Another song by Sabaton about Polish struggles during WW2 is called 'Uprising'. There is also an 'Woodstock' version and Sabaton history explanation(but you already reacted to the story of Warsaw Uprising)
Thanks for your great reaction and your interest in our history. I love that you reacted not only to Woodstock vid but also the history channel nr 001 :)
Looking objectively at Poland in 1939: it was definitely underprepared. One must remember that Poland had only 20 years after regaining independence to organize the political and administrative chaos left after a century of being divided into three different spheres of influence. For example, there was a colossal difference between the territories of the Prussian partition-which were relatively well-connected and industrialized-and the Russian partition, where there was nothing but poor villages. Literally, even the railway tracks had different gauges in different regions of the country. Still, Poland was actually one of the most aware countries of the possible invasion by Germany. Our counterintelligence was constantly working on uncovering German plans, resulting in, among other things, the interception of Enigma, breaking the code, and then sending the results to the Brits, who based their decryption machine on this information. Poland took steps to mobilize and arm itself. We had some very modern technologies being implemented, some of which were actually later seized by the Germans and used to modernize the Wehrmacht. The thing is that the Allies told Poland to stop mobilizing, as they believed it would be seen as a provocation by Hitler. The effect was that at the time of the attack, Poland had unfinished lines of bunkers, a shortage of weapons, and only about 200,000 mobilized troops. The Germans attacked with over 1.5 million soldiers. Poland quickly tried to mobilize as many as possible, but then the Soviets attacked from the other side with another 700,000, cutting off all routes. Poland held out for about five weeks. It seems short, right? But this is looking from an external perspective, ignoring the context that very few in Europe held out longer... Most countries capitulated immediately or surrendered after just a few days (Poland never surrendered, by the way). France, which had cooperation with other Allies, access to their technology, and an army nearly equal to that with which the Germans attacked it, lasted just a week longer than Poland.
I wouldn't be offended if nice musicians recorded a song about defending Poland against the Russians, Hitler's allies, in 1939. For example, the defense of Grodno.
@@WoTBlitzAddict I'm sorry but the OG comment says "defending Poland against the Russians, Hitler's allies" I don't see how you came to the conclusion that they were calling Poland his allies?
They are a bards for Polish history wrighting a lots of Saga's. Like about Ragnar Lothbrook. And yet 1000 years later we all know Ragnar's Saga. Love ot!
Polish Warrios throught the centures were brave and proud. A lot of times they fought with overnumber of enemy, for example - Battle of Klushin, Battle of Kircholm. Polish proud is huge. Enemy can destroy our Land, our cites but never destroy our Polish proud and our souls. Polish Warriors always fight to the last drop of blood. For freedom of our and Yours!
You don't hear much about Polish history, the battles fought here, etc., because 1. they weren't that important in the greater scheme of things. Although conquering Poland took Hitler more time and was much harder than he expected, which led him to delay attacks on other countries, giving them more time to prepare. But it wasn't the kind of battles that drastically changed the course of the war, so... **theoretically** one could understand that it is not something widely discussed. 2. On the other hand, the main reason is that Poland's history is largely unknown to the so-called Western countries and hidden under a pile of propaganda. We have been under various occupations for so long that we didn't have our own voice to tell our story. What you get is the perspective of someone else- in this case, Germany-which wanted to enhance its image and show how strong they are and how easily they conquer others. The Allies, who joined this propaganda because it served their purposes. Their goal was to motivate as many people as possible to fight, so they wanted to show that the Germans were dangerous and that the fight had to be taken seriously. And thirdly, the USSR, under whose influence Poland ended up for the next half-century. During the time of the Iron Curtain, Moscow was the only real sovereign that decided on contact with the world. Countries like Poland were again just subordinate elements without their own voice and identity. Even in Poland itself, people learned a different version of history-the Russian version of history, in which Poland is weak and should be grateful to its Soviet "friends" who "liberated" it. (For instance, there was no mention of the pact between Germany and the USSR, or that the USSR collaborated with Germany until 1941, nor of the crimes committed by the Soviets.) If we didn't even have a way to learn our own history, it was even less likely that the world learned about it.
So you are from Italy!? I think the best Sabaton have done about anything close to Italy is Soldier Of Heaven. Its about a very unknown part of the war in the alps.
Many European countries have their own "Thermopylae". Sad fact is that about 60% of Poland population perish during ww2. Both axis and allies were responsible...axis more...
heh, Sabaton have been known to make you patriotic for other countries than your own, even countries that have not existed for hundreds, even thousands of years...
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Another song by Sabaton about Polish struggles during WW2 is called 'Uprising'. There is also an 'Woodstock' version and Sabaton history explanation(but you already reacted to the story of Warsaw Uprising)
Uprising and Inmate 4859 are so good
I'm from Poland. Thanks for your reaction!
