Battles Involving the Teutonic Knights - Battle of Chojnice, Battle of Durbe, Battle of Krucken, Battle of La Forbie, Battle of Legnica, Battle of Loba (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Battle of Chojnice, Battle of Durbe, Battle of Krucken, Battle of La Forbie, Battle of Legnica, Battle of Lobau, Battle of Pagastin, Battle of Pokarwis, Battle of P owce, Battle of Rudau, Battle of Str va, Battle of the Ice, Battle of the Siritsa River, Battle of the Vorskla River, Siege of Allenstein, Siege of Bartenstein, Siege of Christmemel, Siege of Konigsberg. Excerpt: The Battle of Legnica (Polish: ), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz (German: ) or Battle of Wahlstatt (German: ), was a battle between the Mongol Empire and the combined defending forces of European fighters that took place at Legnickie Pole (Wahlstatt) near the city of Legnica in the Silesia province of the Kingdom of Poland on 9 April 1241. A combined force of Poles, Czechs and Germans under the command of the Polish duke Henry II the Pious of Silesia, supported by feudal nobility and a few knights from military orders sent by the Pope, attempted to halt the Mongol invasion of Europe. The battle came two days before the Mongol victory over the Hungarians at the much larger Battle of Mohi. As with many historical battles, the exact details of force composition, tactics, and the actual course of the battle are lacking and sometimes contradictory. A modern revisionist interpretation is that it was a crushing defeat for the Eastern European forces where they suffered heavy casualties. It is known that the Mongols had no intentions at the time of extending the campaign westward, because they went to the Kingdom of Hungary to help the main Mongol army in the conquest of the country. One of the Mongol leaders, Kadan, was frequently confused with Ogedei's grandson Kaidu by medieval chroniclers, and thus Kaidu has often been mistakenly listed as leading the Mongol forces at Legnica. The Mongols considered the Cumans to have submitted to their authority, but the Cumans fled westward and sought asylum within the Kingdom of Hungary. After King Bela IV of Hungary rejected Batu Khan's ultimatum to surrender the Cumans, Subutai began planning the Mongol invasion of Europe. Batu and Subutai were to lead two armies to attack Hungary itself, while a third under Baidar, Orda Khan and Kadan would attack Poland as a diversion to occupy northern European forces which might come to Hungary's aid. Orda's forces devastated northern Poland and the southwestern border of Lithuania. Baida