Why are Teutons so shilled? They got fucking rekt everywhere.
Mans innate need for rigid rule, discipline and hierarchy.
>>877879
They're underrated if anything. The monastic state they built was among the most modern and best organised in Europe at that time.
>>878125
Tell me more about the teutonic state please
>>877879
What are you talking about? They fucked up Poland until the 1400s, and they only lost because Lithuania joined Poland.
They rekt'd Lithuania and Livonia up really good before 1410.
They're actually really badass. Imagine, outnumbered and fighting in tall, dark forests, and knowing that it's either victory or sacrificed in a brutal pagan ritual.
They eventually did lose their power at Grunwald, but afterwards the Poles and Lithuanians were unable to capture Marienburg and eliminate the Order. They defended their capital against a much larger army
>>877886
wew lad
Did they? Maybe later on but they were successful enough that they forged a new country in the Baltic.
How exactly did they become Prussia, the unifying state in Germany?
>>880440
They didn't. That was Brandenburg
>>880440
The Hohenzollerns bought up their debts in exchange for influence. The core of Prussia wasn't the Duchy of Prussia per-se, it was that brick shaped swath of territory around Berlin.
>>877879
They were very badass. Small, extremely outnumbered group of brother knights fighting against pagan hordes. And they established a very powerful state. They were very successful. Just because they lost at Grünewald doesn't change that fact
>>877879
That usage of shilled is fucked
>>880440
after finally losing to Poland in 1519-1521 war, they became a secular vassal state of Poland known as Duchy of Prussia.
In 1657 they gained independence and in 1701 created the kingdom with Brandenburgia
>>880440
>conquered by poland
>liberated by austria
>conquered by brandenburg
Like that.
von jungingen's first and last mistake was to engage in battle personally like some crusader fucking shit instead of adapting to the eastern art of war
jagiello was chilling on his horse from a distance with a clear view of the whole battle, able to send messengers to his commanders without much hassle
meanwhile ulrich von jungingen got rekt in a duel by a single knight called mszczuj (wtf is this name)
>>880369
Ruskies rekt them as well face it butthurt kraut teutons were shit tier.
>>880369
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Teutonic_War_(1519%E2%80%9321)
they got rekt without Lithuania's help as well
>steel plated armored knights on horse
>fighting basically wildlings
wow they are so brave
What is the purpose of Teutonic Order anyway? They just dicking around North Europe doing absolutely nothing.
>>881619
They were founded in the Holy Land.
When the Crusades were over the Poles invited them to Christianize the Baltic Pagans who were giving them a shitty time. Teutons came over and Christianized them. Violently. Alongside bringing a buttload of German settlers.
>>880385
>sacrificed in a brutal pagan ritual.
>>878125
and they got btfo by a bunch of smelly Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenians and Tatars lmao
>>880369
wew lad they fucked up a fragmented and weak Poland and promply got shit on once Poland stepped up her game
>>882433
Who have up to this day not been able to create a functional state. Face it: these countries would be better off with Germans in charge.
>>877879
just fucking look at them OP who wouldn't worship that?
>>883909
It's pretty clear shit like Age of Empires chose to rep the Teutons just because they looked and sounded cool.
