The Battle of the Ice, or how Russia stayed out of the European Union

This episode of Combat Approved Mark on History is dedicated to the Battle of the Ice. At the history lessons about this battle in school we were told how Alexander Nevsky drove the enemy onto the ice, and thousands of German horsemen drowned in Lake Peipus under the weight of their armor. However, modern research shows that events developed differently. Suffice it to say that the power and quality of Russian armor was not inferior to German armor, which means that the chances of the Russian army to go under the ice were exactly the same as those of the Teutons. And secondly: there is strong evidence that the Battle of the Ice was not a battle on the ice. However, one thing we know for sure: this battle was a milestone for the future of Russia. It was then that we faced a historic choice: to preserve Russia's identity and the Orthodox Church or to buckle under the pressure of the West in the face of the Knights Crusaders. If not for that victory, the Russian state might not exist. So, what really happened