiły jakąkolwiek wartość - to samo w 1945 roku - i zostawili praktycznie ogołoconą ziemię. Z takiego punktu startowała Polska po odzyskaniu niepodległości. Dodać należy, ze młode państwo nie miało szans na żadne kredyty w państwach zachodnich i za oceanem w przeciwieństwie do naszych sąsiadów, których sowicie kredytowano, umożliwiając im rozwój i zbrojenia. I świetnie wiedzieli, ze nie będą tych kredytów oddawać, tylko będą podbijać i grabić. I pomimo tej gigantycznej dysproporcji stanęła do walki z super uprzemysłowionym i uzbrojonym po zęby brunatnym agresorem. Otrzymywała potworne ciosy, ale cały czas walczyła! Aż 17.09.1939 dostała haniebny cios w plecy ze wschodu. To polski korpus oficerski nie musiał niczego odbudowywać! Jednoznacznie zadeklarowal w 1938, ze w razie ataku Hitlera na "tchórzy z zachodu" - cynicznie popychających nas do starcia z Hitlerem - Polska natychmiastowo zaatakuje Niemców. Co było oczywiście niedopuszczalnym błędem, bo zmieniło plany Hitlera, który zamierzał zaatakować Francję w pierwszej kolejności. Nigdy nie utracił swej godności i honoru, bohatersko walcząc we wrześniu 1939, mimo świadomej oraz planowanej zdrady pseudosojusznikow. Mimo kolosalnej przewagi Niemców i Rosjan oraz fatalnego - FRONT 1600 kilometrów - wyjściowego położenia geograficznego. Kiedy spisali się o całe niebo lepiej niż ich koledzy z armii francusko-brytyjsko-holendersko-belgijskiej działających w warunkach przewagi i korzystnego przebiegu granic - FRONT 400 kilometrów. No i na żądanie pseudo sojuszników wstrzymaliśmy pełną mobilizację, żeby nie drażnić Niemców, taktykę wybrano przy założeniu, ze z zachodu pójdzie uderzenie na Niemców. Marszałek Erich von Manstein zwracał uwagę, że podczas kampanii francuskiej nie doszło do żadnej akcji zaczepnej, przypominającej choćby manewr Kutrzeby nad Bzurą (No i mieliśmy podpisany "Pakt o nieagresji" z naszymi braćmi -Słowianami ze wschodu, którzy nam od lat zarzucają zdradę słowiańszczyzny. Zawsze jedno mówili, drugie deklarowali i podpisywali, a trzecie robili. Dobierali sobie bandytów z zachodu i rodzimych zdrajców, tylko wtedy byli górą.). Czy też o takież samo "niebo" lepiej niż oficerowie Czerwonej Armii w latach 1941 - 1942, mimo że walczyli takoż w warunkach olbrzymiej przewagi nad wojskami niemieckimi (w 1939 roku Armia Czerwona dysponowała większą ilością czołgów, dział, samolotów i łodzi podwodnych niż wszystkie pozostałe armie razem wzięte), gdzie tonami płynęło zaopatrzenie z uzbrojeniem z USA. No i nikt im ciosu w plecy nie zadał, jak nam w 1939, pomimo podpisanego Paktu o nieagresji! Polacy cofnęli się przed Niemcami około 300-350 kilometrów we wrześniu 1939 roku. A lato było piękne i upalne tamtego roku, aura sprzyjała Niemcom. Sowieci cofali się przed Niemcami 2350 kilometrów w latach 1941-1942, a chcieli jeszcze dalej uciekać. W ciągu trzech pierwszych miesięcy wojny Armia Czerwona straciła 15,5 tys. czołgów, 66,9 tys. armat i moździerzy, ok. 10 tys. samolotów!!!! Surowa rosyjska zima i mrozy miały ogromny wpływ na zatrzymanie Niemców. O dysproporcjach demograficznych (Polska - Niemcy, ZSRR - Niemcy, Francja - Niemcy) nie będę wspominał. Stosunek liczebny 40:1 na korzyść Niemców nie przerażał polskich żołnierzy pod Wizną…!!!! A potem walcząc w powietrzu, na morzach, we Francji i Norwegii w 1940 r, w Afryce i na polach Normandii, pod Arnhem, Bredą, nad Renem, w Powstaniu, w walkach "leśnych", w wywiadzie AK, dali przykład tego czym jest oficerski "esprit de corps"! "To był pierwszy polski żołnierz, którego ujrzały moje oczy. Na progu granicznej zagrody leżał we krwi, skurczony z bólu, kolana przy piersiach. Bronił nakazanego stanowiska do końca. Jego ładownice były puste, a w magazynku karabinu były tylko dwa naboje, gdy trafił go śmiertelny strzał. Bronił stanowiska do ostatka, choć wiedział, że to śmierć. A obok, przy oknach zagrody zamienionych w strzelnice, we wnękach strzeleckich wykopanych w ogrodzie, śniło swój wieczny sen dziewięciu jego towarzyszy. Drużyna, którą tworzyli, zajmowała stanowisko kilkaset metrów od granicy. Tych dziesięciu ludzi z jednym karabinem maszynowym i dziesięcioma karabinami oczekiwało niemieckiego natarcia. Nie mieli za sobą silniejszych oddziałów. Wiedzieli, że ich opór może zatrzymać nieprzyjaciela tylko przez kilka godzin, a może minut. Tych dziesięciu nie myślało jednak o odwrocie. Nie przyszło im do głowy wsiąść na stojące na tyłach zagrody rowery. Zostali w zagrodzie, trwając w pogotowiu”.- fragment z Newsweek "Ta relacja autorstwa niemieckich korespondentów wojennych, Kurta Froweina i Wilfreda von Ovena, oddaje dramat bitwy granicznej 1 września 1939 roku. Podobnie uważał płk. Marian Porwit, jeden z dowódców obrony Warszawy, twórca szczegółowej analizy wojny 1939 roku: „Gdyby założono od początku, że walczymy samotnie, należałoby zaplanować optymalne w tych warunkach starcie, w którym nie chodziłoby o wygranie czasu, a o wielką bitwę, widoczną dla współczesnych, siłą rzeczy wchodzącą w pamięć potomnych. W starciu tym powinny wziąć udział wszystkie zapasowe działa i wszelka broń, powinna być wystrzelana cała amunicja”. Podobnie jak gen. Kutrzeba, również płk. Porwit uważał, że bitwę taką polskie wojsko powinno stoczyć w oparciu o wielkie rzeki i miasta. Ich zdaniem koncentrowanie tam od początku głównych polskich sił oraz broni przeciwpancernej wydłużyłoby polski opór na terenie centralnej Polski do co najmniej siedmiu tygodni. Podobnie uważał niemiecki marszałek Erich von Manstein, pisząc, że „gdyby polska obrona została skrócona do linii Wisły, Narwi i Sanu, Polska mogłaby się utrzymać kilka tygodni dłużej”. Również sam Hitler, będąc pod wrażeniem strat wojsk pancernych, które ostatecznie zmusiły go do przełożenia inwazji na Francję z listopada 1939 roku na maj 1940 roku, mówił na jednej z narad: „Gdyby Polacy mieli broń przeciwpancerną, zwycięski pochód nie byłby możliwy”." - fragment z Newsweek Historyk profesor Uniwersytetu Harvarda (Richard Pipes, Vixi, Yale University Press 2003): "Istnieje nadal bardzo wiele fałszywych informacji na temat polskiej kampanii wojennej 1939 roku; wyśmiewa się Polaków za to, że próbowali walczyć z niemieckimi czołgami przy pomocy kawalerii, i przedstawia się ich, jakoby nie próbowali bronić się i skapitulowali, stawiając niewielki opór. W rzeczywistości Polacy walczyli bardzo dzielnie i skutecznie. Odtajnione archiwa niemieckie podają, że podczas czterech tygodni walk straty Wehrmachtu wyniosły 91 000 zabitych i 63 000 ciężko rannych. Były to największe straty, jakie miał ponieść Wehrmacht do czasu bitwy o Stalingrad i oblężenia Leningradu dwa lata później - a przez te dwa lata Niemcy podbili prawie całą Europę". Chwała, szacunek i wieczna PAMIĘĆ na zawsze naszym Wielkim Przodkom!

