Polish Winged Hussars / Husaria

Im really suprised about ,how popular this video is, unfortunately it was my first video ever, so it looks a bit crap...soon I'll try to make Winged Hussars vol.2 which definitely will look better.
Probably the best Cavlary in a whole world history

Materialy z filmu ''1612''

Contents from 'movie ''1612''

As your army stands deployed for battle, you scan the enemy's lines across the field. Cavalrymen in crimson riding coats begin their advance toward you, slowly at first, saving their horses' strength for the last moments of the charge. As the oncoming army gathers speed your own horses become skittish and a strange roaring whistle grows in the air above the pounding of hooves. Your stomach tightens and a cold sweat breaks across you. Mounted on horses sixteen to seventeen hands high the approaching horsemen appear even more gigantic as you see sweeping wings of eagle feathers arch high over their steel-clad heads. Above the disciplined ranks of thundering iron figures flutter enormous standards bearing images of a white eagle on a blood red field and others showing the winged Archangel, Michael. Fantastic cloaks and saddle cloths of wolf, tiger, and leopard skins flap around every soldier as they continue their ominous attack. As you begin your counter-charge, the galloping knights lower gold-leaf covered lances with streaming pennons for the final impact. You vow to yourself that if you survive this day you will never forget your encounter with the winged Hussars of Poland.

Throughout the period of the Renaissance, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth found itself in a constant defensive posture against the territorial ambitions of Austria, Hungary, Muscovy, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire and the rebellious nature of Poland's Cossack allies in Ukraine. The Hussars were active across half the face of Europe; from the forests of Muscovy where they installed a Polish Tsar on the throne of Russia, eastern Germany, southern Ukraine and even Vienna where they defeated a vastly superior Turkish army in 1683. For nearly two hundred years the frontier nobility of the commonwealth were born, grew up, and died in the saddle.

In 1569 the crowns of Poland and Lithuania were merged by the Union of Lublin. Thus was created what was to become the first modern democracy and the largest state in Europe. Its territories included Poland, Lithuania, Silesia, East Prussia, Kievan Russia, and Ukraine. Thereafter, Polish kings had no hereditary rights but were elected by the nobility, or Szlachta, and the parliament of the Commonwealth, the Seym. The population of the Commonwealth consisted of Slavs, Lithuanians, various Balts, Germans, Tatars of tribal, Muslim, and even Christian faiths, Armenian merchants, Jews, and a remarkably large population of Scottish settlers (as many as 37,000 according to a recent estimate). Religious tolerance was a fact of law. Poland had a much higher proportion of nobility to the other classes, ten percent as opposed to the one or two percent norm for the rest of Europe. Within the Commonwealth the nobility had all the freedom they could wish for and all, from the richest magnate to the poorest farming gentry, considered themselves equals. Not without justifiable pride could they say Polannus Equas Sum "a Pole is the equal of all".

The soldiers that expanded and defended the frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were the Towarzysz Husaria (comrade hussars). Poland has long been renowned for her horse breeding and this was readily apparent in her armies. A Polish military force would generally be made up of 60-75% cavalry, a third of these being Hussars. Other types of cavalry included medium, mail-armored Pancerni (panzers), unarmored light "Cossacks", and cavalry of the German reiter type.

The armor and equipment of the Hussar must surely be the most beautiful and costly ever seen in Europe and perhaps even the world. The nobles of Poland made conspicuous display of their wealth and standing in their civilian and military dress. Oriental brocades, precious gems, exotic furs, and lavishly decorated armor were de riguer for the Hussars. Over his long riding coat and breeches the Hussar wore three-quarter armor of the Venetian anima style. On his head he wore an eastern style szyszak helmet. The most striking feature of the Hussar's armor were the wing or pair of wings that were mounted on the back plate of his armor. These consisted of a curved wooden frame decorated with gold and rich fabrics, and a row of eagle or vulture feathers inserted along the back edge. During a charge air passing through the wings created a whirring sound that served to unnerve the opponents' horses and may also have helped to spur the Hussar's own horse forward.

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[dziku1508]

Do autora: byłbym wdzięczny za ścieżkę dźwiękową.

[Nowik1991]

@dziku1508

''Hummel gets the Rockets''

[LeftwingBetrayedEu]

Bravo courageous Poland.

Christian greetings from Royal Holland.

We need more heros such like King Sobieski.

No primitive muslims in Christian Europe. In Arab countries primitive muslims can't even live with other primitive muslims.

[Cohenuss]

@Auge2011 No probably, but THE BEST CAVALRY

respect from Czech

[Minecraftrules31]

of ghost cloaks like this

[Minecraftrules31]

i am from poland but i learnd english my great great grandfather in the battalion

[SupernautG]

The Serbs invented the wings for the cavalry because the Turkish horsemen used an old Mongolian cavalry trick of lassoing the enemy pinning his arms to his side and unhorsing him. The "wings" prevented the lasso from pinning the arms to the rider's side allowing him to be able to get the lasso off. This Serbian innovation was adopted by Hungarians and Poles, etc.

[lazarus921]

@ivkekosovo Hussar refers to a number of types of light cavalry which originated in Hungary in the 14th century, tracing its roots from Serbian medieval cavalry tradition, brought to Hungary in the course of the Serb migrations, which began in the late 14th century. So you're right. Polish winged hussars unlike the others were heavy cavalry.

[ipiZmaj86]

Greetings from Serbia, brothers!!!

CC+CC

[Trashcansam123]

i did'nt know Poland also kept the muslims out. Good job, good cavalry.

LONG LIVE CHRISTIAN POLAND (and Europe).

[LeftwingBetrayedEu]

@sedugusella Hi Patriot.

Hail Poland.

Hail Holland.

And hail an United Christian Europe.

Europia Gloria.

[sedugusella]

@LeftwingBetrayedEu you said it perfectly dude.. stop multiculturalism in Europe.. ship all them back to their uncivilized lands..