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Fun Fact: the second polish astronaut in history (after Mirosław Hermaszewski) Sławosz Uznański is currently preparing to the mission on ISS. So, yes, Poland can ito space ;)
Dla Twojej informacji skąd określenie "Poland can into space?". Jest to achievment do gry EU4.
@@bartosz7463 Dziękuję
To jest starszy mem niż achievement do eu4.
@@bartosz7463
Actually Sławosz Uznański is first polish astronaut. Mirosław Hermaszewski was/is a cosmonaut. But it is only semantic.
@@bartosz7463 akurat to określenie wywodzi się z Polandballa. EUIV wykorzystało istniejącego mema..
This animated video skips A LOT, but it's really good to show the most important things that happened. Thank you for your kind words Wes
and the 1933 map is inaccurate: Hel Peninsula and gdynia were definitely not part of danzig free state
Of course it skips a lot, they are short videos, you can't fit all of it in those 20 minutes.
BTW Poland has always been closer to the West because it chose Catholicism in 966. Basically, the oldest West-East division in Europe was along the lines of religion. Western Europe was Catholic and, later, Protestant, too. Eastern Europe was Orthodox. Western Europe spoke Latin and studied in Italy, Eastern Europe spoke Greek and Old Ruthenian and studied in Constantinople (today Istanbul, Turkye). However, both West and East met in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth because most of the Great Duchy of Lithuania (i.e. the lands that are today Belarus and Ukraine) was Orthodox. That's why, after the fall of Communism, both Poland and Lithuania firmly looked towards NATO and EU. We never wanted to be a part of any entity created by Russia, while Ukraine was torn between the two. They wanted to have good relations with the EU and, at the same time, join Russia in their greater economic market. That led to the situation today because they didn't escape Russia's influence when she was the weakest. You can never go for any compromises with Russia if you want to be free, and Ukrainians should have learnt it back in the 17th century, but I guess they finally get it now.
Poland was created as country by baptism
@@kurrwa hahaha like, say, two weeks before baptism it didn't exist, and only on the baptism day it miraculously appeared and Mieszko happened to be the leader? Poland did exist earlier it's just we don't have much data about it.
@@sylwiatime Catholicism united people otherwise you would savage barbarian. Religion is one of pillars of great nation
@@kurrwait isn’t true. Poland was recognised as a state by baptism, which is different
The video messed up a bit with the chronology of the WW2 events. The Soviet Union attacked Poland on September 17th, so 11 days before Warsaw capitulated. Russians like to make it seem like they came because Poland had fallen anyway but in fact a day before their attack the Polish army thought they still had a chance to turn the tide against Germans. Once the Russians attacked, however, it was obvious they wouldn't manage against the two powers. It's also worth adding that the end of Communism in Poland started the domino effect all over the Soviet Block, leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the USSR. The first country to leave the USSR was, of course, Lithuania. It may be a small country but the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's spirit is big.
the soviets had trouble with Japan in summer of 1939 in Mandjuria, but when the battle of Khalkhin gol in eastern Mongolia was won, Stalin could remove his troops from Siberia back to Europe
Don't forget Maria Sklodowska Curie, born in Warsaw, and emigrated to Paris like Chopin did. She was the first woman teaching at the Sorbonne university and was the first woman to win the Nobel prize. Even more she was the first person to win the Nobel prize in two different disciplines. A great woman that many people think was French but she was Polish, she just had to emigrate to France like many others at that time.
well, she settled in France and died there, her offspring is all French now
@@walterweiss7124 so that's why she named the discovered element "Frenchon". Wait, no, she called it "Polon". Gee, i wonder why.
@@walterweiss7124 how does migration change your nationality? what logic is that?
@@walterweiss7124Z krwi i kości Polka a dzieci skoro miały Polkę za matkę też są Polakami(prawo krwi)
@@beatkabaca8547 a jednak Ewka wolala zyc w NYC, a dzieci Irenki, no cóz, niech pani sobie przeczyta bioGrafie która napisala w latach 60 i bedzie jasne
Regarding Chopin, polonez and mazurek are Polish national dances. One of the Chopin pieces Polonez op. 53 Heroic is one of the most important piece in the Polish music. IMO, it perfectly reflects Polish soul. This you really have to listen. I recommend to listen this polonez performed by Rafał Blechacz or Artur Rubinstein.
Eastern Europe is considered to be an offensive term in the post communist countries as it refers to the stereotype that east is poor and west is rich, a person from the west who uses this term (even if not on purpose) is saying "Your country is poor, mine is better than yours"
I recommend something lighter but also strongly connected to Polish culture. These are Polish legends made by Allegro. They are short films presenting Polish legends in a modern and contemporary form, with great music. There is the legend of
- The Dragon who kidnapped virgins and a young boy who defeated him.
- Master Twardowski, who sold his soul to the devil and then escaped from him to the moon, two parts.
- About the Basilisk, who turned people to stone with his gaze.
- About Jaga, the Polish witch.
I recommend watching in this order and hopefully, look forward to the reactions.