[@entropyfun]

Battle of Vienna is like Lord Of the Rings - Vienna = Minas Tirith, Poles = Rohan

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

That;s pretty much it. The largest cavalry charge in the history of humankind.

[@diliniiwedalehu6840]

Death are poles *

[@tobinsarttrading1733]

No doubt that The Battle of Helms Deep is modeled on the 17th C Siege of Vienna

[@petrmaly9087]

@@tobinsarttrading1733 Not Helm's Deep, but Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

[@toggid]

@@coreykohmusic This nonsense about battle of Hornburg is constantly repeated by the people who didn't read the books. In the original not Eomer but Erkenbrand was leading Rohan's relief forces.There was no cavalry charge, beacause they came on foot.

[@СрбскиМаксимус]

What Serbia began, Poland finished! Glory to all people who give their lives for our freedom

[@Ms56565656]

True story Bro,greetings from Poland!!!!

[@Goldberg1234]

And that is why we, Poles, like and respect Serbs!

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

Serbia didn't start shit. Austria, Poland and Russia ended the Ottoman threat to Europe. Russia would continue to drive them out of Europe and finally in 1912 ALL of the Balkan Powers drove them out totally, with Bulgars at the gates of Constantinople, not Serbs.

[@kaisercollins3097]

Croats joined the TUrks willingly even willing to become a puppet state against their brothers in the Balkan wars

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

Lord Commander Collins The Croatian Diet being subordinate to Hungary was annexed by Austria after the parition of Hungary, not the Ottomans

[@fiatvoluntastua9183]

And now he is turning in his grave. R.I.P Western Europe

[@theperson8275]

Only currently

[@tomaszjaskola]

Welcome to the Order of the Foundation of Jan III Sobieski Foundation of the Order of King John III Sobieski was created for all those who respect the Polish history and culture kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnTJnZKlrLqlfas and ordersobieski.pl Fiat Voluntas Tua

[@Muhammed552]

@@augustinetucker2358 are the moslims u so call and insult supported poland during the partion and stood against it ? while rest of europe was watching the portion ?

[@Muhammed552]

@@augustinetucker2358 didnot they teach u this in ur school during history lesson?

[@Cavalier1645]

Poland has not forgotten. Thank you Poland for standing up to the EU.

[@sfranskhan2348]

Many modern Europeans fail to appreciate the significance of this battle. If Vienna had fallen, it was only a question of time before the rest of Europe would fall. The great achievements of Europe in the Arts, Music , Philosophy Mathematics and Science which is the foundation of the modern technology really take place in Europe fromthe 1700's and onwards. I was shocked that a monument of Jan Sobieski to commemorate this great moment in European history was rejected by the leftist authorities in Vienna on the 12 September 2018. This day should be commemorated by every European just as we remember the end of the second world war.

[@bdleo300]

Absolutely not. This is the most overrated battle in history, along with Waterloo and Tours. In 1683. Ottomans were already in serious decline, this was their last, desperate effort to stay relevant. Even if they took Vienna temporarily, absolutely nothing change in history. "Saved Europe"? Don't make me laugh. Siege of 1529. was far more important yet no one ever mention it...

[@Elisa-ul2we]

The fact remains Sobieski and allies were outnumbered almost two to one. I don't think what he achieved is a laughing matter, any victory over Islam should not be underrated. In spite of centuries of battles in Spain even a weakened Muslim army was still able to be resurgent. Maybe a little less arrogance would have served to make your point?

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Bro.. Jan Sobieski was a huge Turkophile, and this war lead to eventual down-fall of Poland who needed the Ottoman Empire as a buffer from Habsburg's and Russia. Also you realize that a large part of the victory was thanks to POLISH MUSLIMS (tatars) who were some of our best soldiers after the war Sobieski gave our Muslims land in eastern poland..

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

How would the rest of Europe fall? You know shit what you're talking about.. the Ottomans were weak already, this didn't help western Europe at all and eventually France even made an alliance with the Ottomans. There is no way the Ottomans could advance further, and this was known..

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

@@bdleo300 Saved Europe.. you know the Europe that imperialized Poland (Austria-Hungary) and genocided Poland (Nazi Germany). This fantasy of a homogenous united Europe is hilarious

[@dasboot5903]

I am so proud of being Polish, of being the member of honorable, and a very brave nation, which saved the continental Europe for so many times .... The Christianity ~ from muslims, taking over the continent, and the European society, too .... from the aggressive progression of the communism in 1920 !!!! >>> Vivat the Polish King Jan III-rd Sobieski !!!! Vivat our Marshal Jozef Pilsudski !!!!

[@jamesmccarthy8727]

Our brothers just north of us! 🇨🇿🇵🇱 slavs!

[@Dombaili]

Agree with the communism part but you guys should get this through your thick skulls:OTTOMANS DO NOT REPRESENT ISLAM! I'm all for you guys saved europe being ravaged by Ottomans superior army but don't bring religion into this...

[@feliciaf8]

need winged hussars BACK!

[@feliciaf8]

+Dombaili but they were for 400 years early before the first crusade happen, then it went for 600 years ish until it stopped, you can just asked the greek what happened at that time and serbia too

[@beversgold]

I am American of English heritage, married to a Hungarian. I salute you.

[@67claudius]

Respect for brave Poles!

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Including Polish Muslims (lipka tatars) who were instrumental in winning the battle.. something a lot of people want to forget

[@udyandas]

True

[@andyman301]

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@torcaace]

COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE!

