The Polish - Lithuanian Army - Armies of the early 18th Century

[@Artur_M.]

Oh yeah, that's some good stuff! I love to see anything related to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth being covered competently on the anglophone side of HistoryTube. That includes this so-called Saxon Times, even though this period was such a mess, that it's somewhat embarrassing. BTW, I know that Polish spelling and pronunciation look intimidating and are confusing and counterintuitive for English speakers. However, they are actually simpler (or at the very least more consistent) than English spelling and pronunciation. I recommend checking out the video 'How to read in Czech and Polish?' by an Australian channel Authentic Linguistics.

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

Thank you very much! I am very glad to hear that you enjoyed this video. I do hope to cover more of this period of history in the future. Thank you for the recommendation, that video sounds perfect for me, I'll be sure to give it a watch. I'm always looking to improve the channel.

[@Artur_M.]

@@YetAnotherHistoryChannel That's great to hear! Just after I made my comment, KZbin recommended a video 'How to read Polish' by a small channel ElitPonkots to me. I think it's even better (obviously just for Polish, not for Czech). There is also a far more popular video 'How to read Polish or something' by the HowtoPolish channel but it's significantly more humorous and its author admits to not knowing much about linguistics.

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

@@Artur_M. Thank you, it all sounds like it'll help. Just getting a better grasp of pronunciation would be an improvement.

[@StoriesFromHistory-rv4oi]

Poland-Lithuania was really unique and very interesting. The Deluge doomed them in many ways. In my mind it changed the trajectory for much of Eastern Europe. It is a fun alternative history experiment to think of how history would have developed if Poland-Lithunia never had the Deluge and instead developed into a strong centralized state. Thank you for a very interesting video.

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

Thank for the kind words! I'm glad you liked the video. That's very true, the Deluge would be a very interesting period to look into some more. A stronger Commonwealth in the Great Northern War would certainly be a game changer.

[@StoriesFromHistory-rv4oi]

@YetAnotherHistoryChannel Absolutely. Have you seen Eastory's short video series on the Deluge. I thought it was great and entertaining 🙂

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

@@StoriesFromHistory-rv4oi I have not, thank you for the recommendation! I'll take a look.

[@VulkenEndovelico]

Loved how concise and yet in-depth your analysis was. Really hope to see more from you :)

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it. I do have more planned, so keep an eye out!

[@tonlito22]

So it looks like every conceivable thing that could go wrong for Poland-Lithuania did prior to the Great Northen War: non-modernized army, unpaid army, treasury raided by Augustus, active civil conflict, and the war being fought mainly within the Commonwealth. Just absolute tragedy.

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

All those factors certainly had a massive impact on the Commonwealth. There's a lot of stories to be told about their experience in the conflict. Thank you for watching.

[@animationfanatic2133]

And proms tomorrow

[@mikolajtrzeciecki1188]

10:20 This Lithuanian-style "pancerni" was rather called "petyhorcy". They were treated as "hussars light".

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

That's interesting information, thank you! I didn't come across that in my sources, would you recommend anything?

[@josephwalukonis9934]

But the Petyhorcy were armored like the Pancerni.

[@mikolajtrzeciecki1188]

@@YetAnotherHistoryChannel I have my sources back in my old house where I will be around Christmas. I think you may search for Zbigniew Hundert "Kilka uwag..."

[@mikolajtrzeciecki1188]

@@josephwalukonis9934 They had lances therefore they could be used for a frontal charge, especially on the eastern theatre of operations.

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

@@mikolajtrzeciecki1188 Thank you! I appreciate it. I'll see what I can dig up. It's always great to find new sources of information.

[@supersuper111]

This is great I assume next one will be russia during the great northern war ? Great video

[@YetAnotherHistoryChannel]

Thank you very much! Russia during the Great Northern War is definitely on the list.