American Reacts to the Animated History of Poland
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- To make up for my horrible gaff in my Guess the Country video, I'm doing a video on Poland's history. This one had the most views and looked really interesting, so I decided on it. Even though there's no narration to explain what I'm watching, I still got the general idea of what was going on, and plan to do more on Poland's history in the future. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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This is why you should watch Suibhne he does this animated history series on pretty much every country in the world (not literally but he is making the effort to get there and has plenty of 10-15 min videos well orchestrated which explain very well the continuous history from the very first records to the present)
An extended, narrated version would be great ... 10/10 for you following it and doing your best narration ... hope you do a follow up
Not sure if this helps but, Americans and non-Americans today have a hard time realizing that America doesn't exist for very large parts of history or is just in infancy. It does sort of matter, especially when studying Central Europe like Austria and Poland. Basically, around the late middle ages, Austria and Poland would be the equivalent of Western Europe today, with Western Europe being the USA today. Then after the USA becomes a major thing it all shifts westward. That is when you see the decline of Poland and Austria.
You said that Poles of 1600's were looking like knights ;) Indeed those people were knights, formally and really.
ruclips.net/video/ZEJak1DDm6/видео.html - here is an YT video explaining why it was like that.
And if you want to see how Poles see it, then watch the movie "Ogniem i Mieczem" ("With Fire and Sword"). Based on Polish epic on the same title. - here is an YT-upload movie ruclips.net/video/SEvN2VFwOhU/видео.html (I preffer longer version, released as a serie of 4 episodes, the serie is simply the extended version of the movie. Also I recommend HD).
And if you like the Napoleonic period, then there is also second big, modern epic movie about Polish history, under title "Pan Tadeusz" (Sir Tadeusz / Lord Tadeusz) also based on Polish epic poem on he same title. ruclips.net/video/qE44MVA79-A/видео.html I'm sure it is easy to find a version with English subtitles.
Note: this story is written by greatest Polish/Lithuanian/Belarussian poet Adam Mickiewicz, who was a Pole originating from Lithuania, what was name of Belarus back then.
Horse on emblem means: Lithuania/Belarus, Eagle means: Poland.
@@krakendragonslayer1909 I like "With Fire and Sword" but "The flood" I like even more.
This really wasn't the best video to start learning about Poland 😅
It's more of a highlights video of some of the most important moments in polish history. Most of which will go over your head if you're not well versed in the subject already
Animated history cartoons aren’t good for analytical learning. At least the art is better and less annoying than Schoolhouse Rock.
Polish propaganda
@@gyeppmester ok ukrainian
@@gyeppmester nazist moment
@@lorex3014 THIS DID NOT AGE WELL
1. In the year 1025 AD Poland was recognized as a state by the holy roman empire and the pope so that was the crowning of the first official king of Poland.
2.Those knights you saw that has a black cross with a white background as their banner were the Teutonic knights of the Teutonic order who were running a series of crusades called the Northern crusades (Fun fact: Napoleon Bonaparte was the one ordered its dissolution)
3.The war you saw in 1617 was the polish-muscovite war which was conflict fought between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
4.1683 was the year when the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jan Sobieski, saved Europe when he personally led the largest cavalry charges in history against the Ottoman army besieging the city of Vienna with the famous Winged Hussars.
5.Poland was never a part of the Holy Roman Empire, those countries that invaded the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was Prussia, Austria and Russia.
6.I believe but not sure that the man you saw in 1797 was Jan Henryk Dąbrowski because, he lead the Greater polish uprising in 1806 the main objective of it being to help the advancing French forces under Napoleon to liberate Poland which he did by establishing the Duchy of Warsaw.
7.That war you saw in 1919 was not WW1 and was the Polish-Soviet war(1919-1921).
I hope I answered a majority of the blanks you had.
Also the Battle of Britain and the attack on Monte Casino
Yes the Teutonic were Prussians
Bolesław becomes king in 1025.
ad.3 - how you know it was 1617 and not 1610-1612?
ad.7 - 1919-1922 was our part of WWI, it was still WWI, only on French-German border canons were silent since 1918.
PS ad.5 - if you carefully check history of XI and XII centuries it might legally be part of HRE for some decade or two.
@@krakendragonslayer1909
1. So I know that the war started in 1609 and ended in 1618
2.WWI was officially over by 1918 November 11 at 11.00 a.m. when Germany signed the armistice. That date is known today as armistice day. the Polish-soviet war was a separate conflict
3.If I consider everything I know, Poland was never a part of the Holly Roman Empire.
Trying to understand the solidarnosc movement through an un-narrated animation is like trying to understand brain surgery through interpretive dance.
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Solidarność to lewacy tu niczego nie trzeba rozumieć, precz z tymi lewakami !
966 - Baptism of Poland - Prince Mieszko is baptized, Poland joins the Catholic countries
1000 - Congress of Gniezno, Emperor of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III comes to Poland to pray at the tomb of the first Polish martyr - St. Wojciech, who died three years earlier]. The emperor also met there with prince Bolesław - the then ruler of Poland. The purpose of this meeting was to gain by the emperor the favor and support of the prince to create a Western universalist empire, which were to consist of provinces, each with a king under the authority of the emperor: Gaul, Italy, Germania, Slavic.
