The
Battle of Tannenberg or
Battle of Grunwald occurred [15 July]
? 1410 between
Polish, Lithuanian
?,
Russian and Tatar
? forces
under the command of the Polish king [Vladislaus Jagiello]
? (about 39 thousand soldiers) against forces of [The Teutonic Order]
? and its
Bohemian and other allies (about 27 thousand soldiers)
under Great Master of the Teutonic Order [Ulrich von Jungingen]
?.
The Battle was won by Jagiello's forces. Ulrich von Jungingen died in battle. After this battle [The Teutonic Order]? never regained
it previous power.
This battle was one of the major events documented in Sergei Eisenstein's epic film, Aleksandr Nevsky.
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