React to "The Unconquered"! It's a shory video about some of the polish history during WW2
Coming next week my man, stay tuned
@@WheresWes cool, lookin forward
All the confusion with Eastern and Central Europe results from confusing the political term "Eastern European Bloc", which defined the countries of the former Warsaw Pact, with geographical data.
One could go so far as to say that the fact that many Germans still consider Poles or other citizens of Slavic countries as "second-class citizens" only proves that denazification has not yet been completed and the weakness of the German and other Western education systems. And also the weaknesses of the policy of tolerance and equality policy, which the countries of the European "West" have been boasting about so much for years.
that "second-class citizens" doesn't have anything in common with Nazies... it was a popular stereotype, that Slavic people are less inteligent than citizens of the Holy Roman Empire... that myth survived both World Wars and still exists to this day...
its roots are pretty much in Early to Mid Medieval period, when slave trade in Europe (which existed since the ancient times) switched to mostly trading people of Slavic origins...
This myth was also popular in US (even after WW2).
@@sytrostormlord3275 Somehow I don't think that myths from Roman times or the Middle Ages played a role here, if only because of the time distance. However, some 80 years ago, Nazi ideology created the concept of "superhumans" (derived from the philosophy of Nietzsche, who did not have racial superiority in mind, the Nazis simply took over his concepts) and "subhumans". The former were supposed to be Aryans (implicitly Germans), the latter - Jews, Roma and Slavs. Among modern Germans, especially the less educated, there is certainly no memory of the ancient myths, but there are certainly stereotypes passed down to them by their ancestors, many of whom were Nazis or supported them. I maintain the thesis that denazification in Germany after World War II had a shallow character, many Nazis participated in the public life of post-war Germany and such theses are the result of all this.
The fact that such "myths" or stereotypes also exist in the USA is a function of America's poor pre-university education, which is the subject of jokes almost everywhere.
I know you're from China, not Japan, so please don't take offense to me not making a distinction between the two countries, but when it comes to Poland-Asia relations, I'm immediately reminded of an interesting fact. During World War II, after Japan's aggression on Pearl Harbor and the US declaration of war, Poland, as an ally of America, declared war on Japan. After receiving the note of war, Japan did not agree to wage war against Poland, and Poland simply replied "OK. We did what had to be done" and that's how the Polish-Japanese war ended during World War II :)
To be more precise, the Japan gov answered that they didn't take up a challenge as Poles fight for their own freedom and (after Pearl Harbour) were forced to declare war under Brits' pressure.
Thanks, as a chinese, I didn't know Poland joined US to attack Japan on Pearl Harbour. So chinese dumblings and Pieogi are always friends:)
another fun fact: many Poles in tsarist army fought vs Japanese in Mandjuria in 1904-05, they say Chinese city of Harbin was founded by a Pole?
14:46 Ci funkcjonariusze tłumiący strajki w 1968, to powinni mieć tam "milicja" napisane, a nie "policja".
no a pózniej byl dzem zomorelami
Thank you for popularizing our history.
The Soviets and Nazis, taught by previous occupations, targeted educated people. They killed 1/3. In 1950, the number of people dropped from 35 to 25 million. The latest research indicates that traumas are inherited, making Poles and Israelis the most traumatized nations in the world. 20% have PTSD compared to 5-10% in other parts of the world. This knowledge should give a greater understanding of certain behaviors.
well the germans abducted and killed the professors from the Cracow university, while the soviets did the same in Lwow and other eastern cities
I highly recommend you see this movie - Bloody Foreigners: Untold Battle of Britain.
Poland and eastern Europe have always been the battleground between Russia and either Germany or France. When you are being constantly run over it's hard to develope.
6:43 Not only Poland, but whole Eastern and Middle Europe
Omg u get it… most Americans don’t.
For Poland WWII ended in 1989. During the Soviet occupation we were not free to talk about the governement. We could'n say that russians exterminated in 1940 about 22.000 polish officers and intelligentia in the Katyn massacre, it was forbidden. They said it was the nazis but it was false. We couldn't say anything about it. That is like a regime look like. You can't say nothing or the next day they will find you in a river. That was a dark time for everyone.
P.S. My grandfather has been deported to a gulag during WWII, he was captured and brought to Siberia. He has been released only when Russia was atttacked by the Nazis. Then he fought with the Allies, managing to reach them in Palestina by foot, then fought along the Italian peninsula and come back home by foot.
My grandma was taken to siberia for 7 years during ww2😭
If you haven't already watched it, IPNtv it's called The Unconquered, it explains in general WWII for Poland.
Poland never dies.
It's so interesting how when he mentioned the Polish victory in the Polish-Bloshevik war he didn't talk about the Vistula river miracle, which was the very reason why the Poles won. Instead, he just credited the bravery and patriotism.
Because there was no miracle... Just mobilized nation fighting for its survival against all odds.
It is called a miracle in Poland because the battle happened on the day of assumption of blessed virgin Mary, so religious people like to pretend virgin Mary herself helped Polish army. It is no different than 'thanking God' after a surgeon saved someone's life with his skills.
