The Winged Hussars

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At the Battle of Vienna 1683
King Jan III Sobieski led a massive united charge towards the Ottomans.
This was the largest cavalry charge in history, with about 18,000 horsemen involved and while there were other allied cavalry present, it was the Winged Hussars who led the charge!

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:

Chris Kane
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Music Credit:
Impact Intermezzo by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Sources:
Brzezinski, Richard. Polish Winged Hussars 1576-1775, 2006.

Wheatcroft, Andrew. The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe. Basic Books, 2010.
Brzezinski, Richard. Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2): Vol 2 – 1 Jun. 1988