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Tannenberg 1410 : Disaster for the Teutonic Knights (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Tannenberg 1410 Disaster for the Teutonic Knights - Praeger Illustrated Military History Author:Stephen Turnbull By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in the internal politics of its neighbours. In June 1410 King Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland invaded the Order's territory with a powerful allied army and inflicted a disastrous defeat on... more » the Knights.« less