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of course I meant coat of arms... :rolleyes: but herby is easier to type and TM knew what I meant...

Szubin was the place where 3 friends and I finished 2 bottles of Zubrowka and then went to the bar...:)

I also like the Pommeranian herb..see that you add it to your national one, will ya?
 

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thrashing mad said:
Mishgan - Well Paint is fast and simple, Photoshop more complex but also slower - i`m still learning how to use it. Good luck with your project - will it be Swiss AAR?

I find it hard to have only one layer to work on. I prefer having a few so that I don't spoil the entire thing by making a mistake in one of them.

As of the AAR, nopes. Not a Swiss one. I don't like Switzerland in EU3. It should not be just two provinces in a single state, it should be several provinces, of maybe a province for the Three Original Cantons, one province for the Dreie Bunden (modern Graubunden), one province for Zurich, and two for Bern (the Swiss Prussia o/ ). And Geneva, too. I am Genevan, I don't like Geneva being part of Savoy province >.>

And there should be a sort of alliance between them that never runs out and is renovated in case of glitch.

Maybe, once I get the grip on modding, I'll mod my wishes into something. But until then, Switzerland is a no-no. ;)

However, I can give a spoiler: Switzerland and the country I am playing have been connected through a very unique relationship for the past five centuries.
 

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Mishgan said:
However, I can give a spoiler: Switzerland and the country I am playing have been connected through a very unique relationship for the past five centuries.
If I could take a guess, my first thought is the Papal States (Swiss guard :D).
see that you add it to your national one, will ya?
And of Mecklenburg. And Brandenburg. And Hungary would be suitable. And Courland, and Sweden, and Peking... ;)
 

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Alright new update tonight - I promise :) . But I also want to ask you for small favor. Please click link below and vote for best monarch so far in this AAR. I want to know what you like, what is most interesting, entertaining, well written.
If you don`t remember older updates go to page one - there is table of contents with links - so that you can easily go to each monarch of CK and EU3 part.






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A great AAR thrashing mad! I read through the CK part in one go and now I have finally caught up with the current state of affairs. Continue the great work! I can't wait to see how Europe will look when you enter Victoria.

Btw I voted for Ziemowit the Conqueror. I just love them vanquishers. Kill one man and your a murderer kill thousands and your a hero, kill em all and your a conqueror. :rofl:

~Lord Valentine~
 

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Lodin said:
Tonight i want to see a update or evil gremlins wil invade your shop :eek:
25 Kings have we seen already. I wonder if Poland will be a constitutional monarchy in Victoria?
You must wait, in this moment thrashing mad is very busy, he translate his great AAR for countrymans :)
 

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Lord Valentine said:
Btw I voted for Ziemowit the Conqueror. I just love them vanquishers. Kill one man and your a murderer kill thousands and your a hero, kill em all and your a conqueror. :rofl:
i also chose ziemovit the conqueror because of his nice conquests
 

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Congrats on 50k , thrashing mad ! Another milestone in this excellent megacampaign ! Also cool idea for a vote ! I think i'll have to use that idea sometime ! Hope to hear from you soon !
 

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HISTORY OF THE WHITE EAGLE

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Wladyslaw I the Fair-haired(Jasnowłosy)
1458 - 1476

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Part V



When summer of 1461 started, Polish army in Kurland was considerably weakened after assaults on Ducal cities. In June biggest city of Riga was captured, and only island of Osel left in hands of Kurlanders. However, after king Wladyslaw heard dire news about Ukrainian defeat in the south, he had no choice and moved south with his army. One month earlier Duke Kazimierz III halted further advance into Polish territory, and turned back north to retake his lost possessions.

Thus, two marching armies met in province of Samogitia. Poles, as well as Kurlanders were hurrying, so this meeting engagement was complete surprise for both sides. Polish knights attacked immediately, before enemy could arranged defensive formation. However battle appeared to be very matched and bloody. Many knights perished while charging Kurlander pike militia formations, being not used to fight enemy armed in such fashion. On the other hand, in the course of battle weather worsened and became windy and rainy. Thus Ducal handgunners had problems with their weapons, and were slaughtered by charging knights, unable to shoot at them. Unfortunately, after one hour of combat morale of Polish forces broken and they fled from field of battle. Both sides suffered heavy causalities and situation tuned out to be stalemate. Finally Duke Kazimierz proposed to start peace negotiations. He knew that his slow army would be defeated by harassing royal forces sooner or later, and finally agreed to cede province of Memel in exchange for peace.

