The Battle of Lake Peipus, 1242: The Teutonic Order fights Alexander Nevsky 

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In 1242, Novgorod faced a Mongol threat from the east. But in the west, crusaders of the Livonian Order aimed to expand their influence. On a cold April morning, the armies of Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novgorod, and Hermann von Dorpat, the commander of the crusdaer knights, met at the frozen lake Peipus.
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