@@Dexiefyit's nothing wrong for thanking God after surgeon saves someone's life or same after winning a battle. It's called faith and it's always should be part of health, life, winning, losing. After all we are alive creature and every cell in our body or any other structure needs faith, love etc. Without it there is no point to do anything so giving credit only to surgeon or some military strategy is wrong. We are human beings not robots . Without faith, courage, love believe me many battles would be lost including those on operational surgery table.
Love for China and US from Poland. Both countries and cultures i really respect and gave us Poles a lot. Lets not fight just prosper.
go to polish army museum in warsaw its nice an explains a lot of polish war history🙂
9:36 they didn't mention that soviets didn't let british planes with supply for polish people land on their land
This film forgot three very important things....Yalta confernce in 1944 where we were sold to Stalin by Churchil and others, second the strike of workers in 1956 in Poznań .where peoples have been kiled by the gonerment and strikes took places in other parts of Poland (film only mention student strike and wokres strike in Pomorze), and last thing we have in 1981 martial law about a yer, because ZSRR want to ivade us again and join us to their country as a part....
9:05 is full of myths
1. Polish rebellions were happening in major cities just before Soviet arrival. Poles wanted to welcome Soviets as hosts, so exiled government in London would have more legitimacy. It was "Operation Tempest" (sometimes "Operation Storm"). It was, in fact, anti-Soviet action.
2. Soviets did not stop the Red Army to let Poles bleed out. Germans did. For few months Soviets tried to overcome the Vistula defence. It was a long front, stretching for the whole river. Warsaw Urprising was not something which would make Stalin wait. In fact, on 15th September Soviets conquered the Warsaw East to Vistula River and even tried to cross the river in the city between 16-23 September.
3. As Soviets tried to cross the Vistula defences, Germans had to use capable forces at the front. To fight against Warsaw Urprising they were using mediocre, police-like forces. So Stalin was indirectly helping the Urprising.
4. As Warsaw Urprising was anti-Soviet, Stalin did not want to help and was blocking help from Western Allies. After few weeks he was convinced, he allowed his airports to be used by other Allies to aid Warsaw, and even Soviet planes started to drop supplies.
IPNtv series:
1. Game for Independence
2. Trying Times: the Unconquered
3. The Unconquered
A lot of the stereotypes that exist (or I'm not actually sure if they still do, because I rarely encounter such ignorance, and when I do, it is usually being condemned) stem from propaganda. For example, in the 19th century, when Poland was partitioned, there was a massive wave of emigration to the West. Of course, there were intellectuals, artists, scientists, etc., but also ordinary people, often poor, seeking a better life. The countries that occupied us tried very hard to tarnish the image of Poles in the eyes of other nations, presenting them in the worst possible light. Especially since during this time, Polish politicians and military leaders were fighting vigorously for international support for the Polish independence cause.
So, for instance, in the USA, the Germans spread rumors about Poles being dumb, uncultured, lower-class people. Basically, the narrative was: "You see, it's not that we're bad for occupying them; it's that they are a lesser sort of people who need external control and guidance." This led to a paradoxical situation where, at the same time that Kościuszko and Pułaski were fighting in the American Revolution, or Maria Skłodowska-Curie was discovering radioactivity, Americans and French people were making jokes about "dumb Pollacks." In the States, if you remember the jokes that were made about Blacks, they were at one point literally replaced by jokes about Pollacks. Poles held the status of "lesser Whites" and were even persecuted by the Ku Klux Klan. This is nothing unusual, as for example the Irish were treated very similarly; Britain employed the same tactics to subjugate Ireland, spreading harmful stereotypes about its inhabitants.
Of course, this prejudice against Eastern Europe was later sustained for half a century of communism, when we were isolated from the world and struggling. From the perspective of the "West," we were presented in a negative light, primarily because the USSR was seen as an enemy, and the lack of contact made it impossible to dispel these prejudices. Russia/Soviet Union was also always diminishing the importance of the nations it had influence over, because they were supposed to be its sattelites and subjects, not worthy, respected countries. And when the Iron Curtain fell, another wave if emigration happened, which didn't exactly help our image- because the people who emigrate are often also the poor, uneducated ones, especially if they emigrate from the country which is in such terrible condition as Poland was after the communism.
The issue with Poland is also that it was under so many various occupations and oppression for such a long time, that it had no chance to have this so called "national marketing" like other countries. To this day, our history is not particularly well-known, even though some events had significant international importance, and our contributions and achievements are sometimes pushed aside or even appropriated by other countries. Simply because we did not have a voice at that time.
Edit: well, you not knowing that Chopin was Polish is a good example of this. He was writing "poloneses"- about his homeland. Yet the French wanted to keep him for themselves.
Maria Skłodowska-Curie? She would refuse to accept any award they wanted to give her if there wasn't her real name written on it (Skłodowska). Yet many people only know her as "Marie Curie, a french scientist". Even Wikipedia calls her "a polish-french scientist". What is french about her?? Marrying a french guy has somehow impacted her nationality (Curie was the name of her husband), or what?
Another example is Joseph Conrad, famous "british writer of Polish descent". Just like with Skłodowska-Curie- there's nothing british about him. Józef Konrad Korzeniowski arrived in England and became a writer when he was already an adult. Until his death he was being made fun of, because his accent was so strong.
