Like the Mongols who attacked Europe—The Polish Knights stood firm against the horde—and were cut to pieces! They advanced until they were stopped by the German Knights—the Mongols were stopped cold. Poland couldn’t stop Putin—But Germany? Maybe?
When the Mongols invaded Eastern Europe in the 1240’s, they got as far as Liegnitz, Germany (now in Poland) and Hungary. But after their leader died, they had to go back to Mongolia to choose a new one.
The Mongols were not stopped by German knights. They were stopped by forests and steppes and by the death of their Khagan — which caused all forces to stop and head back to Mongolia
read about the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 when the Soviets were crushed by the Polish army — this at a time when Western powers didn’t support Poland because Germany and others were on the brink of becoming communist countries on their own