As this year we have 600th anniversary of this battle let me remind you as well as myself what was it about really.
In very shortcut:
We had union with Grand Duchy of Lithuania and there was a conflict (spring 1409) between Teutonic Knights and one of the Lithuanians regions - Żmudź [gmoochi]. Poland took side of Lithuania so Ulrich von Jungingen (the great master of Teutonic Knights) decided to attack Poland. Region close to the sea (green color on the map) was very important and almost all fights were about this part. However nowadays it's the part of Poland called Pomorze [pomoshe].
I will not describe you the battle or historical causes - you can read about it here. I remember from school very romantic - as I can see it now - stories about this battle. I pictured it many times - Polish king Władysław Jagiełło and his army waiting in the shadow when Teutonic Knights army was getting melted on the sun. Jagiełło was like a hero for us - kids - he was the one who had defeated dreadful knights.
I must emphasize here that this battle was one of the biggest in medieval times and we won it (in union with other countries). What does it prove? That we can do a lot together.
Below video by Tomasz Bagiński. Video is promoting the 600th anniversary celebration.
There is also one thing strongly associated with Grunwald - picture made by Jan Matejko.
Every year you can watch fight staging. More information here (unfortunatelly only in Polish).
OFFICIAL SITE of 600th aniversary of Battle of Grunwald.
This webside is dedicated to 600th anniversary celebration (unofficial and in Polish only).
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source of the map - Wikipedia.
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