Battle of Orsha, 1514 
Russian army bested by the stubborn Hussars DOCUMENTARY
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Narrated by David McCallion
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The coping is real
i guess today we can say all that fight was for nothing cause today russia holds smolensk, not poland, thats like all polish wars, nothing gained only glory for the history books
Those Winged Hussars are doing gods work
I offer this humble sacrifice to the algorithm…
An interesting fact: one of the engineers who made a significant contribution to the construction of bridges was named Jan Baszta, he came from a small town of Żywiec.
On what basis do you question Polish losses? I recommend exploring the differences in the armament of both armies, especially in terms of armor.
Amazing history video & clearly explained shared by excellent historical coverages channel ( History Marche)….allot thanks
Huskars are Serbians..
Good video overall although there are small mistakes. One is the misleading thumbnail which depicts hussars with equipment more typical for the later period rather than the early XVI century.
16:39 At the same time on the right, the Polish infantry, equipped with guns and pikes, arrived — Yeah, that is incorrect. Although gunners were certainly present the majority of Polish infantry at the time were still crossbowmen. Although this is not the biggest mistake. The bigger one regards the use of pikes which similarly to halberds almost never saw any use by Polish infantrymen till the XVII century. In the typical Polish infantry formation of the time majority of soldiers were either crossbowmen and gunners covered by pavisemen and "foot lancers" armed with spears, ahlspiesses, and similar pole weapons.
Courage alone never won a war
I am sure the spartans at thermopylae had plenty of it
Your version of events bares little or no resemblense with actual history. It was not the crushing defeat, by any means ! You took polish version of events!!! Poland lost Smolensk and had not managed to recapture it! Poland achieved almost nothing, that is the fact. How it would be possible, if it actually would be "crushing defeat"?! As for casualties … information is made up out of thin air, or from polish dreams
And then russians won that war….as usual
Mongol Russians doing what Mongol Russians do. Attack. Pillage. Rape. Neighbors.
And the other problem is that Mongol, whether Russian Mongol or from the Golden Horde, will just grab more subjects to serve as cannon fodder in their wars of agression. Same today as in 1514.