[@Marcissus]

Dude I love your name and pic I’m subbing to you because of that

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

@@Marcissus It takes barins&wit&a genuine sense of humour, indeed. I liked this guy right away.

[@ForLOVEoftheARTS]

COMING DOWN THEY TURNED THE TIDE. HA HA HAAAAAAA Benito Stalini.

[@trexrexferocious1036]

with the Lion of Lechistan!

[@tat007]

God Bless Poland and her heroic history, love from UK

[@ostojicnikola81]

Jan Sobieski should be celebrated in whole Europe. All people in Europe enjoying their liberty whether religious or not should remember and pay respect to this great king.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

In Eastern Europe many people are Muslims, they are native as much as Christians. So what exactly were we "saved from".. you forget that a lot of our best warriors in Poland were Lipka Tatars who are Muslims themselves. After the war we were literally imperialized by Austria..

[@agnieszkaszumilas9507]

Hero SOBIESKI :-) !

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Yes except the szlachta kept most of our ancestors in slave like conditions.. any Pole who celebrates them is stupid lmao

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Not to mention POLISH MUSLIMS were instrumental in winning against the Ottomans, and the battle wasn't good for Poland in the end because imperialists ripped poland apart.. the ottomans were actually good for Poland from preventing that to happen, so Poland shot itself in the foot helping Vienna

[@mirosykora3572]

Thank you polish brothers, thank you for everithing... From Slovakia

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Polish Muslims did a lot to help win the battle.. and the battle was not good for Poland in the end. I don't know what your thanking for..

[@imperatorglaber1752]

literally the largest Calvary charge know to man, truly amazing could you imagine leading such a colossal force?

[@stanisiaim8813]

No the largest Calvary in history. Happen when Napoleon invade Russia. They were 20 000

[@imperatorglaber1752]

no you are wrong sir, do some research "Battle of Vienna (September 11-12, 1683): 20,000 Polish, Austrian and German cavalry led by the Polish king Jan III Sobieski and spearheaded by 3000 heavily armed Polish hussars charged the Ottoman lines. This is the largest cavalry charge in history." have a good day ;)

[@Dslayer066]

Nomad lmao

[@HessianISR]

Must have been terrifying. Heavily armored troops shaking the ground and the wings whistling in the wind

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Nope. In fact the Commonwelath of Poland was famous for winning battles using very little forces. Polish armies were very small in most of wars during that period, because the Commonwealth's nobility of different nations and religions was afraid of the royal power and didn't want the king to have strong forces under his command. The first elected king Henry d'Anjou signed the Warsaw Confederation (a document which guaranteed freedom of faith to all Nobles and their lieges freedom of faith) only because the nobles said they will chop him with sabres if he doesn't do it. The third elected king, Sigismund Vasa, caused a homewar. The 'Rokosz Zebrzydowskiego' home war was largely against religious discrimination started by the king.

[@MrFrankkola]

God bless king of Poland

[@trexrexferocious1036]

AND ALL THE POLISH PEOPLE!

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Polish Muslims were a big part of why Poland won this war too..

[@zdzisiekgryzli346]

Thank you for broadcasting battle of Vienna - our polish glory. :)

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Sad that Europe didn't appreciate your sacrifice.

[@blahblah2556]

All Europeans owe the Polish a debt of gratitude. Still to this day Poland stands tall, this Brit salutes Sobieski and the Polish people.

[@arsantiqua8741]

The ottoman is back in an undetectable form. We must save it, again.

[@piotrmackowiak9636]

sad we didn't let those Habsburgs snakes burnt

[@MarkhasSteelfort]

@@arsantiqua8741 You know nothing. You can't compare a massive empire to a current refugee crisis. I would like to remind you that Ottomans were very tolerant to different ethnicities and religions before they went into decline.

[@L.J.Kommer]

Can you imagine what getting charged by 18,000 horsemen must be like? Good God, the sound alone would have been enough to rout the Ottomans.

[@davidyoung2111]

I served 4 years in the U.S. Marines and I STILL couldn't imagine 18,000 horseman coming at me or getting shot by a 50+ caliber bullet. God, I do love military history. War sucks but it is a necessary evil. It takes a willing hand to punish evil men. Like you I always imagined what it would have been to eye witness these historical events.

[@velox81]

I read that infantry stop fight when cavalry begin attack at that battel to see :)

[@TheZone0]

@@davidyoung2111 I could not imagine as well ,"follow me" by 1 charging man.

[@prateekkumar9872]

They fought 150000 ottoman soldiers. They were brave.

[@saintsone7877]

@@velox81 Ottoman scribes wrote this. Polish cavalry were only cavalry at that time with shiny armour. Most other countries wore dark armour.

[@Cissy2cute]

It is up to Poland again to save Europe. Sobieski needs to rise from his grave. My ancestors took part in this.

[@andydina378]

O nie, odplacili sie nam pieknie za nasza przelana krew. Tym razem wyciagniemy wnioski z historii. Za te 300 lat naszego nieszczescia, jakimi odplacili sie nam, teraz niech sami sie bronia. I gina, tak jak my ginelismy za nich a co gorsze, z ich reki. Tym razam Polska ma dbac o swoj interes. A walczyc bedziemy "Za wolnosc nasza i ....nasza". W przeciwnym razie znow wbija nam noz w plecy.

[@Cissy2cute]

I thought about it and you are right. Western Europe, with their capitulation to their muslim invaders, are not worth the Polish lives that would be lost. I see your point. Especially since my ancestors fought with King Sobieski. And while we are at it, the US is not going to come save French butts again. We did that in WW II. Never again.

[@vinange2532]

Naruto ninja needed to "edotensei" him.

[@walsjell]

no way! poles were always betreyed by west europe! hope polish ppl will never die for the west again! NEVER!

[@Cissy2cute]

nortel-After some thought, you are right. Why should they? If those countries don't even care enough about themselves to have done something about their problem, then they are not worth saving. Even today things go on as usual despite all the horrible deaths. Poland and Eastern Europe will be the bastions of Civilization while the rest of Europe descends into the Dark Ages. They are probably beyond saving now.

[@annawarner1078]

The Battle of Vienna was one of the most dramatic and decisive battles ever fought. It marked the turning point in the 1000 years of relentless struggle between the West and Islam. In fact, the West recovered and struck back, finally ending Ottoman domination in southeastern Europe. In other words, it was an epic battle that ended the expansion of imperialistic Islam into the heart of the Western world; never again would the armies of the sultan threaten the gates of Europe. The nightmarish scenario of Europe being divided by the Ottoman and French absolutism was avoided. Regarding the battle that shaped the modern Western world and has no parallel in history, it lasted for 12 hours and was won thanks to the determined leadership of Sobieski and his “Angels of Death” - winged hussars - the best cavalry of all time.

