Hell unleashed onto German lands – First battle of Lechfeld, 910
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📚 After defeating an East Francian army at Pressburg in 907, the Magyars ravage Swabia, Bavaria, and Thuringia, obliging German princes to buy them off or incorporate them into their armies. But when a brave duke in Bavaria ambushes a Magyar army in 909, he shows that they can be defeated. This stirs the 17-year-old king Louis the Child into action. No more tribute is to be paid to the nomads and a military campaign is mounted to not only drive the Magyars out of East Francia, but out of Europe as well…
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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📚 Sources:
Edwards, Sean J. A., Swarming on the Battlefield: Past, Present, and Future (2000)
The Battle of Lechfeld, 910 from Antapodosis, Book II (10th c.)
Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. (1991)
Balasz, György, and Karoly Szelényi. The Magyars: The Birth of a European Nation (1989)
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Lechfeld came from Polish language.
One would think they learned their lesson and were actually saying "damn, what's taking them so long?" expecting the ambush