Editor says, what if the Teutonic Order had prevailed at Świecino? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the September 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.

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Editor says, in authoring this post we have repurpose content from Wikipedia which reports ~ The direct result of the battle was that the city of Danzig and Pomerania were freed from Teutonic Order danger so that the royal and municipal armed forces could be used elsewhere in the war, mainly to protect the Vistula waterway and to capture the Teutonic held strongholds. This way that Teutonic forces in Prussia on the right bank of Vistula were cut off from the supplies form Western Europe. The psychological significance was that this was the first open field battle won by the royal forces, so it increased the morale of the Polish forces and lowered the morale of the Teutonic Knights. Many military historians say that the battle was the turning point of the Thirteen Years' War, leading to the final victory in 1466.

Eric Oppen commented on 2012-09-17 06:05:10 ~ Would there be a Polish-speaking Poland?

Jeff Provine commented on 2012-09-17 18:08:13 ~ Hard to say in the tumultuous history of Eastern Europe. Wonder who would win out between the Teutons and the rise of the Swedes and later Russians.

Todayinah Ed. commented on 2012-09-18 01:09:14 ~ Because it was known in German as the Battle of Schwetz, I actually was tempted to call this article Teutonic Knights triumph at the Battle of Schwetz to make that hint [failure of Polish-speaking Poland to arise].

Jackie Rose commented on 2012-09-18 01:09:58 ~ If Alexander Nevsky was halfway accurate, te Russians beat the Teutons...to the tune of Prokofiev's music. It was a great movie anyway.

Stan Brin commented on 2012-09-19 10:48:23 ~ The Teutonic knights eventually consolidated their state, went Lutheran, and their last master proclaimed himself Duke of Prussia. It is a really weird story how all of northern Germany became known as Prussia, even though the real Prussia was essentially inherited by Brandenburg and disappeared from the map. Someday I'll try to explain it.