[@user-hb9mz2hp2g]

Sobieski made mistake saving Vienna for free. Austria wasn't absolute like French ?

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Poland was not part of the west, the west saw Poland as inferior and we had our own native Muslim population as did most of the rest of Eastern Europe... it was partly thanks to our Muslims (Lipka Tatars) that we beat the Ottomans, because of this Jan Sobieski rewarded them land in Eastern Poland and gave them back their nobility status..

[@m4rt1nDRK]

Don't mind some people that are simply still mad about the war and things in the past. Poles are taught history on a completely different level than Western Europeans. We live in our past with our traditions and history every day. That's why some people are still mad about many things that happened. That being said I wanted to give you something very interesting to follow :) After Sobieski mopped the floor with the Ottomans, the Persian leader wrote a letter to Sobieski, that they will take Christian baptism as a country and nation if Sobieski will go to fight the Ottomans further. Persians had a war with them as well. When Sobieski went to Vienna he only took Polish cavalry because the Lithuanian cavalry was a little bit late and they couldn't wait any longer. They instead protected the borders of the Commonwealth and later on did an intervention in Hungary because they were enslaved by the Ottomans. Sobieski took the forces from Vienna and attacked Ottomans in Hungary from another side. We were able to free Hungarians, of course with their help. What's very interesting is that Sobieski wanted to march and take Constantinople and retake it for the Christendom. If it weren't for Swedes and Russians, we would most likely make another Crusade. What happened though is war with Russia and Sweden so we weren't able to fulfill our plans. Too bad. Because our combined force of the Commonwealth cavalry had over 60 thousand people with over 20 thousand Winged Hussars, complimented with Pancerni (Heavy cavalry) and Lisowczycy (Light, mobile and fast) It could be glorious. Regards :)

[@Robul96]

@Perno007 Lmao

[@Cissy2cute]

I hope that you are being facetious!

[@kylebowman4395]

Marcin Dobrowolski you guys have had a long history of war with Islam and Russia..but I'm an American and I'm not Catholic but I am apostolic/Pentecostal but I give honour to you and your people

[@m4rt1nDRK]

Thank you brother, we don't care what people believe in, it doesn't define them as humans. What is important is to be a decent human being. Polish people do not impose their faith on others nor judge them if they believe in something else. Slavic people always believed that Gods of other religions are as true as their own. It's the faith of humans that makes them real. Kind regards from Warsaw

[@jshadowhunter]

To be fair all of our Slavic nations are on different leve than the West.

[@Ms56565656]

We saved Europe twice 1683 and 1920!!!

[@mustafakemalinaskerleriyiz8659]

You saved Europa and after Europa fucked you 😂😂

[@Piorun.98]

oh look a salty cockroach

[@RachelZdzienicka]

We will again or we can let islam eat up europe after they fucked us over

[@kimjongun6857]

for sure they fucked us like your ottoman empire was fucked up by ataturk who was financed by bolsheviks. i'm a sportsman history is history but i know who destroyed our kingdoms in the 17 century and your sultanats after 1920

[@1960caesar]

VERY TURE The Poles are A BRAVE AND NOBLE PEOPLE, WE OWE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID IN WW2, AND ENGLAND LET YOU DOWN. LONG LIVE POLAND!!! YOU ARE ARE GREATEST ALLIEDS!! THE POLES!!!

[@gamerhalim4717]

Respect from Indonesia

[@UnknownSend3r]

I guess you're not Muslim hendy ?

[@davidsirait220]

@@UnknownSend3r I'm from Indonesia and I'm Christian

[@gamerhalim4717]

No I’m Buddhist 🙏 sorry not reply

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

@@davidsirait220 Polish Muslims were instrumental in winning the war..

[@a.kihunyo9507]

True hero of Europe.

[@NMarvy86]

Proud to be Polish!!

[@arrongoldberg697]

Yeah especially your name is very polish LOL

[@witekoleksiak5600]

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Why? It was thanks to the Ottomans we weren't swallowed up by neighboring empries and after their decline.. that's exactly what happened. Not to mention our Polish Muslims were part of the reason we beat the Ottomans..

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Also most of our people were serfs.. and the nobility viewed us as inferior.. this is what nationalism does to your brain

[@seethingwalnut2628]

WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@erinong193]

Coming down from the mountain side!

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

You forgot Polish Lipka Tatars who were Polish Muslims * they were some of the best warriors in Poland due to their skilled nomadic horse riding and artillery traits

[@miltyler8110]

"I came, I saw, God conquered." Right there is the key- for Jan Sobieski and his Calvary as well as all of us today whether Poles or Americans or whomever. Thank you for this video, my first time hearing of this battle was today. Parents must teach their children these important lessons!

[@artygracja2097]

Mil Tyler Childreen learn it at school in Poland.

[@gypsybynature8117]

History will be change forever, Muslims already are on European borders, Then Azerbaijan, Iran etc upto south east aisia Malaysia Indonesia, Brunei, From European borders to Indonesia only there is one country which Muslims need to win/Popularize then no one can stop the hell march of Muslim armies. If we come power to that Giant country even USA+Entire Europe will tremble in future coz even at present that country has ICBMs, Thermonukes & much more. One day inshallah we will be in power to that country & that country is INDIA, once it will be Muslim state Muslims will rule the world with the help of India's massive Muslim military & then there will be no sobiesky who can stop muslims

[@waltt5134]

Mil Tyler heard first time of this battle? Disappointing. Europe was saved that year.

[@miltyler8110]

I'm just glad I heard it now Wilheim! The fact is, we are all ignorant of some things. We spend a lifetime learning.

[@notabene9013]

In 17th c for decades the Ottomans had been encouraged into Europe by France and Britain in the hope that they would destabilize their enemies (including each other). So they felt "invited". The situation was quite tragic in Europe at the time of the battle. The Iberian peninsula was recovering from the Muslim takeover. The Balkans and Hungary were under muslim occupation for some time.

[@NerexisPL]

God bless King Sobieski and his soldiers, we should be like them today!

[@trexrexferocious1036]

and the Lion of Lachistan arrived

[@hussain6469]

You want to wage a war against the muslim refugees ?

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Many of his soldiers were Polish Muslims..

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

@@trexrexferocious1036 Many of his soldiers were Polish Muslims themselves..

[@twisters999]

Grat video thanks for that!

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Even most of Poles don't realise that this is rubbish. Sobieski had MUSLIM UNITS IN HIS ARMY! The Tatar cavalry in the Polish army consisted of real Tatars who were muslim and had freedom of faith in Poland and Lithuania. Even in this battle, they were loyal to Poland and Sobieski, even though entire Lithuanian army betrayed him, and at first didn't come to join the battle and later Poland and Lithuania had Muslim populations since the XIVth century, and exclusively muslim (Tatar) units up to XXth century, they took part in most of the conflicts Poland had during this period. Last such unit saw combat it 1939. Even back then, when people around Europe were killing each other due to differences in theological opinions, Poland and Turkey cooperated with each other on several occasions. There were both wars and periods of long peace, or even alliances, for example Crimea fought on the side of Poland in the Second Northern War, not to mention that several Polish kings such as Sigmunt August and even Jan Sobieski considered a possibility of an alliance with Turkey against their Christian enemies.

