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Battle of Tannenberg (1410)

Battle of Grunwald
Part of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
Jan Matejko, Bitwa pod Grunwaldem.jpg
Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko (1878)
Date 15 July 1410
Location Between villages of Grunwald (Grünfelde) and Stębark (Tannenberg)
Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 20°07′29″E / 53.48611°N 20.12472°E / 53.48611; 20.12472
Result Decisive Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents

Kingdom of Poland
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian vassals, allies and mercenaries:

Czechs, Bohemia,Moravia,Ruthenia,Masovia,Moldavia,Tatars and Mongols,Wallachia,Smolensk
Teutonic Order
Allies (Pomerania-Stettin), guest crusaders, and mercenaries from western Europe
Commanders and leaders
Grandmaster Ulrich von Jungingen 
Strength
16,000–39,000 men 11,000–27,000 men
Casualties and losses
Polish: light; 12 knights killed
Lithuanian: heavy
Very heavy: 203–211 out of 270 Teutonic knights killed

Kingdom of Poland
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian vassals, allies and mercenaries:

The Battle of Grunwald, First Battle of Tannenberg or Battle of Žalgiris, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic Knights, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Most of the Teutonic Knights' leadership were killed or taken prisoner. Although defeated, the Teutonic Knights withstood the siege of their fortress in Marienburg (Malbork) and suffered minimal territorial losses at the Peace of Thorn (1411) (Toruń), with other territorial disputes continuing until the Peace of Melno in 1422. The knights, however, would never recover their former power, and the financial burden of war reparations caused internal conflicts and an economic downturn in the lands under their control. The battle shifted the balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe and marked the rise of the Polish–Lithuanian union as the dominant political and military force in the region.


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