Edit2: "Russia just keeps invading Piland"...basically. Since the moment something similar to Russia appeared (the Duchy of Muscovy at the end of 15th century) there's been fignting, wars and quarrel every few years. Literally the first move of Muscovy was attacking the republic of Novgorod- part of the non existing since a few centuries Kiyvan Rus (Russia considers itself its ancestor) that was at that time a vassal state of Poland-Lithuania.
Edit3: in the interwar period, Poland actually had a lot of modernisation going on in the army, since it was expected that Germany might do something stupid. Some of this technology was even later used by the Germans to modernise Wehrmacht. But all the modernisation and mobilisation was halted because the allies thought that it would provoke Hitler.
Because of that, when the attack happened, Poland had only a few hundred thousand mobilised and not finished defense lines (German army was over 5 times bigger). Almost a million was quickly mobilised, but then the Russians attacked with another 700 k soldiers, cutting off the retreat.
Edit4 (sorry for so many edits): the video talks about the extermination camps being for Jews and other minorities- but it isn't entirely true. Slavs and Poles in particular were persectuted too. In his book, Hitler planned to exterminate 80% of Polish population and the rest was supposed to be turned into slave labour. Auschwitz was originally build for Poles, and they were the primary inmates for a few years before the Jews startef being brought there. Germans would organise "catchings" in the cities, where people would just be pulled at random from the streets, some would be shot on place, others transported to the camps. Doctors or academics would be executed immediately to exterminate the intelligentsia.
I am kinda salty that this video kinda skipped over the Warsaw Uprising and the fact that Warsaw itself was nearly FULLY destroyed by the nazis.
There were like 3 second showing it.
well, see the relations: the war lasted for 68 months, the uprising 2 months
IPNtv and the movie "unconquered" is a great history clip
shame they didn't mention 'karteczki' or 'produkt niepełnowartościowy z etykietą zastępczą' xd, it all ended in 1989/90 but the russian army remained till 1993 :)
"A Polish soldier is being charged by a Russian and a German. Who does he shoot first, and why?
The German, because business before pleasure."
100% true. ;)
I am positively surprised when I see a person from Asia show so much interest in Poland, the history and the culture. Polands history is very interesting, and so is the culture. Not many people from outside of Poland show interest in Poland as it is not well self promoted country likeGermany, UK, USA, or China. In many countrys people dont even know that there is a country called Poland. So this is very interesting to learn how much people from outside know about my home country.
that's why, for example, in Legnica, the most important crossroads in the city center are named after Woodrow Wilson, it's Woodrow Wilson Square. I think that in other larger towns he is commemorated similar way.
I highly recommend the Museum of Solidarność in Gdańsk and the Museum of Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw. Two great interactive museums (audio guides must have). Oh, and the NBP Money Centre in Warsaw!
Napoleon didn't gave Polish Duchy of Warsaw. It was an effect of Polish antyprussian upraising in 1806. Most of Polish don't know it, becouse they didn't hear about in polish school (it is a bit complicated). Presently many young Polish doesn't understand why in XIX century we had so many upraisings if they all lost. Well not all of them, but that part of polish history disapeared from polish school in times of communism (Soviet Russians knew that they won't teach Polish that it is better to by Russian than Polish - they already tried that 50 years before - so they tried to teach Polish that being Polish isn't good at all).
After I World War there were 4 uprainsings: at Greatpoland and Silesia, so they became part of Poland so it wasn't so easy.
Just before the second war Stalin decided to kill all Polish that lived in USSR - in 1938 between 120 000 and 190 000 (probably about 160 000) of people were murdered in so caled "Polish Action".
II World War Poland was attack by third and (after over two weeks) second the strongest armiies of world. It was surrounded. On 17th september 1939 USSR - as an ally of Germany - attacked Poland from the east. So we really don't need ask why they lost. Except USA and Japan, every army of that time used a cavalery. The most numerous had Soviets.
After taking polish territories both totalitary states had started to anihilating Polish people, esspecialy inteligence. German arrested and murdered in Dachau prosessors of Jagiellonian University. They changed militay base near Oświęcim (in German it's Auswitz) into concetration camp. At first it was made to kill Polish after 1942 it was changed to death camp to kill also Jews people. Meanwhile Soviets in Katyń (and other places) murdered over 21 000 Polish officers.
What they called "resitance" in this film, we called "Undergroung country" with its own army, courts, hospitals, schools and inteligence. It was ruled by goverment on exile. They also had created "Żegota" - organisation to safe Jews people from the Holocaust (about 17% Polish people before the war were Jews).
There was an information that 50% of 6 mln Jews killed by Germans were Polish citizens - it was becouse 50% European Jews before the war were Polish. But not only Jews were killed. They killed 5,5 mln of Polish citizens (about 3 mln of that number were Jews).
Some of Polish army units escaped to west. Poland as country had never surrendered to Nazi-Germany (it as the only country that was conquered but it not surrendered in that time). So they fight with them where ever German soldiers were: at Norway (Narvik), at France (1940), at batlle of England, battle of Atlantic, North Africa (Tobruk), Italy (Monte Cassino - find something about polish bear "Wojtek"), Normandy, operation Market Garden, Holand and Belgium. After German attack on USSR, Stalin made his own Polish army (their leaders where soviets agents, trained by NKWD, but soldiers were Polish). And this army with Red Army made whole way to Berlin.
