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Mr GrunwaldThreads: 34
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Joined: Dec 16, 08 ♂ 		 Jul 10, 10, 16:09    #31
"The country is great but the people are dicks"
- Marshal J. Piłsudski
PennBoyThreads: 157
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Joined: Dec 7, 08  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Jul 10, 10, 17:50    #32
Borrka
He spoke Polish, wow! why'd he hate up some much then? or was it because you're supposed to know the language of your enemy
sobieskiThreads: 82
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Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂ 		 Jul 10, 10, 18:19    #33
George8600:
sobieski:
"Veni, Vidi, Deus Vicit" or "I came, I saw, God conquered"
by Jan Sobieski III after his hussars routed the Turks before Vienna on 12 september 1683.


Yea he stole that from Julius Caesar and put God in...how creative...

For me it ranks in the same league as some other decisive battles such as the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Battle of Tours/Poitiers in 732 and the 451. All of them were lead by competent generals, all saving Western Civilozation from the barbarians.

So whether he adapted Caesar's quote a bit... not so important :)
NathanThreads: 33
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Joined: Feb 13, 09 ♂ 		 Jul 10, 10, 19:58    #34
Bratwurst Boy:
I never ever heard someone say Devil=Haut!

It is funny, because devil doesn't mean always devil in English either ;)
ZIMMYThreads: 10
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Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: ZIMMY  Jul 10, 10, 20:51    #35
sobieski:
the 451.


This is obviously a reference to the misunderstood Attila, but another major confrontation took place that year. In the Avarayr Battle of 451 AD, the Armenians who although defeated, inflicted so many losses on the Persians that it eventually led to their self rule and stopped Persian expansion.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"Yea he stole that from Julius Caesar and put God in...how creative..."
He gave God the credit thus correcting Caesar's narcissism.
Ozi DanThreads: 22
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Joined: Nov 22, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: Ozi Dan  Jul 13, 10, 00:47    #36
"It was a brawl, a scrap, a bagarre" - Pilsudski's description of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw - a masterful understatement.

"Permit me Sir to be the master of the sheep as well as the goats" King Zygmunt in response to criticism from the Papal Legate regarding Poland's acceptance and tolerance of heretics in the C16.

Edit:

Should have been goats first then sheep last.

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