Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2) (Men at Arms Series, 188)

the 17th Century Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth Was Almost As Varied As Modern America. Alongside Slavs Lived Lithuanians And Other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian Merchants, Jewish Traders, And Even A Remarkably Large Populations Of Scots. This Variety Of Cultures Had A Strong Influence On The Polish Army. Along With The Predominantly Polish And Lithuanian 'winged' Hussars Served Numerous Foreigners From Both Within And Outside The Commonwealth: Tatars And Cossacks, Wallachians, Transylvanians, Moldavians, Hungarians, Serbians And Albanians; And From The West, French, Italians, Dutch, Walloons, Swedes And Scots. Richard Brzezinski's Companion Volume To Men-at-arms 184 Completes His Fascinating Examination Of Polish Armies From 1569-1696. The first volume dealt with the sections of Polish armies organised in an Eastern European manner.