Just after the war soldiors of Polish underground country were arrested by new commusit goverment. So they had to figh, while they had no help or chance of win. For next few decades they were condemned to oblivion.
The main protests against communism in Poland were in 1956, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981.
In 1981 communists made the state of war in Poland to distroy an opposition.
In 1989 communists and opposition politics had gathered at Round Table and decided that: at 4 June 1989 there will be semi-free election. But after changes communist will keep their influences in media, courts and economy.
USSR didn't react at all. So in other countries in region same process were stared. Symbol of enging of that era was fall of Berlin Wall.
1999 we joined NATO - I remeber when before that moment many Russian politics and generals had talk about aiming to polish cities with nuclear weapon - some things just don't change.
5:12 ironically yesterday we were celebrating 104th anniversary of the Battle for Warsaw as Polish Army Day
5:11 it wasn't against the odds "we" if i can say that were haveing better tehnology and more man in army, also Poland had french tanks
5:20 this event is called "Miracle on the Vistula" or in Polish "Cud nad Wisłą"
Poland after XVII had a reinvigoration of serfdom, and reduced rights of everybody but the nobles. In XV century you could meet bishops and professor who came from villagers class. IT didnt happen later. There is a debate among polish historians how sever this serfdom was, some people comparing it to slavery/ in 1557,
" Luigi Lippomano, hailing from Venice - an apostolic nuncio, a worldly man, previously sent by the Roman curia to Portugal and Germany - wrote: "The Polish nobility has unlimited power over the peasants, who have been brought almost to a state of slavery. de Tende, a Frenchman employed at the court of Jan Kazimierz Waza, rendered numerous services to the king, remained loyal until the very end, but he spoke with no less criticism about the Polish political system. What shocked him most was the situation of the rural population. He stated emphatically: "The peasants are slaves." And he provided various arguments to prove this thesis. His opinion was undoubtedly shared by Mr. Payen - also a Frenchman, a high-ranking official at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. He visited the Commonwealth around 1660. Regarding the local populace, he wrote: "The peasants are miserable wretches. The lords tyrannize them more than is usually done with galley slaves." And a galley slave, since antiquity, had been synonymous with a person most degraded, enslaved, and forced to work beyond their strength.
A Silesian, a doctor and traveler from Wrocław, stated bluntly, without mincing words: "The Polish peasant is in the full sense of the word a subject, he is a slave." And he is "still," for this is a condition that has persisted for centuries.
Poles themselves had no doubts either. Ignacy Krasicki - a bishop, chairman of the Crown Tribunal, a prolific poet and prose writer - stated in 1778, through the mouth of the protagonist of his novel Pan Podstoli, that although serfdom sounds "seemingly" more "sweet," it "differs little from actual slavery." In fact, the opinions of the nobility about the status of peasants were exposed in the mid-17th century by an anonymous author of the work Robak sumienia złego (The Worm of a Bad Conscience). He accused the heraldic lords of believing that "they can do anything" and seeing their subjects as "such slaves as were in Rome." Other writers made closer comparisons - in terms of time and geography. Krzysztof Opaliński - voivode of Poznań," From : Pańszczyzna. Prawdziwa historia polskiego niewolnictwa Kamil Janicki . Serfdom a true story of polish slavery, Kamil Janicki.
Things started to change in XIX century where serfdom was officialy ended, but some argue it created a stereotype of drinking, and uneducated Pole. On another note it was mandatory during this period for serfs to buy alcohol from their master.
Of course this view is heavily debated and contested. So take it with a grain of salt. but its also worth knowing
All that thanks to catholic church and Jesuits. If Poles went down the reformation road and in 1555 when Sejm addressed king to establish Polish National Church and adopted protestantism kicking out catholics out of Poland it would all look quite different and far better for the meek and weak as protestants cared more for the people than catholics. Like abp. Stanislaw Hozjusz said in his writings - the avreage believer should be stupid and uneducated and catholic church should be full of gold, so when believer go into church he would be overwhelmed how great church is compared to him and he would fall on his knees instantly and follow the church without question (sic!)
the most renowned pianist contest in the world is Chopin contest in Poland
Polish current reluctance towards Germany and Russia is very complex and not equal since things are not always black and white. While Germans in their majority acknowledged their wrong doings, have sence of guilt and were open to reconciliation, in the same time Russians still think they are the liberators that have never committed any crimes against any country including Poland. Also for Poles Germany was a role model for economic success while there is nothing that Poles could have look up to in Russia. Some Poles still see Germany as a threat but not in a military way rather than as an economic and geopolitical rival especially within the EU structures. Russia on the other hand is a real foe and a dangerous neighbour that can attack Poland if not now then one day in the future. That's the difference. Poland and Germany can have different interests and be rivals on a economical and political fields, while Russia is a real military threat.
