The united army consisted of:

1. Hungarian-Transylvanian regiments under the command of John Hunyadi.

2. Polish volunteers – about 300 people.

3. Czech hirelings- 400 people. Even then Poland and Czechia did not took part as separate states.

4. 4 000 Wallachians under the leadership of Vlad Dracul. This is considered to have been a state participation.

5. Soldiers from West Ukraine. They appeared under names like “Rutens” and “Rusins” in the documents, which means “Old Russians”. West Ukrainian lands at that time were part of Poland and the exact number of the soldiers is not known.

6. Bulgarian volunteers from the Danube region – Vidin, Oryakhovo, Nickopol, etc.

7. A small number of German settlers from Transylvania and Slovaks also took part in the lines of the Hungarian army, as Transylvania and Slovakia were parts of Hungary at the time.

8. A croats’ detachment led by Franko Talovats fought in Varna battle. (Croatia was also a part of Hungary in those days).

9. Bosnia and Serbia were apart of the events, connected with the campaign of 1444. The only known fact is that the commander of a Hungarian detachment was Bosnian bishop Rafael, but there no other evidence of Bosnian and Slovakian participation.

10.  A detachment of West knights took part in the struggle, led by the Pope legate Juliano Chezarini.

 

The united army for the second campaign (that of 1444) included about 20 000 people, while the Ottoman army consisted of 55 000 – 60 000 people under the command of sultan Murad II.