zizka in A Sentence

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    Zizka continued leading his men until 1424, when he finally died, not from running into.

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    For starters, Zizka, born in 1360, is generally considered to have never lost a battle.

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    Before we get to his death, though, we want to discuss Zizka's life, because well,

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    Before his death though, Zizka requested that his skin be flayed from his body and used.

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    Luckily for the Hussites, under the leadership of Zizka, they won victory after victory, despite generally being vastly outnumbered.

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    Before his death though, Zizka requested that his skin be flayed from his body and used to make a drum.

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    Before we get to his death, though, we want to discuss Zizka's life, because well, frankly it was remarkable.

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    These war wagons were instrumental in many of Zizka's victories and helped him and his men overcome almost impossible odds.

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    Jan Zizka(aka Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha) is regarded as one of the single finest military minds in world history.

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    Zizka continued leading his men until 1424, when he finally died, not from running into battle blind, but from the plague.

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    Though his war wagons were indeed formidable, Zizka himself didn't hide behind them, generally preferring to fight the enemy head on.

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    After getting his eye stabbed out of his face, Zizka was still instrumental in helping claim victory that day for the Polish.

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    Zizka even once managed to lead an ambush against a group of men who would tried to ambush him while he was completely blind in both eyes.

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    It was during his time as a mercenary, during the First Battle of Tannenberg(aka, the Battle of Grunwald) in 1410, that Zizka lost one of his eyes.

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    In fact, Zizka was so determined to lead his soldiers regardless of the odds, that he even did so after he lost his other eye during a battle in 1421.

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    We're guessing that when you read the title of this piece you assumed that Zizka's skin was ripped off by an enemy looking to make an example of him or something like that, right?

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    What makes this feat even more impressive is that, whereas the few other generals in history who have done this had powerful armies at their command, Zizka was in command of only peasants and rebels.

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