1:10 well we have even saying that maybe history doesn't repeat itself but it sure ryhme
Also take a note that in times when all countries starts to building their power, economy, global concerns (like coca-cola) poland was in Deep ass, serving USSR and trying to survive. I heard long time ago that Korea was in simillar situation - as country between China and Japan which lost a lot of during war (additionally, dividing country to communistic north and american-like south). And Korea was farmer country like poland. Diffrence is that after war (or +10 years something like that) they starting to changing their farmer country into tech country and inviting investors from other countries to start their business. And Poland meantime? Just under USSR influence. That's why Poland looks like it is "behind" other europeans countries. And also we - like Korea - invited investors from other countries to build in poland.. warehouses. That was post-soviet politics idea to build up poland. And stayed like this to present times
The battle in Warsaw with Russia in 1920 was very hard for Poland and we could easy loose it. But thanks to great leadership we won and we call this battle Miracle over Vistula (river in Warsaw). Some very faithful Catholics believe that Mother Mary helped Polish people and protected Warsaw.
Unfortunate She didn't do it in 1944 when Nazis COMPLETLEY destroyed Warsaw. You should really see photos of destroyed Warsaw, it's absolutely horrible... but thanks to amazing paintings of Canaletto we were able to rebuilt almost whole city as it was before war! Whole country was rebuilding Warsaw be sending workers and materials to the capital.
And yes... communism ended in Poland not so far ago. My mum was in Solidarity. She transported and distributed illegal leaflets around workplaces. If anyone would catch her with those leaflets she could go to prison or even be killed. She received three decorations for her anti-communist activities and was very proud of it!
Poland Modernising it's army like no one. They putting in the work. "This time the Speedbump has teeth!"-Habitual linecrosser
They learned from history...
you can read "Reduta Ordona" you will understand something but you must translate
About Cav vs Tanks - It was maner of tactical thinking/speach? Whaen 1 tank was = 4 cavalry. I imagine, that +- when talking deep in to specific conditions in sitiuations..
IPNtv: The Unconquered - U need to see this its more than amazing about Polish history in a short video.
Thats why, we LOVE russians.
The last official Polish units capitulated 5 weeks after the German attack.
Even hitler said that if his army had the determination of poles it would be perfect army.
6:44 thing is, back in 30's Soviets and Nazis cooperated a lot... thing changed after operation Barbarosa was launched...
11:26 not nessesary true... Poland was an agressor. Looking back at where Piast dynasty started... and compring it with land owed by Casmir the Great... well... most of these lands were conquered or vassalised....
During Jagiellon period, most of conquests came from defeating and subjugating Teutonic Order. Union between Poland and Lithuania (who by that time controlled more than half of all lands inhabited by Rus) was one example of expanding by diplomatic measures...
Once Jagiellons ended, so did the conquests... ofc, at least if we're talking about official wars and invasions... Polish nobles and mercenaries were mendling during Russian Time of Troubles, which resulted in conquering Muscovy, but that wasn't nessesary what King and Parliament wanted...
Most of wars during Elective Monarchy period were:
- private wars of Kings, which Parliament didn't want to get involved with Crown resources, but which eventualy brought hostile armies inside (to mention 2 forein dynasties: There was Swedish King Sigmund from Wasa dynasty, whom wanted to push his claim for Swedish Throne, as well as his successors, which resulted in many wars between Poland and Sweden, ultimately leading to Swedish Deluge- event that devastated Poland to unprecedent scale... from which it never recovered... especialy that next Dynasty: Wettins, who were electors in Holy Roman Empire, but involved Poland into war between Sweden and Russia)
As for Wars during XX century... there's weren't many...
for the 3 worst things that happened to Poland:
- WW2, because of lost lives and wealth and devastation, also ending war in communist block was definately a handicap...
- Swedish Deluge, because of lost wealth and devastation
- Partition of Poland- although this one, eliminated Poland from map, it wasn't so harsh for average citizen as events above: Germany Russia and Austria either allowed some autonomy (Austria, also Russia until uprising from 1830) or invested into infrastructure (Germany) in occupied lands, things got more spicy once Germany and Russia started to eradicate Polish language and names from public sphere...
The fun fact is that workers inGdańsk, Gdynia and Szczecin bid not suffer from harsh work konditions, on the contrary - they had it best in the country.
And, of course, Wałęsa didn't start Solidarity movement.
Wałęsa = undertaker of Solidarity movement
Interesting Fact about Poland the only time Poland declared war on someone was during second world war when pearl harbor was attacked by Japan poles declared war on them but Japanese declined
It's a pity that they didn't mention Volhynia in the film...
Communism in Poland ended 35 years ago, not 40-50. It is this recent.
cool
your a musician and classic one. So you probably already know about Martin Patrzałek, but if not then its time to check for example his moollight sonata ;)
14:48 Small detail but 'Milicja' (Militia) not "Policja". Yeah, exactly like here 15:35
The only time Poland was first to declare war on someone, was during WWII, when they declared war on Japan, Japan refused. So no war happened started by Poland.
There is no such thing as "refusal of declaration of war". So Poland was officially in a war state with Japan till 1957. Then someone found out about this fact and a peace treaty was signed. That ended 16 years of Polish-Japan war...
