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== Literature ==

* Henryk Sienkiewicz's ''Krzyżacy'' (''[[The Knights of the Cross]]''). The Teutonic Knights are (almost to the last man) [[Always Chaotic Evil]] stand-in for Germans, Poles are all noble and brave, and there is [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|a decent guest of the Order]] who is there to be repulsed by what [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] the Knights turn out to be. In case you haven't already guessed, it was written around the time when [[~~Useful Notes/Poland|~~Poland]] was being ruled by the [[The Sound of Martial Music|Austrians]] and [[Prussia|Prussians]] (and the [[Imperial Russia|Russians]], of course).

* Henryk Sienkiewicz's ''Krzyżacy'' (''[[The Knights of the Cross]]''). The Teutonic Knights are (almost to the last man) [[Always Chaotic Evil]] stand-in for Germans, Poles are all noble and brave, and there is [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|a decent guest of the Order]] who is there to be repulsed by what [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] the Knights turn out to be. In case you haven't already guessed, it was written around the time when [[Poland]] was being ruled by the [[The Sound of Martial Music|Austrians]] and [[Prussia|Prussians]] (and the [[Imperial Russia|Russians]], of course).

* ''[[Wolf Breed]]'' has them raising werewolves as [[Super Soldier|super soldiers]] at first. When that doesn't work out they move onto Plan B: [[Kill Them All]].

* James A. Michener's ''Poland'' devotes one chapter to a [[Shown Their Work|very detailed]] retelling of the [[Curb Stomp Battle|Battle of Grunwald.]]