BATOH 1652: Dlaczego Chmielnicki kazał zabić polskich jeńców po bitwie?

The Battle of Batoh in 1652 was one of the darkest defeats in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A year earlier, at Berestechko, John Casimir's army had crushed the Cossacks and Tatars. It seemed that the Khmelnytsky Uprising had been halted. But the war did not end at Berestechko. Bohdan Khmelnytsky rebuilt his forces, regained his alliance with the Crimean Tatars, and prepared a trap for the Crown army. At Batoh, Marcin Kalinowski marched with an army intended to halt the Cossack-Tatar expedition. Instead, he found himself surrounded by a much stronger enemy. Lack of reconnaissance, command chaos, growing panic, and delayed decisions caused the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army to begin to disintegrate from within. After the capitulation, many Polish prisoners did not survive to see their ransom or return home. According to accounts and subsequent historical memory, there was a mass killing of captured soldiers, which is why Batoh is sometimes called the "Sarmatian Katyn." In this documentary, we show how the victors of Berestechko fell into a trap with no escape, why Bohdan Khmelnytsky decided to retaliate, what happened to Marcin Kalinowski and Marek Sobieski, and why Batoh became a symbol of a war in which defeat did not end with the battle. Highlights of the film: 0:00 Batoh 1652 — defeat and the fate of Polish prisoners 2:09 How Khmelnytsky rebuilt his forces after Berestechko 3:24 Marcin Kalinowski moves against the Cossacks and Tatars 5:05 The camp near Batoh and an army not fully prepared 7:00 Cossack-Tatar advantage and the closing of the trap 11:00 The siege of the camp and growing panic 14:04 The last chance for an organized retreat 18:01 Fire, chaos, and the collapse of the Crown army 21:00 The surrender and the fate of the captured soldiers 25:06 Why was Batoh called the "Sarmatian Katyn"? 28:04 The Consequences of the Catastrophe for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 30:05 Responsibility, Memory, and the Significance of Batoh If you are interested in Polish history, the Khmelnytsky Uprising, the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossacks, Crimean Tatars, and forgotten battles, subscribe and comment: Batoh. #Batoh #PolishHistory #Chmielnicki