@@PiotrPilinko I get what you're saying, and yes, you're right, but so is OP for saying "japan refused", because that's what happened. The japanese did this because they didn't want to anger the germans by acknowleging the existance of a Polish government. Also, Japan and Poland were good friends before the war began, so that probably played a role in that, too. This, of course, doesn't change the fact that they were technically at war for 16 years, like you said, meaning Poland technically did start a war. There were probably other times I'm not aware of, though.
15:58 35 years ago xd
Search Wołyń and Katyń, they are another pieces of history considered important by Poles
I’m polish born then parents decided to mess things up and put us in New Fucking Jersey… i love your video’s it brings me home, big huggs
many polish people here. Me and my neighbors on both sides are along with many Polish banks, churches, delis, and trade businesses in the area. I am noticing that many are moving south and currently a lot of the refugees from Ukraine are coming in and filling in to those spaces I mentioned
me2, but i live in Germany
In this material there is no information about the Kingdom of Poland, which was established after the Congress of Vienna and did not exist until 1831. There is no information about acts of Ukrainian terrorism in the Second Polish Republic about the genocide with particular cruelty committed by Bandera's followers against Poles, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Jews, Russians and Armenians until Operation Vistula in 1947.
Been subscribed since the Kevin Samuel days. Good to see you prospering Wes.
There is no information about Józef Von Haller's Army, also known as the Blue Army.
Im probably not the first one to tell this but during cold war pole was in space on soviet rocket
Hermaszewski, he is on stamps :)
From 6 milions people Poland lost during 2ww, 3 milions were Jewish.
it was almost 20% of population from before war.
As you are a PURE MUSICIAN, check out ''Hip-Hop History Orchestrated by JIMEK'' - 10 mln views, a Polish Orchestra playing 30 most iconic American hip-hop songs in 10 minutes, I'm sure u would love it!
If that fancies you, for content there's a great mix of JIMEK with one of the greatest Polish rapers ''MIUOSH x JIMEK x NOSPR - Nie mamy skrzydeł''
Btw you have amazing editing in your videos!
All the best pal!
Dont compare Poland to china because that fabric of society you say china has is absolutely different like for example ignoring people lying on streets needing help (thats chinese thing) meanwhile in poland people would help almost as soon as they saw someone lying
Every time I come across the history of Poland on RUclips, I'm on edge...Are they gonna say the truth or just parts? And if you start to correct them, it's basically
"Yeah yeah, we know but..." But what? Is the full truth inconvenient? Just at this time or to a certain party...? It's almost always frustrating.
For example, lots of people don't want to hear that the US didn't move their backsides for years despite the warnings and pleadings from European countries from the beginning. Not to mention that Poland first informed Washington about Hol...,nothing for years, because they apparently didn't believe that such an evil could be truth...Well, it was.
And when they finally arrived, they are the heroes....
Then you hear the Ru..., bragging for decades till now that they defeated the Naz...!
What about the soldiers from different European countries that fought with Ame... and Ru... ? Not to forget that there were soldiers in the US army that weren't Ame... but joined the army because they wanted to fight the evil...
We don't hear about that much...No, it's always the bragging later from the people that weren't even there.
What about the battle of Britain and the 303 squadron that basically saved their as...? What about Monte Casino in Italy?
What about the London Victory Celebrations of 1946? Poland wasn't invited...!!!
Poland was basically gifted to Sta...! After all they suffered and how much they helped...nothing.
And some people are surprised that the Polish don't trust anyone?!
Another thing is, lots of documentary channels are focused more on the atrocities that the Naz... did, but somehow dismiss what the red army was doing while
"liberating" Poland from Naz....
I heard first account stories from my grandparents from both sides...And I will never forget the look in their eyes....
They knew what you're gonna encounter "meeting" Germ... soldiers...
But they were more scared of the Rus... ones.
And till now not many people talk about that, what the Ru... did.
They never paid for what they did.
So, if you ask me now, I'll trust more the Ger... than the Rus....
The Ger... payed for the crimes from an idea of one crazy person. Why is nobody focusing on another crazy one right now from Rus..., a country that has a history of doing the same horrible things for centuries?
Poland has ordered several satellites, and next year a Polish cosmonaut is going into space, so this future is slowly coming true 😁
Edit: haha today the largest Polish satellite flew into space😅
0:25 Seriously? That guy showed a map of Poland, and Warsaw is in a wrong location? Warsaw at that time was within Austria, not Prussia borders.
You really need to react to "Poland first to fight!"
Please react to IPNtv: The Unconquered
he'll in few days i read
2:32 Adam Mickiewicz, not Miskiewicz. This guy must be trolling. He can't seriously make that many mistakes.
It was reason to look at poles as second citizens. Before world war 1 Poland was extremely poor country, dirty, uneducated etc.
there was no Poland before ww1, or do you mean the tsarist "vistula land"?
This video no have information about the non-aggression pact with Germany of January 26, 1934 in Berlin by Józef Lipski and Konstantin von Neurath.
my thouGht, but after Pildsudski'S death in May 1935 it was only a matter of time that this pact may end, especially when Germany started to militarize fully after 1936 and reGained demilitarized Rhineland same year
I am polish (cześć)
After watching your vid I've suddenly desired to have neon on my rooms wall - with Polandball in spacesuit and "Per Aspera ad Astra" sentence just below it [if somebody would like to produce it please refer to original idea author since I am almost sure I've got eureka moment right now.
