That was the commonwealth

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A large part of the credit of the commonwealth's amazing military success was the husaria. I love reading about their battles.





Among my favorites are Chocim, Kircholm, Klushino and Vienna.

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Czesc Polak!

Me too!

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-I came, I saw, God conquered

This is a neat site about the Husaria

I especially like the shield. When you move your mouse over it, there is a movie of the Husaria moving at speed.

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Czesc Wojownik
Yes, I have been to that site many times before. It is beautifully done.

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So what you are saying is, you would be totally okay with Lithuania, Germany and Hungary reducing Poland back to what is was on those maps from the 1500s?

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"Nervous wait for the whistle to blow
Rush of blood and over we go..."
- Iron Maiden, "Paschendale"

Why not join Mongolia (and Genghis Khan) then...(mostly a Russian problem I guess )

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The full extent of the Mongol Empire, with their homeland in black.


http://www.stormfront.org/whitehistory/hwr32.htm

THE MONGOLS WITHDRAW

It was a quirk of destiny which saved Europe and its peoples from complete extermination at the hands of the Mongols. In December 1241, the Asiatic army had just started on their final drive westwards, marching across the frozen Danube River, when a messenger arrived from their homeland in Mongolia - the successor to Genghis Khan had died. Then and there, the Mongol army turned around and withdrew back to the east. Leaderless, they were never to penetrate into central Europe again.

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I wonder how would it turn if the British went back to India and the Spanish to America?

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Let me say it again. That was the Commonwealth, back when Poland and Lithuania fought under one banner, and were one kingdom.
Many times it is just called Poland, since it ruled by a Polish king, and with the capital at Warszawa.
Lithuania and Hungary are Poland's two best friends, and have been for a very long time.




Older info below
Our soldiers again serve together today, and along with several other Central European soldiers, in Iraq.

Siły stabilizacyjne w Iraku:
oczekiwany skład oraz liczebność

Dowództwo amerykańskie Strefa Północna
Personel : 150 000
Dowództwo polskie
Strefa środkowa Dowództwo brytyjskie
Strefa południowa
POLSKA: brygada - 2 300 żołnierzy
BUŁGARIA: 500 żołnierzy - batalion saperów
DOMINIKANA: kilkudziesięciu żołnierzy
FIDŻI: 700 żołnierzy
HONDURAS: kilkudziesięciu żołnierzy
ŁOTWA: 145 żołnierzy
MONGOLIA: 120 żołnierzy
SALWADOR: kilkudziesięciu żołnierzy
SŁOWACJA: 77 żołnierzy
HISZPANIA: brygada – 1 300 żołnierzy
UKRAINA: brygada – 1 640 żołnierzy
WĘGRY: 500 żołnierzy – batalion logistyczny WIELKA BRYTANIA: 11 000 żołnierzy
DANIA: 400 żołnierzy
HOLANDIA: 1 100 żołnierzy
LITWA: 43 żołnierzy
NORWEGIA: spodziewana obecność kontyngentu
NOWA ZELANDIA: spodziewana obecność kontyngentu
PORTUGALIA: 120 policjantów
RUMUNIA: spodziewana obecność kontyngentu w ramach dywizji brytyjskiej oraz polskiej
REP. CZESKA: żandarmeria i szpital polowy
WŁOCHY: 800 żołnierzy i policjantów
Dane z 25.07.03

LITPOLBAT and POLUKRBAT are two joint batallions, as you may have guessed.

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