[@wladyslawbukowski]

Piotr Malewski What is rubbish in here and what exactly is Your point?

[@janmedeus3070]

If I ever have a son (not likely but still) I will name him Jan. This name commands respect. God Honour and Fatherland. The Great Poland. Slava.

[@erica8332]

You can always adopt an orphan

[@Hago_official]

Sława

[@walterweiss7124]

Jan is simly John, name him after John Baptist ;)

[@saintsone7877]

@@walterweiss7124 Yes that is English translation but in Poland is owned by many famous people in Polish history

[@JulianJ58]

Both my 100% polish grandfathers were named Jan...tis what I'll name my first son

[@dragon89900]

The Poles will save Europe once again, with Hungary & the Czechs as allies.

[@notabene9013]

It's better not to save people who don't want to be saved. They will turn it against you afterwards.

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

No. Western Europe betrayed us FAR too many times. After battle in Vienna we gained nothing but troubles and eventually we disappeared for 123 years, after we helped in beating Nazis, surviving holocaust, solving enigma code, protecting England by our Polish squadron 303, we've been given Stalin on silver plate, left alone like garbage. Sorry but Poland learned from it's mistakes.

[@feliciaf8]

the govs is the traitor

[@Alexander-tu3iv]

Hungarians? you sure about that? remember that during the Imperial reinforcements march to Vienna 6000 Hungarians defected ;)

[@colettespooner225]

@@AzraelSoulHunter my grandfather fought against the nazis Italy after already survived incarceration Russian gulag then was exiled from returning to Poland for many year's it didn't help his mental health

[@taylorahern3755]

God bless The Polish Winged Hussars, the best of the best and the most feared and fearsome Heavy Cavalry of all time! No force on Earth could withstand them back then, such was their inexorable ferocity, amazing determination and intrepid pride. Supernatural!

[@krzysztofk8495]

yeah but why hoolywood not rec in this history ?

[@lukaszwolf2688]

@@krzysztofk8495 is not politically correct, whatever that means.

[@trexrexferocious1036]

GREAT LION OF LECHISTAN ARRIVED!!

[@TheBarser]

They only made up 20% of the cavalry charge though

[@taylorahern3755]

@@TheBarser Yes, yet the Winged Hussars were the sharpened, inexorable & fiercest tip of that spear!

[@vintage_hart6392]

Europe for Europeans❤🇵🇱

[@abdiyusuf8561]

40ozofstress what about the refugee

[@abdiyusuf8561]

Lord Alehandro have you seen how migrants are treated in the gulf cuntries. eaurop is the only humane place left on this earth

[@kingjonstarkgeryan8573]

Lord Alehandro Turky belonged to the Byzantine Empire so we have to liberate it from the Turks.

[@m.m14433]

Lord Alehandro well, technically, Turkey IS European. Lol

[@kimjongwin]

I thought turkey was European?

[@HelionDark]

Good our Poles!

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Veni Vedi Deus Vicit.

[@xoen6]

Respect. Good comment.

[@milesedgeworth2079]

Stfu

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@milesedgeworth2079 Was that called for?

[@fiddlesticks7245]

@@milesedgeworth2079 shut up sperg

[@xoen6]

"His leadership at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 saved Europe from the conquering Ottoman Empire. " Thank you for mentioning this.

[@newdagome8335]

Proud Polish Nation kneel only in front of the Jesus Christ!!!

[@iciek]

Maybe if you were Polish you'd realise that Christ plays a minor part to his mother.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

I'm not sure if the Polish Tatars who took part in this battle on Sobieski's site, wouldn't kneel also before Muhammad. Yes, the Poles had Muslim Polish Tatars in their side in this battle, so it wasn't Christians vs. Muslims, but Christians and Muslims vs. Muslims.

[@feliciaf8]

hell yeah!

[@feliciaf8]

why would they attack their own?

[@boogeymann6686]

@@muhammmadali9651 get out of europe

[@ekosusanto5]

Thank you very much dear King John Sobieski! Without you I will already have bowed five times to mecca. Gee, just the thought alone makes me shudder.

[@ekosusanto5]

Słodkie gówienko kurws sorry, my mistake :-)

[@onespiker]

Eko Susanto islam would not have gotten any where. The ottomans were declining.

[@Renata53502]

@Germanic Nationalism Yeah right and you know that! Do you really think they would put this army to fight them?

[@Renata53502]

@@onespiker Ahahahah!

[@onespiker]

@@Renata53502 what? Do you really think islam would have taken over Europe? A single european power could handle them. They were all just busy in thier own wars aginst each other (aswell as they wanted to weaken Austrias influence).

[@marijankobas3582]

Jan Sobieski Polish and Nikola Šubić Zrinski Croat! Two heroes that saved Europe Croatia and Poljska brothers! Pozdrav Braćo!

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Saved from what? Islam was already part of Poland.. and Polish Muslims helped defeat the Ottomans

[@francise.eichleriii4325]

Polish jokes are insulting when confronted with their greatness. Never forget!

[@wladyslawbukowski]

Francis E.Eichler III Polish jokes? They do not have any coverage in reality and they were fabricated by Goebbels for a known purpose. According to the principle, "if you can not defeat them then ridicule them".

[@kimjongun6857]

@@wladyslawbukowski and goebbels was married to a jewish woman

[@walterweiss7124]

@@kimjongun6857 that was gomulka ;)

[@gertvanniekerk46]

Brilliant Video, Thanking you Brave Poles-From South Africa!

[@A_Eichler]

With this kind of history, who needs fiction? I learned something new today. Thank you.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

He forgot to mention that many of Sobieski's soldiers were Polish Muslims and he rewarded them land in eastern Poland in gratitude to their service

[@monideepchakraborty9376]

Europe needs 200+ Jan Sobeiskis at the moment.

[@yunusayma4413]

Europe does not need sobieskis, it needs good people who will prevent the Serbian brutality in Bosnia in 1992!...

[@relaxwithme786]

Your right because Europe is getting over run by filth

[@invisiblehandofadamsmith]

Nice i didnt know about it. Good job Poland. I am going to Kraków next month. See u there

[@notabene9013]

If you haven't gone yet look up Free Walking Tours in Krakow. They are a great intro to the place. They are organized each day and start in central Krakow. Have a great time!

