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Battles shaped by cavalry raids, flank maneuver, and mobile striking power.
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Poland broke the military resistance of the Teutonic Knights and consolidated the vassalage status established by the 1466 Treaty of Thorn. The Treaty of Kraków (1525) secularized the Monastic State, transforming it into the Duchy of Prussia as a vassal to the Polish Crown. The Teutonic Order permanently lost its centuries-old political and military presence in Prussian territories. Albert's conversion to Lutheranism and abandonment of the religious-military identity collapsed the Order's ideological legitimacy in the Baltic.