I bet my compatriots will add a lot to this really nice video (I'll refer like this to the original animated material from now on). I'll try to do the same by marking certain timestamps in the video and referring to [when possible] non polish youtubers materials with content that - IMHO - will add something new or not widely known outside of Poland... that may be of interest. Those vids I've mentioned will be listed as an answer to my original comment here and you can consider them as my recommendations for you to consider watching them and reacting if willing. All the best to all friends of Poland and... Slava Ukraini! Putler = Hawk Tuah (Tm) for ya (but in the face).
I suppose nobody will read it but hey... per aspera...
FIRST WORDS. World="Mama/Papa". Poles and Mel Gibson="Freedom".
Poles as freedom fighters:
1. WAKAND-A (-OWO) FOREVER! Poles fighting for Haitan Independence and being oficially clasiffied in the Haitan Constitution as "Black" (for citizenship and settlement rights). I consider this a legal loop to feel at ease using n-word in fraternal manner ;)
ruclips.net/video/I6_P8D2R-9I/видео.html [inspirational]
ruclips.net/video/l5eq0eguidM/видео.html&t [info heavy/animated]
2. ANTICOLONIAL BIKE CLUB - 1931 (Members: 1)
Story of Kazimerz Nowak, polish photojournalist that travel alone by bike (camel, foot etc.) from Trypolis [Libya] to Cape Agulhas and back to Algieria [5 years; 1931-1936]. Widely unknown abroad he was a man ahead of its time who after his travel wrote memoirs from his journey that was VERY ANTICOLONIAL and RICH in photographic material that focused on everyday lives of colonized not colonialists [he took almost 10 000 pictures].
ruclips.net/video/Qz8XNHmbzTA/видео.html
3. ENGINEER of AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Tadeusz Kościuszko story:
ruclips.net/video/9nqDgnKsf-8/видео.html
tbc tomorrow
as a polish man I`am praud to be born on polish graunds
*proud *grounds
We are free but for how long?
I don't agree that Polish people hate Germans and Russians. Sure there are some political tensions between Poland and Germany but these are things we probably can talk through.
And we don't hate Russians people, we hate Russian politics.
If you look at ages of being invaded, and then you see several countries being invaded in recent years, we are clearly not ok with Russian aggresion. And once it hit Ukraine - there is no hesitation to help. Why? Because there were countless generations fighting for the country to survive, and that romantisized patriotism is in our blood. Even I personally have not witnessed the loss of your country, the war itself, it's not hard for me to have empathy for victims of political regime and aggresion.
Slava Ukrainie!
It's NOT hatred for Russian, or German people- it's distrust towards their governments, two different things ;)
Right... until another Hitler/Putin shows up and suddenly issue is not just government. Germans 'didn't hate' Poles, but this did not stop them from exterminating Polish people. You think people from the government managed death camps? No, regular Germans did... Soldiers that got mobilized who in their everyday lives were teachers, electricians, drivers...
I don't think you have any idea what Germans think of Poles and how much hatred there is for Poland in Russia.
You don't mend hundreds of years of shit with wishful thinking.
Also, don't speak for entire nation. There is plenty of hatred towards Germans or Russians in Poland and rightfully so. Again, your wishful thinking is not reality.
There are those who are naive and those who learn from history. You are the former, ignoring existence of the latter.
Same Thing in this Context.
Jak można opowiedzieć współczesną historię Polski bez Jana Pawła II?
Poland was an agresor twice in 1000 history (although I may be wrong). In 1610 we took Moscow and that is why Russia has the Moscow liberation day. And in 1920s we took a small land from Czech.
After his comment on le szopen i'm shure he is from Manchuria
15:42 first eastern block country to overthrow communism.
End of Soviet era was 1981 after Solidarity Union protests, 1989/90 we treat as start of post war Democratic Nation
the election of 1989 was semi-democratic if so
A bit of an idealistic picture. In 1922, Poland annexed Vilnius, the centuries-old capital of Lithuania - Poland's centuries-old ally. Poland betrayed the Ukrainians who helped repel the Russian Bolsheviks. Anti-Semitism was growing in Poland and it was important during World War II. I'm from Warsaw, but I try to be honest with history.
Vilnius conflict wasn't strictly Poland vs Lithuania. It was more a Lithuanian Civil War with Poland lending hand. It's kind of a gray area. With Treaty of Riga Poland did fuck over Ukraine, but it wasn't really a betrayal.
Ohh, we've been the aggressors once upon a time. Simply, it was a few centuries before all that. Ever heard of husaria? :) Then we became corrupted, greedy and overly laid-back high-class dickheads that made their king weak, which has led to the poofing out of map from the beginning of that movie.
German opinion is not important. This Turkish colony is lost.
See this: "eastern europe is not real".
Not first
Poland was never "multicultural". It was multi ethnic. But culture was 100% Polish and catholic.
Regarding 1920 Polish-Soviet war - we also got some help from American volunteers, including "King Kong" producer.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bciuszko%27s_Squadron