[SunkenCiv]

• How Medieval Knights remade Poland's ecosystems [06/01/2011]
• Travel: The mosaic of East Poland [11/12/2007]
• 1410 Grunwald Battle re-enacted (see pictures) [07/15/2006]

[Inyo-Mono]

The photo of the battle axe heads found (in the link) look just like tomahawk heads used in the 1750s French & Indian War and the American Revolution in the 1770s & ‘80s.

[rlmorel]

Very cool! Thanks for posting that!

[jerod]

A picture is worth a thousand words...

[dfwgator]

Definitely on my To Do List my next trip to Poland.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Fascinating! The sheer number of battles and changes of territory and land in Europe as well as all the marriages between allied and opposing lands is just staggering. I marvel at people who can keep all of it straight.

The southern Baltic coastline was an amazingly wealthy area at the time due to the huge volume of sea trade. From Wiki:

The defeat of the Teutonic Knights was resounding. According to Teutonic payroll records, only 1,427 men reported back to Marienburg to claim their pay. Of 1,200 men sent from Danzig, only 300 returned. Between 203 and 211 brothers of the Order were killed, out of 270 that participated in battle, including much of the Teutonic leadership.

I might have a personal connection, too. My grandmother's family is from Danzig and Marienburg and I've traced them back to the late 1700s. I wonder if any of them were involved in the battle 370 years earlier.

[rfreedom4u]

How do they know these were actually used in hand to hand fighting? Do they have an eye witness?

[Ouchthatonehurt]

This post is about battle axes?

[minnesota_bound]

I suspect it did not end well for the 2 guys who were using the axes.....