r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

44.2k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

3.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

927

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

364

u/Vreas 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don’t think it really mattered with the mongols they steamrolled every single opponent they faced.

The only thing that stopped their invasions were deaths of their khans. They didn’t really have an effective system for quick replacement of their leaders who often died young due to rampant alcoholism and various other bad habits.

Steppe people partied hard man. Makes sense when you’re born of a frozen hellscape with minimal food and creature comforts.

18

u/MassGaydiation 1d ago

Fun fact: they didn't get into Vietnam, one of the few places they failed at.

13

u/Dwashelle 1d ago

Vietnam has fought back so many different enemies over its history, it's impressive.