[@helenegan1079]

Jan Sobieski tomb can be seen at Wawel Castle Krakow Cathederal where Kings of Poland are entombed. While you are there you might be interested to see. Krakow is beautiful hope you enjoy it, my faviourite city.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

The war was won partially thanks to Polish Muslims, this is a huge part this guy leaves out.. after the war Sobieski awarded them free land in Eastern Poland..

[@愛新覺羅普聰]

The Polish saved Europe again around 1989 while the Polish people protest bravely cause the Warsaw pact collapse!

[@Bezimienny98879]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War Poland saved Europed from Bolsheviks in 1920 near Warsaw

[@KC-sm7gm]

@@Bezimienny98879 that is a beautiful story which i was already aware of. most people don't know these great FACTS about Poland and the Polish people. Or the FACT that they were fighting to just have a country for 200 years. God Bless.

[@AGNIESZKA166]

No that was most tragedic think that we do for our Nation

[@Kitiwake]

@@Bezimienny98879 imagination is a great deceiver.

[@trexrexferocious1036]

Poland always the proudest and most courageous nation in Europe.

[@marko1clw]

Polish National Hero - The Great King of Poland! Always and forever with European People!

[@krzysztoflupa2299]

Worth methioning - JIII Sobieski was a grand grand son of the polish chief of command Stanisław Żółkiewski, who beat russian-swedish army (he was outnumbered 12 x) and eventually councered Moscow as the only one in the history.

[@krzysztoflupa2299]

Tak, wiem : )

[@krzysztoflupa2299]

Jak to również? : ) Gdzie ja popełniłem?

[@nicsmiesznego4726]

Russian boyars let Żółkiewski into Moscow after the victory of Klushino. They believed that polish forces would stabilize situation a bit. When it didn't happen they throw Poles out;). Żółkiewski's army mostly consisted of cavarly had no chance to actually ''take'' or ''conquer'' a Moscow.

[@onespiker]

Krzysztof Lupa he was not outnumbered 1 to 12. ( the polish army was alot bigger than the Swedish one)

[@saintsone7877]

@@nicsmiesznego4726 Threw Poles out? What? Poles were there for 2 years and only when Polish King declined becoming King of Muscovy did Poles leave Moscow. Not kicked out.

[@egemenpolat7366]

As a Catholic Turk. Thanks a lot to Sobieski and Poles. You saved Europe from the cancer.

[@domagojvistica9438]

Hvala ti kralju Europe,neka te dragi Bog velikodušno nagradio vječnim životom!!! Pozdrav iz bratske Hrvatske!

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

Polish Muslims helped beat the Ottomans without them we probably wouldn't have won..

[@phillipmargrave]

Thank you King Jan. A great hero king!

[@H0DLTHED0R]

Thank you Jan and Poland 🇵🇱 The World thanks you!

[@Spativm]

Today is the anniversary. And these days it bears very significant message since Europe is in the same situation as in 1683...

[@tullussulla6167]

Spativm "we remember in September"

[@goranperssonfanaccount1956]

Spativm no it isn't. Many countries in europe have taken in a lot of refugees and migrants (they aren't taking in very many anymore) In 1683 a great power tried to take vienna with military means and spread their influence further. These are very different situations except for "muh moslems" Also many things claimed to have "saved europe", the Ottomans probably would have entered a decline sooner or later

[@notabene9013]

Goose Hamsterson Yes. The Real hope for Europe now is to wait for Islam to decline sooner or later. On the Iberian peninsula it took 500 years but hey, Europeans should simply be patient. Lol. I can just imagine where you're from. Btw the number of asylum applications in Europe has been the same each year since 2015. They come via more and different routes but the numbers are not decreasing. Look up official immigration stats not what your media tell you. Hijrah is simply another way of invading.

[@pwolkowicki]

Oh no! The situation is totally different - western countries are inviting muslims to Europe, they don't fight them back - they give them money and guns(hiring muslim migrants to police forces and army)!

[@onespiker]

Nota Bene ottoman empire was on its knees. It had about gotten the Sickman of Europe. The ottoman empire would not have held Vienna for long ( a newly claimed christian city). After the other empires finishes their war they will turn their eyes torward ottomans. ( France and England alone had more a lot power than the ottomans)

[@fortiterinresuaviterinmodo5549]

God bless Poland, greetings from Italy

[@apocalipticapolska2840]

17k husars vs 500k army :) thats its Poland

[@muffiietkaliman8527]

150k. 3k hussars + less than 15k relieved army against 150K. But still greatly outnumbered. Jan Sobieski swooped down like a boss.

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

@@muffiietkaliman8527 That's true.

[@szuwi122]

Battle off chodow 400 v 40000. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hod%C3%B3w

[@patrickbuerke1390]

Also like 60k infantry, but yeah, the cavalry charge broke the Ottoman back

[@trexrexferocious1036]

THATS NATION WITH REAL BALLS!

[@tillytilford2158]

We need this king again to save us from the Muslim invasion

[@richert8]

God Bless Poland!

[@cobrazki]

Enormous respect for Poland and its people, especially for their bravery back then. After all these years the Turks and the Polish people who once were enemies learned both from the same very mistake, trusting their neighbors only to get back stabbed later on. They might’ve been honorable enemies back then but now they are truly good neighbors on the same page when it comes to standing their grounds. After of course, during World War II when the whole Europe turned their back against the saviors of Europe (Poland). During the attacks on Poland run by the Germans the Ambassador of Hitler’s German in Turkey, Franz von Papen demanded immediate control of the Polish diplomatic building just like Czechoslovakia’s diplomatic building, which was 150 meters apart from each other. As to the Turkish president Ismet Pasa replied: “We have a traditional friendship with Poland. In the past, at the time of Poland’s partition, Turkey waited for Polish envoy’s arrival for 150 years. Now, for a short period of time, I can not disappoint our Polish friends, and Turkey shall not fulfill this demand of yours”. Today they honor one and another with full alliance to each other, no matter what.

[@saintsone7877]

Yep. Very true.

[@masterchiff6784]

Yep I respect turkey, they have their own traditions and values same like Poland and we respect eachother traditions no need for hate. But other countries attack us in the back and backstab us thats the only way they can win.

[@saintsone7877]

@@masterchiff6784 Two countries who for politics/religion fought each other honourably. After the battles each respected the other as worthy combatants and formed a friendship that has endured til today. Unlike others that took defeat as a motivation to get revenge in the future.

[@purelife1059]

My beloved Poland

[@barbararaymond5318]

Austria had forgot their gratitude when they partitioned POLAND ....only 90 years later.Long live Poland ,you deserve all the best.

