The military organization of armies in battle at Grunwald
In the article a number of debatable questions is solved which are devoted to the military organization of the army which took part in the battle of Grunwald at the 15th of July in 1410. The author considers that there weren't fifty Polish banners near Grunwald (that most of the researchers admit), but fifty one. While examining the question about army's formation at the time of the battle the author comes to the conclusion that the Banners, being an autonomous combat unit, having their own banner and commanding officer, fought in the form of a wedge and the Banners' strength could considerably be different, and at the time of the fight the general coordination of the actions of detached Banners practically wasn't carried out. The author marks out a considerable similarity in military organization of the Teutonic Order, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, that in its turn testifies the existence of army formation and recruitment single standard in the beginning of the 15th century in Central Europe. In connection with this the Banners' formation was done according to the appointed hierarchy starting from supreme suzerain's detachment and ending the banners which were formed on the basis of the territory or kin.