Editing Teutonic Order (section)

===Battle of Legnica===
In 1236, the [[Knights of Saint Thomas]], an English order, adopted the rules of the Teutonic Order. A contingent of Teutonic Knights of indeterminate number is traditionally believed to have participated at the [[Battle of Legnica]] in 1241 during the [[first Mongol invasion of Poland]]. The combined Polish-German army was crushed by the Mongol army and their superior tactics, with few survivors.<ref>''The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410'', Peter Jackson, Routledge, New York, 2018, pp. 66–78</ref><ref>''The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History'', Thomas Craughwell, Quayside Publishing Group, Massachusetts, 2010, pp. 193–195</ref><ref>''Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongolian Empire'', Christopher Atwood, Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington, 2004, p. 79</ref>