[@saintsone7877]

As terrible an act as it was by Austria it to a degree was a blessing for those in the Austrian partition. The Prussian and German partitions tried to Russify and Germanify the people banning the speaking of Polish, setting up schools where children learnt either Russian or German, Polish books were destroyed whereas in the Austrian sector all the Polish there lost was their freedom but they were allowed to speak Polish and teach Polish at schools etc. Today we would say the Austrians were liberal toward the Polish whereas the Germans (Prussians) and Russians were the brutes towards the people. And people in the west wonder why Polish people did not get along with Russians and Germans in 20th century after gaining independence in 1918. After 123 years of utter brutality would you be nice to those that battered you daily?

[@gruja22vajar]

Živi i blagosloveni bili do kraja sveta, Poljska braćo!

[@lordpazo6784]

❤

[@McLoathin]

Long live Poland. Europe will need polish might soon.

[@bdleo300]

Yeah, to clean toilets...

[@lordpazo6784]

@@bdleo300 if cleaning toilets means beating the turks at vienna im fine with that

[@witekoleksiak5600]

[@Deailon]

...and two generations later Vienna entered an alliance that attacked Commonwealth from all sides and destroyed it. Emperors from Austria took Cracov, city they promised to defend, and almost reached Warsaw in the final campaign (their forces were just on the other side of the river from Wilanów, personal residence of Sobieski). The battle of Vienna rescued Holy Roman Empire and much of the Western Europe (at least Italy was in peril), but in the East sealed the fate of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the few countries of the era that elected it head of state and did not fall into absolutism and authocracy. History is funny that way.

[@the_astrokhan]

To be entirely honest, it probably turned out for the best. The PLC was going to be destroyed from the inside at the behest of Russia and Prussia and once it occurred, it was the Austrian Partition that allowed for the continuation of the Polish way of life to continue with relatively little interference, especially when we look at how it went on in Russia and Prussia where they tried to extinguish the Polish identity. Although inexcusable, Austria didn't have much of a choice in doing what they did. It was either have a piece of the pie or not and see your rivals grow stronger yet. They put matters of state before any other consideration and as such, Poland should count it's blessings that they decided to split the Pie three ways and not two for it could have been far worst.

[@feudaljester7581]

not even one ghouxou

[@MyPrideFlag]

@@the_astrokhan If they truly cared about balance of power they would support Poland. In 1791 Poland proclaimed the first modern constitution in Europe, inspired by American one. It could have been one of the most modern societies of 19th century. Prussia and Russia were afraid of rebirth of Commonwealth so they destroyed it before it got a chance to strenghten.

[@the_astrokhan]

@@MyPrideFlag Of course they were afraid of a strong and resurgent Commonwealth. As was Austria. There was no scenario in which the Commonwealth survived the century and a half of decay that it went through. Even if the reforms happened and no wars were triggered, the commonwealth would have been rife with civil disruptions, backwards economic practices and infrastructure that was, to put it bluntly, pitiful. It would have needed a generation or two to get up to par with it's western counterparts. It was tremendously wealthy, yes, but it was also tremendously decrepit to the point of being unable to make use of it's own wealth. Would Austria stand up to Russia and Prussia and support the Commonwealth? There was no way in hell they would have supported that, just look at what happened a little over a decade later with the french republic. So their options were to do nothing and see the other central powers eclipse them in power and prestige, join in the partitions and hope they didn't become a third rate power or support the very idea that was contrary to the requirements of realpolitik...

[@MyPrideFlag]

@@the_astrokhan There were 2 ways for Commonwealth to survive 18th century. The first would be reforms under Sobieski when Commonwealth was in serious decline but everyone still feared it and treated it like a major power. The second option, wait 10 years with your reforms untill Napoleon comes. I think that a strong Commonwealth instead of limited Duchy of Warsaw could turn the tide to his advantage. It would be a serious partner and ally, even if junior one. But not a small puppet state. As one historian said, constitution of 3rd May happened 100 years too late or 10 years too early. Overall I understand your reasoning but it's not a justification of Austria's action. Austria has a moral debt to Polandq and the least it can do is put a statue of Sobieski in Vienna. It was proposed but got canceled because it supposedly "could offend Turkish minority". The statue is ready and can be seen in Cracov.

[@BenDownTooLong]

I took several History of Poland courses in my undergraduate studies, what a beautifully tragic national story.

[@lynxrufus2007]

While it's important to say that the Ottoman Empire never recovered after the defeat and ultimately felt into decline, it's equally important to mention that not even a 100 years later Austria took part in partitioning Poland: first in 1772 and then in 1795, removing her saviour from the map of Europe for 123 years.

[@jamesongogoleczko5932]

It's also important to note that Polish Muslims were essential in helping Poland win, this war had little to do with religion. And your right, the war wasn't good for Poland, because with Ottomans there it prevented the imperialists from taking Poland and that ended after..

[@adrianzajac4675]

I am proud Polish!!! And let me tell you this we have learn from history a lot!!! so l am not gonna give my life for anyone who is not a true friend of Poland!!! We have been betrayed by western countries too many times and that will never happen again believe me!!! Slava to all Slavic Nations !!!

[@halaheleu7013]

? Thought Polish hate Russians..

[@martsyketlinski9808]

@@halaheleu7013 Russian hegemony. Russian-Soviet tyranny. Russian KGB-mob. Not Russian people.

[@saintsone7877]

@@halaheleu7013 Polish hate Russian leaders not the people. People of all nations are not so different. Almost all Leaders of all countries are backstabbers, schemers etc who will betray their own people if is in their best interest.

[@mcee6193]

this is a GREAT MAN

[@14Jagman]

Jan III Sobieski was the last of the great kings of Polish Commonwealth. After him there was no one worthy of that title. And it might be another 100 years of hard work and steady economic build up before Poland will be able to attract other nations to join into the Union with it. The question is, will Poland be so lucky to have that time of peace and stability?

[@SlavicWolfPL]

Ironically, the Commonwealth and Ottomans needed each other for balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe. Poles bound Russia from the west and Habsburgs from the north, meaning neither of them could dedicate all forces to fighting Turks; and if Russians and Habsburgs had any plans against the PLC, they always had the High Porte breathing down their necks from south and east, respectively. That's why Turks helped Poland in repelling Swedish invasion, and when Cossack rebellion supported by Tatars proved "a bit too succesfull", they forced Tatars to switch sides... Sure, we beat each other quite often, but that was always about "moving the border a few miles", not total conquest (unlike with Russians and Germans). Thus, Poland's greatest internationally recognised and celebrated tryumph meant also a slow death sentence. And look at this: to march with rescue to Vienna, Sobieski had to abandon plans of reannexing treacherous Prussia (long before it became the juggernaut we know from the next two centuries, we'd have eaten them for supper)... One of future partitioners spared, another rescued, and balance of powers forever shifted in our disfavour which ultimately killed us: that is how saving Europe looks like.

[@pawelink1287]

Unfortunately our king was a great warrior but poor politician. He trusted too much his wife Marie d'Arquien and the Pope.

