The Largest Cavalry Charge in History

[Goonerview]

The siege of Vienna on September 12th 1683

“At around 6:00 pm the Polish king ordered the cavalry attack in four groups, three Polish and one from the Holy Roman Empire—18,000 horsemen charged down the hills, the largest cavalry charge in history. Sobieski led the charge at the head of 3,000 Polish heavy lancers, the famed "Winged Hussars“

18,000 (EIGHTEEN THOUSAND) cavalry, led by 3,000 heavy cavalry Polish lancers charging downhill onto tens of thousand of Ottoman soldiers.

That must have been absolute freakin’ CARNAGE!!

Can you imagine being part of that? That must have been crazy!!

 

[Cole train]

Walmart at black friday is worse

 

[TheLinguist]

I’d stream it, not gonna pay ppv for it

 

[Merlotte's]

And they celebrated victory with sodomy.

 

[davidlemonparty]

Would've been fucking intense to watch.

I always think these ancient battle reports greatly overstate the quantity of men involved but even a few thousand war steeds charging down a hill would be badass.

Reminds me of the rescue of Helms Deep

 

[HeffDoesWant]

And if you want to see what they were wearing go here
https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/styrian-armoury/historic-armoury

Top 5 museum for battle needs like myself.

 

[phoenixikki]

If it wasn't for those brave Christian knights we would be speaking Turkish now.

 

[DogMan]

 

[HeffDoesWant]

Is that new?

 

[DogMan]

Is that new?

2014
Watched it on Prime Video

 

[Goonerview]

Looks good.

TBH, I got goosebumps reading the Wikipedia article of this battle, lol.

 

[Goonerview]

Would've been fucking intense to watch.

I always think these ancient battle reports greatly overstate the quantity of men involved but even a few thousand war steeds charging down a hill would be badass.

Reminds me of the rescue of Helms Deep

Seriously!! I get goosebumps just from reading the Wikipedia article on it. Imagine watching it or being a part of the cavalry. 18,000 cavalry ... that must have be f**king INTENSE!!

That heavy cavalry, those horses, broken bones, metal flying everywhere!! It would have been absolute CARNAGE!!

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

To the death!

 

[Inquisitor]

 

[MusclesMarinara]

Korwa Macz

I'm sure I butchered that spelling.

 

[Badger67]

"Then the winged hussars arrived!!!!
Coming down the mountainside"

 

[Aegon Spengler]

If it wasn't for those brave Christian knights we would be speaking Turkish now.

Christian knights who spoke Polish and German? lmao, who is "we"

 

[raty tat tat]

Good movie saw it a while ago but couldn't remember the name.

 

[VVarhead]

And they celebrated victory with sodomy.

Source? Tel Aviv Times?

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Would've been fucking intense to watch.

I always think these ancient battle reports greatly overstate the quantity of men involved but even a few thousand war steeds charging down a hill would be badass.

Reminds me of the rescue of Helms Deep

1683 wasn’t ancient though. It was less than 400 years ago.