Editing Lithuanian Armed Forces (section)

==== 14th century ====
Over the 14th century, the Teutonic and Livonian orders organised raids into Lithuania.<ref name="lt-military-medieval" /> Lithuanians reciprocated by raiding their respective territories, but the Lithuanian raids were fewer in number.<ref name="lt-military-medieval" /> The Lithuanians won the [[Battle of Medininkai]] (1320), but lost the [[Battle of Strėva]] (1348).<ref name="lt-military-medieval" /> More and more, the Teutonic Order destroyed the Lithuanian castle system along the Nemunas and built their own castles near the Lithuanian ones.'''<ref name="lt-military-medieval" />''' As the German and Livonian orders were constantly reinforced by Christian European countries, it became increasingly difficult to defend Lithuania solely by military means.'''<ref name="lt-military-medieval" />''' A new generation of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes, [[Jogaila]] and [[Vytautas the Great]], used not only military, but also diplomatic and political means, for example [[Christianization of Lithuania#Christianization by Jogaila and Vytautas|Lithuanian baptism]] in 1387, to protect Lithuania.<ref name="lt-military-medieval" />

Meanwhile, on the other side of Lithuania, the Golden Horde's army was destroyed in the [[Battle of Blue Waters]] (1362–1363).<ref name="lt-military-medieval" /> In 1368, 1370, and 1372, the Lithuanian Grand Duke [[Algirdas]] led the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army on military expeditions against Muscovy.<ref name="lt-military-medieval" /> However, the [[Battle of the Vorskla River|Battle of the Vorksla River]] (1399) was a decisive victory for the Golden Horde.<ref name="lt-military-medieval" />

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File:Jan Matejko, Bitwa pod Grunwaldem.jpg|[[Battle of Grunwald]] (1410) was one of the largest in [[medieval Europe]]
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