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Ambassador -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (1/10/2021 6:05:46 PM)
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Turn is finished and away...
Japan might shock across a river in the Changsha triangle...that will be very bloody, depending upon the rolls.
SW of Ichang, the IJA troopers have stopped moving to the west and now are forcing the river...into 1600 AV in half decent terrain.
IJA troopers are in the mountains looking to cut the Lanchow road...we are maneuvering to stop him.
18th Division and friends are deliberate attacking, while the Hussars are shocking...looking to savage the Imperial Guards hard. Buffalo and Hurricanes are present...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxlRJsQ7p2k
I didn't know the Poles had Hussars. But the video of the same band (Sabaton) for "Bismarck" has stunning CGI.
Here is a video of some shocking Hussars!
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Winged Hussars were one of the most effective military forces in the world. They lost only a fraction of their battles and they were undefeated for 125 years. Today, they are still remembered for their outstanding courage as well as their remarkable armor and clever military tactics.
The Winged Hussars were known for the wings with long feathers worn on their backs or attached to the saddles of their horses, which during a charge uttered a sound of vibrating feathers that frightened enemy infantry.
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By the second half of the 16th century and after Stephen Báthory's reforms, hussars had been transformed into heavily armored shock cavalry.
The true "winged hussar" arrived with the reforms of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Bathory in the 1570s and was later led by the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jan III Sobieski.
Until the reforms of the 1770s, the husaria banners were considered the elite of the Polish cavalry. It was not until the 1570s that the Polish Hussars finally came into their full glory. This was the Golden era when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had become one of the largest, most powerful and most populated nations in all of Europe. To differ from Hungarian hussars, Polish-Lithuanian hussars came with their own style and their armor was entirely different.
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Winged Hussars were used as elite Polish-Lithuanian shock troops for over two centuries. The Winged Hussars fought many battles against various enemies, most of which they won.
In the battles of Lubiszew in 1577, Byczyna (1588), Kokenhausen (1601), Kircholm (1605), Kluszyn (1610), Chocim (1621), Martynów (1624), Trzciana (1629), Ochmatów (1644), Beresteczko (1651), Polonka (1660), Cudnów (1660), Chocim (1673), Lwów (1675), Vienna (1683), and Párkány (1683), they proved to be the decisive factor against often overwhelming odds.
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One of the greatest victories of the Polish Hussars took place on June 23, 1601, in the Battle of Kokenhausen. Despite overwhelming numbers, Polish forces were able to defeat the Swedish army. In the aftermath of the battle, the Poles had lost 200 men, while the Swedes lost 2,000 men including almost all of their infantry. The 2,000 Swedes who had besieged Koknese Castle, wanting no part in the battle, had surrendered to the Poles, their weapons confiscated by the Polish forces.
The Battle of Kircholm, one of the major battles in the Polish-Swedish War, was fought on September 27, 1605.
The Winged Hussars launched a devastating charge against the enemy which ended the battle in the decisive victory of the Polish-Lithuanian forces.
It is remembered and celebrated to this day as one of the greatest triumphs of the Polish Hussars. The battle was decided in all of 20 minutes!
In the Battle of Kluszyn 1610, during the PolishMuscovite War, the Russians outnumbered the Commonwealth army 5 to 1, yet were heavily defeated.
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https://www.ancientpages.com/2016/02/14/winged-hussars-facts-and-history-about-the-polish-warriors-their-armor-and-military-tactics/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kircholm
Or the battle of Kluszyn, a few years later. Outnumbered 5 to 1, and still won. They were so impressive that many mercenaries who were fighting for the Russians agreed to switch side after the defeat.
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