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The Templars and the Teutonic Knights were groups of Holy Knights that formed between the second and third crusades, in an effort to defend Christendom.
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The Battle of Tannenberg (1914) wasn't fought at Tannenberg, but at Allenstein (30km to the east), but was named Battle of Tannenberg by Hindenburg for propaganda purposes,in order to overshine the real Battle of Tannenberg(1410), in which the teutonic Knights lost against Poland-Lithuania.
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The State of Teutonic Order, founded by Catholic crusader knights, was also the first state to convert to Protestantism in 1525, during the reformation.
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The Teutonic Order still exists in the modern day as a charitable organization, and they were suppressed the Nazis during WW2, despite the fact that the Nazis using the Teutonic Knights in their Propaganda
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A set of Prussian virtues informed by the monastic Order of the Teutonic Knights included a precept on toughness: "Gegen sich mehr noch als gegen andere." Translation: "Be even harder on yourself than on others."
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The medieval crusader orders of the Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Knights still exist as charities. The Knights Hospitallers even have observer status at the UN.