[@MyPrideFlag]

I still think that the relief of Vienna was a good decision. Turkey occupied Polish lands and was a threat to Commonwealth. Sobieski beat them on a foreign territory with foreign money. But he wasted the victory. He should have tried to get some lands in Silesia or annex Prussia, Holy Roman Emperor wouldn't mind and Poland was in position to do this. Instead of Moldovan campaign which was entirely pointless he should have made a quick campaign to regain Podole and sign peace with Ottomans. And then focus on Russia and either force them to a much more advantageus peace (not give up fucking Kiev for no reason) or go to war (the first option was much better, though). After Vienna Sobieski had a very strong position. After bringing peace to Commonwealth, he should have reform the country, get rid of Liberum Veto, create a permament army with a better funding etc. But unfortunately he was a great commander but a poor polititian and a mediocre king. He was probably the last king who could have restored Commonwealth as a great European power but he wasted his chance.

[@aa-xn5hc]

A very important story to always remember. Thanks for the video

[@InVinoVeritas89]

God bless Poland ☦️❤ from Lebanon with love

[@michaelhamilton7111]

Thank you this was truly educational. Much appreciated.

[@Clarkecars]

A great hero. God Bless Poland!

[@Clarkecars]

@Free Spirited Cat Wish I could bring him back to visit you!

[@Clarkecars]

@Free Spirited Cat "Free Spirited Cat?" I thought you prefer goats and small boys.

[@civrn368]

Western Civilization owes a debt to Poland with their magnificent and relentless, brave shock calvary of the Polish winged Hussars. God Bless Poland and keep them. After the battle, the Polish King Sobieski paraphrased Julius Caesar's famous quote by saying "veni, vidi, Deus vicit" - "I came, I saw, God conquered".

[@JoseManuelLegardaGalarza]

Poland is a great nation. Thank you

[@rideordie1241]

God Bless Poland. Always the Polish! Dziękuję! ♥️ the Netherlands

[@r0b0saurusrex80]

Great subject matter, i have not heard much of this part of History but fortunately people like yourself are putting out great videos like this... Our Central European brothers have been holding the line against the Muslim for Centuries. Thank you Poland and your brother countries...

[@dr.finnegan3949]

Orban is the modern Sobieski. Europe needs men like him more than ever.

[@Coupal1]

I LOVE hearing about the victory of the Battle of Vienna. This history should be taught.

[@wieslawkrzysiek4033]

Please notice quote: elected King Jan III Sobieski Poland had democratic election for King . The best person for a job, not by succession.

[@MyPrideFlag]

Well idk about choosing "the best person for the job" but kings were elected nonetheless.

[@adambayer1825]

Just founded this channel woah. Keep up the good work you deserve more time of people in youtube!

[@johangambler]

Thank you Poland, our daughters and wives can still live free and full lives because of what you did in 1683.

[@davidyoung2111]

From the U.S. LONG LIVE POLAND!

[@coachchris548]

Hold on to you Catholic Church and faith, Poland. SiA LODATO GESU CRISTO!!!

[@francise.eichleriii4325]

Coach Chris o

[@ayyub9855]

The Pope is a traitor, fuck catholic church, keep the faith!

[@vicentgalvan70]

True. The pope is a coward. Long live europe.

[@walsjell]

hold on your own heitage and religion .. spoke pagans bechore sickness of christianity in europe.. it was the same and will be! religion is just a tool of control! no one remember agand whow anted own heritage! coz they lost! noboby will remember pedofiles policician christianity when will end!

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Do you realise, that at that time Poland was one of the most 'heretic' countries on the continent, and Muslim population in Poland was about 100 thousand? Even in the very Battle of Vienna, Sobieski had Muslim military units of Polish Tatars under his command. Poland and Lithuania had exclusively Muslim military units since the XIVth century, the last such unit saw action in XXth century, to be exact when the World War II began, September 1939

[@oliwia3643]

Husaria - najlepsza kawaleria w historii, Jan Sobieski - wspaniały dowódca i taktyk. Nazywany przez Turków Lwem Lechistanu.

[@hubertdabrowski4415]

Damian NT I don't think it would be an exaggeration to call Hussars the best cavalry in history. And I'm saying it not because I'm from Poland, but because I studied the history of cavalry for quite a long time. The Battle of Hodów is one of many examples of how powerful this formation really was. The Hussars througt their history faced almost all of different types of armies and they were usually successful in fighting them.

[@ale17101958]

Husarija...Srbs in Polish army. Original name is Gusar! Wikipedia

[@ale17101958]

@Lord Alehandro Not like that. Serbs come vidh wings on riders back. Onlly Serbs. And,they foght for several eurpean kings. Wikipedia and rid !!!

[@wiryx1]

@@ale17101958 Yes, they were serbian mercenaries.. 200 years before.. and serving as a light cavalry.. Winged Hussars were polish nobility providing for themselves (hussar's equipment was worth pretty much equal to a few villages) and maintaining troops of their own. It's nowhere near early Gusar way of fighting - that I would compare rather to Lisowczycy, who were light cavalry for raiding and skirmishing.

[@ryszardpomietlarz4948]

@Oliwia S zgadzam się nasz wspaniały król jan Sobieski Nasza husarja w wiedńiu góra Kalenberg była wojna turcy kontra Polacy pszes armi Sobieskiego wygraliśmy i powstał pomnik Jana Sobieskiego

[@martinduben1489]

Dej Sobieskému Pán Bůh věčnou slávu!

[@UnknownSend3r]

As a Muslim I have to admire his twist on ceasars quote. But after this battle and for the coming centuries poles were stabbed in the back by the same people they came to defend.

[@saintsone7877]

Yes but the Ottoman who recognised them as an honourable enemy showed them much respect by always announcing the Polish Ambassador will join us shortly at official events during WW2

[@dasboot5903]

A very brief, but accurate short description of that great victorious moment of European and Polish history !!!! The conclusion of what happened later on, it was .....a disappearance of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the map of Europe, for a long 123 years. Its territory was betrayed, invaded and divided by three occupants Empires: Austro-Hungarian, Prussian, and of course the worst one was Russian, ruled under the German woman, Katherine the Great !!!! ^^^^ To be truthful to the story, the former Polish enemy - - Ottoman Empire had always paid respect to Polish Commonwealth Kingdom, even if the country vanished from the map of Europe, until November 11th, 1918 .... when showed up again as a Republic this time. All that happened, thanks to the conservation of our national language, and historical proud past glory of Polish nation, through the couple of generations of Poles, living in all three occupied territories. Poles they're always value this saying: "God, Honour and Patria !!!"

[@randlepmcmurphy6117]

May God bless this great man, he would be ashamed of our so called leaders today.

[@gregmcclelland3488]

Jan Sobieski is my hero!

[@barqrootbeerfan2689]

4:30 "Then the Winged Hussars arrived " "Coming down they turned the tide " Sabaton : album the last stand Song: The winged hussars