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He ordered his cavalry to cross an entire battle front , through arrow fire, to attack a group on the opposite side of his deployment.
A Total War move if ever i've seen one!

No wonder why Putin mentioned Poland more times than US in the interview with Tucker.

Russians: It's over Hussars, we have you surrounded

Polish Hussars: All we're surronded by is fear and dead men!

Never thought that I would ever see a documentary about this battle on a major YouTube history channel, I got to admit, I have almost teared up. A big thank you from a Belarusian here.

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.

What a masterfully played battle given the conditions! Crossing river, ruse, man disadvantage, long march toward enemy position, enemy choose ground but was still surprised. Minimal losses. Perfect result. Decisive victiory.

The polish Lithuanian commander took a page out of Alexander’s playbook at the battle of the Hydaspes. A well executed deceptive maneuver to cross the river.

Its worth noting that at this time the Polish and Lithuanian hussars were light cavalry, only being converted to heavy after the reforms of Stefan Batory in the 1570's. At this time the heavy cavalry were lancers largely indistinguishable from French Gendarmes and the like (the real difference being less companies used armoured horses and so called Gothic armour remained popular for longer).

I forgot to add, the Battle of Kircholm 1605 deserves similar attention, it is also the "away performances" of the Polish hussars. This battle is, by the way, still taught at West Point today as the art of battle tactics
"The descendants of the century will be more surprised at this victory than they will believe it" - Jakub Sobieski, father of Jan III Sobieski, later the king of Poland, victor of Vienna in 1683.

I think the winged Hussars is one of, if not the coolest military unit in history!

My Polish ancestors were Winged Hussars at Vienna 1683. My father has one of their szabla (saber). I reenact a WH. The thing to remember is their Kopia's ( lances) were 14-18 feet long. Way longer than pikeman's pike. Hussars were armed with 3 swords, 2 pistols, war hammer or axe, dagger, and some even had bows. When the kopias broke. They would transition to the Koncerz. Which is a long 4 edged straight thrusting sword. The last sword was the Palasz. This was a 5 lbs hacking broadsword. These 2 weapons were in scabbards running along the side of the saddle, under the legs of the hussars. These 3 weapons were to enable the hussar to fight his way back through the enemy line to reack his retainer with replacement kopias. They were armed to the teeth. Their armor was proof tested against firearms. They wore a predatory animal pelt  (cheetah, tiger etc) to unnerve opposing cavalry horses. Even the pennant at the end of the kopia was to distract the opposing horse.

Thanks for this one! Cheers from land of Hussars!

Extremely interesting as always. And congratulate you a beautiful pronunciation of difficult Slavic names. Very rare.

Sabaton is waiting to enter the chat…. But then…. THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

Thanks for PLC history. It is not very heavily explored in English speaking internet and it's good that you are changing that. Great job!

The history videos you make are amazing. So so much better than any detailed long documentaries that are not even available for free.

There is an epic Belarusian song dedicated to this battle performed by Stary Olsa and called "Arshanskaya bitva"

It is great that you differentiate Ruthenian and Russian people

Perfect video for me today! :D

Currently playing Poland in a boardgame of Europa Universalis! Its been rough but I've vassalized Lithuania, annexed Prussia and smashed a Swedish occupation of Livonia!  💪😎💪