Thanks for your great reaction and your interest in our history. I love that you reacted not only to Woodstock vid but also the history channel nr 001 :)
Thx for following my suggestion! 💪💪💪
Looking objectively at Poland in 1939: it was definitely underprepared.
One must remember that Poland had only 20 years after regaining independence to organize the political and administrative chaos left after a century of being divided into three different spheres of influence. For example, there was a colossal difference between the territories of the Prussian partition-which were relatively well-connected and industrialized-and the Russian partition, where there was nothing but poor villages. Literally, even the railway tracks had different gauges in different regions of the country.
Still, Poland was actually one of the most aware countries of the possible invasion by Germany. Our counterintelligence was constantly working on uncovering German plans, resulting in, among other things, the interception of Enigma, breaking the code, and then sending the results to the Brits, who based their decryption machine on this information.
Poland took steps to mobilize and arm itself. We had some very modern technologies being implemented, some of which were actually later seized by the Germans and used to modernize the Wehrmacht. The thing is that the Allies told Poland to stop mobilizing, as they believed it would be seen as a provocation by Hitler.
The effect was that at the time of the attack, Poland had unfinished lines of bunkers, a shortage of weapons, and only about 200,000 mobilized troops. The Germans attacked with over 1.5 million soldiers. Poland quickly tried to mobilize as many as possible, but then the Soviets attacked from the other side with another 700,000, cutting off all routes.
Poland held out for about five weeks. It seems short, right? But this is looking from an external perspective, ignoring the context that very few in Europe held out longer... Most countries capitulated immediately or surrendered after just a few days (Poland never surrendered, by the way).
France, which had cooperation with other Allies, access to their technology, and an army nearly equal to that with which the Germans attacked it, lasted just a week longer than Poland.
I wouldn't be offended if nice musicians recorded a song about defending Poland against the Russians, Hitler's allies, in 1939. For example, the defense of Grodno.
@@WoTBlitzAddict I'm sorry but the OG comment says "defending Poland against the Russians, Hitler's allies" I don't see how you came to the conclusion that they were calling Poland his allies?
Well-made material!
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They are a bards for Polish history wrighting a lots of Saga's. Like about Ragnar Lothbrook. And yet 1000 years later we all know Ragnar's Saga. Love ot!
WOW, WOW, I've never heard the story behind this song. It took an Italian to bring it to me. Thanks a lot.
Glad i helped eheh
Polish Warrios throught the centures were brave and proud. A lot of times they fought with overnumber of enemy, for example - Battle of Klushin, Battle of Kircholm. Polish proud is huge. Enemy can destroy our Land, our cites but never destroy our Polish proud and our souls. Polish Warriors always fight to the last drop of blood. For freedom of our and Yours!
you have had your high and low moments but location is terrible for you guys.
You don't hear much about Polish history, the battles fought here, etc., because
1. they weren't that important in the greater scheme of things. Although conquering Poland took Hitler more time and was much harder than he expected, which led him to delay attacks on other countries, giving them more time to prepare. But it wasn't the kind of battles that drastically changed the course of the war, so... **theoretically** one could understand that it is not something widely discussed.
2. On the other hand, the main reason is that Poland's history is largely unknown to the so-called Western countries and hidden under a pile of propaganda. We have been under various occupations for so long that we didn't have our own voice to tell our story. What you get is the perspective of someone else-
in this case, Germany-which wanted to enhance its image and show how strong they are and how easily they conquer others.
The Allies, who joined this propaganda because it served their purposes. Their goal was to motivate as many people as possible to fight, so they wanted to show that the Germans were dangerous and that the fight had to be taken seriously.
And thirdly, the USSR, under whose influence Poland ended up for the next half-century. During the time of the Iron Curtain, Moscow was the only real sovereign that decided on contact with the world. Countries like Poland were again just subordinate elements without their own voice and identity. Even in Poland itself, people learned a different version of history-the Russian version of history, in which Poland is weak and should be grateful to its Soviet "friends" who "liberated" it. (For instance, there was no mention of the pact between Germany and the USSR, or that the USSR collaborated with Germany until 1941, nor of the crimes committed by the Soviets.) If we didn't even have a way to learn our own history, it was even less likely that the world learned about it.
So you are from Italy!? I think the best Sabaton have done about anything close to Italy is Soldier Of Heaven. Its about a very unknown part of the war in the alps.
I loved that song! I've reacted to it in my other channel :
ruclips.net/video/j1SCQHtMVmo/видео.html
Many European countries have their own "Thermopylae". Sad fact is that about 60% of Poland population perish during ww2. Both axis and allies were responsible...axis more...
60% ? More like 16% 6 millions actually
You can watch fat electricians video about the defenders of polish post office in Gdańsk
🫡🫡🇵🇱🇵🇱❤️❤️
heh, Sabaton have been known to make you patriotic for other countries than your own, even countries that have not existed for hundreds, even thousands of years...
In battle of Chodyń there was 79:1
End we win.
Polska nigdy nie zginie.NIEZNISZCZALA?😂😂😂.