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In the south, after annexation of Ukraine Hungarians had opened way into Polish mainland. King Lajos V ordered his infantry regiments to besiege Kiev and Volhynia, while majority of Magyar forces under his command forces moved westwards - to Polish capital of Krakow. He considered weakened army of Jan Żółkiewski as obstacle which will be easily crushed. However, cunning and deceptive tactics of young commander, surprised hungarians once again. Superior firepower of his troops placed on higher ground, and clever arrangement of his heavy infantry gave him another victory.

Angry Lajos gathered his routed troops and striked enemy next month. This time king of Hungary didn`t repeat his mistakes. Although his forces suffered heavy causalities while advancing, they were arrayed in wide formation and most of them successfully reached enemy lines. After half day-long combat Polish forces were finally broken, but they didn`t sell their lives cheaply - from 5 thousands Hungarians from month before left only half of them. Jan Żółkiewski became seriously wounded and unconscious, but he was rescued by his fleeing soldiers.

Next day Magyar King was ready to proceed west, when two messengers reached him, bringing bad news. One of them reported, that his infantry previously left in Kiev and Volhynia were defeated by Polish king, and that he was advancing west, three days of march from Lajos. Other messenger brought news from the south - powerful Archduchy of Austria invaded Magyar lands once again. Anxious Lajos finally decided to put all eggs in one basket - instead of peace proposals, he wanted to defeat Wladyslaw in final, decisive battle.


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He deployed his forces on same defensive position which he attacked day before, confidently awaiting his foe. However, he didn`t take into account that his soldiers were tired after last battle, many of them wounded and unwilling to fight again. Next day appeared that brave efforts of Jan Żółkiewski and his soldiers lent the scale, because Wladyslaw managed to defeat weakened Hungarians, winning the battle. Soon afterwards peace, preserving status quo, was proposed by Polish king. Lajos accepted proposal, partially satisfied that at least Podolia remained in his hands.

When Jan Żółkiewski came back to full of life, king granted him lifelong title of supreme military commander. Thus he started new tradition, and became first Polish Hetman. From now on, Hetmans were chosen by king among best and most trusted commanders of the kingdom, to serve till death at times of war and peace.



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Painting of Hetman Jan Żółkiewski in his fifties, on left Hetman`s Coat of Arms depicting crossed bulawas



Thus terrible war ended. Wladyslaw lost his Ukrainian vassal, but received Memel and access to Baltic sea. However, war appeared to be great disaster for the kingdom. Civil War of 1454-1458 and war of 1459-1461 meant unimaginable blow to the condition of state. Hundreds of thousands people died in wars, from famine, or disease. Many castles and cities were razed to the ground. Because of constant wars, and impossibility of collecting taxes in time of chaos, royal treasury was in serious debt. Poland became backward state, while rest of the European countries developed in fields of science, military, technology and reforms.

During final years of of Wladyslaw`s reign, he constantly struggled with numerous revolts and financial problems - slowly bringing kingdom out of chaos and anarchy. He died in year 1476, leaving throne to his only son - Jan.


Deeds:

- Matched War with Kurland, Hungary, Prussia and Lithuania
- Liberation of Memel, Plock, Warmia, and Torki
- Loss of Ukrainian vassal



Map of Poland at start and end of his reign:



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# Land at start
# Land at end
# Country borders at end
 

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Wow gory battles and hard fought wars ! Excellent update as usual !
 

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UFF. Finally this nightmarish war ended, I suppose that I described it too much in detail:)


Jape - Thank you sir :D

Lodin - Yeah I posted update just seconds before gremlins reached me :eek: Yes it will be interesting, I`m not sure what to kind of government Poland would evolve.

Lord Valentine, Manziel - Thank you very much, yeah Ziemowit kicked asses - that`s why i gave him such nickname :D

_tr - Thanks man, yep - i`m translating it to Polish :)

Delex - tomorrow, 43 people voted so far

stephanbathory
- Well yeah he earned his 'great' nickname for something :)


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- Cheers mate. Yes free polls online are nice, easy, and fast way to make some statistics. You`ll soon hear me commenting in your AAR I`ll eventually catch up soon :)

Jan Skrzetuski - Here it is


If you haven`t voted already - please vote for best, well written, most interesting or entertaining monarch of this AAR. This will give me some guidelines for the future.=)

 

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Okay. No more war - now it is time for reconstruction, and for people to make money...
 

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Ended as well as it could have.

Good luck rebuilding.