The winged horsemen known as the hussars were a uniquely Polish kind of cavalry sometimes called ‘one of the world’s most efficient units’ due to their spectacular victories. Thanks to their ...

The Polish cavalry called the hussars or ‘winged horsemen’ were amongst the deadliest army units in Europe, playing a crucial role in military history. Unsurprisingly, they have been immortalised by ...

Seeing that Russia may not stop at Ukraine, Warsaw has begun to ramp up its military spending. The balance of power is ...

It has been centuries since Poland was last a great armed power, but the winged hussars are back. When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, Poland’s armed forces were the ninth-biggest in NATO.

First, the name: it's taken from the 12th-century Polish cavalry, the Hussars. The new design that name is applied to has been worked up over the past 14 months, and maintains the same dimensions ...

The famous winged hussars that struck fear into armies across Europe hundreds of years ago are riding once again at the ...

Selected by a public competition, the designation honors the historic Polish Winged Hussars, a famed sixteenth and seventeenth-century cavalry unit. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s elite ...

Club president Stan Macionis (illustrated) tells your diarist that the hussars were the ultimate warriors defending Poland and its allies down the centuries. “The hussars were armoured cavalry ...