1018 - expansion to the east, conquest of Kiev. The main goal of the expedition was to settle Bolesław's son-in-law, Świętopełek I. on the Kiev throne.
1100-1200 - Mongol invasions on Europe, including Poland, where they were coming together
1226 - bringing the Teutonic Order to Poland (then divided into districts), to help them with the Prussian tribes
1200 - 1300 - fighting with Prussia
1333 - coronation of Kazimierz the Great, the last king of the Piast dynasty. Known for finding Poland made of wood and left of brick.
1364 - establishment of the University of Krakow, consecration of the Wawel Cathedral
1300 - 1400 - Poland undergoing recovery after the division into districts strengthens
1377 - the beginning of cooperation between Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lietuva
1410 - Battle of Grumwald - considered one of the greatest battles of medieval Europe. Victory of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. War with the Teutonic Order, which decided to expand too much.
1400 - 1500 - religious freedom in Poland, Jews from all over Europe came to Poland after they were expelled from other countries.
1543 - Copernicus' works on the heliocentric theory, Polish nobility who studied in Krakow goes to "erasmus" at European universities. The area we see is the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Union
1500 - 1600 - The golden age of Poland, Poland as a granary of Europe.
1600 - 1700 era of border wars with Sweden, Russia, Tatars, Ottoman Empire etc. and Cossack uprisings
1619 - the end of the Polish-Russian war, which was caused, among others, by the Dymitriady, i.e. the attempt to settle the Polish on the tsarist throne. Poland occupies Moscow for two years (1610-1612)
1683 - Viennese relief. King Jan III Sobieski goes to aid Austria in the war against the Ottoman Empire. It stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe.
1700 - 1800 - golden freedom of nobility. After 100 years of continuous wars, a Polish woman is strongly weakened, and the nobility does not help and does everything to make her feel good.
1772 - the first partition of Poland. Prussia, Russia and Austia take 1/3 of Polish territory.
1791 - the May Constitution, the first one in Europe and the second in the world. It will last 2 years. The Kosciuszko Uprising announced (1794).
1795 - the uprising is lost, the 3rd partition of Poland.
1797 - establishment of the Polish legions in Italy, Napoleon's troops
1806 - Napoleon's troops enter the Polish territories under occupation, the Duchy of Warsaw is established, which will last until Napoleon's defeat in the Russian campaign (1815).
1830 - November Uprising - Poles under the Russian occupation were able to form an army of 100,000. The uprising will collapse a year later.
1863 - January Uprising - the largest Polish uprising, which was based on guerrilla warfare. It will collapse a year later.
1800 - 1900 - Polish emigration in Western Europe, Chopin, Mickiewicz
1918 - the end of World War I, Poland regained independence
1919 -1920 - Polish Bolshevik War. The Battle of Warsaw which stopped the advance of the Red Army to the west. One of the 20 most important battles in history
1900-2000 Poland, glued together from three different partitions, is rebuilt
1922 - construction of the port in Gdynia, a small fishing village will be turned into a large city
1900 - 2000 life in the 2nd Polish Republic
1939 - World War II, Victory Parade of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army in Brest
1940 - Poles who participated in the Battle of England
1944 - conquest of Monte Cassino, Warsaw Uprising
1945 - The Soviet Union brings its people to rule Poland
1900 - 2000 - reconstruction of Warsaw, which was destroyed in 90% after the war
1978 - John Paul II's pilgrimage to Poland
1981 - Solidarity is banned, martial law is introduced
1989, round table talks between communists and the opposition, end of communism in Poland
2000-2100, modern times, joining the European Union in 2004.
1940 Battle of Britain, (mustn't upset the Taffies, Jocks and Micks; the Sassenachs aren't thin-skinned)....
and of course
2010-2020, invasion of England by Polish plumbers, electricians, carpenters and lorry drivers....
2020 - Covid-19 in Europe.
1939 - There's no victory parade. It's an allegory of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
@@milczar_ German-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk
That was an interesting animation, I just wish there had been narration with it. You could try History summarised. Poland by Overly Sarcastic Productions. Polska is the Polish name for Poland. It has a fascinating history. I really enjoy these videos. Poland after ww2 was dominated by Soviet Union until its collapse. Some of the most infamous Nazi concentration camps were in occupied Poland including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka
Not forgetting Sobibor.
@@markkettlewell7441 And Majdanek, Stuthoff, etc
@@omarbradley6807 😢
@@omarbradley6807 You are correct. I was being unnecessarily pedantic. I ask for your forgiveness.
@@markkettlewell7441 What? i have no idea of your coments, in any case thankyou, and no problem. Good luck
When you're talking about clothing and style that looks outdated, you have to remember that fashion was very important back then and when western europeans followed french fashion, wigs and stuff, in polish lithuanian commonwealth fashion was very different and it had influences from ottoman empire, persia and more eastern style of clothing.
Also, I"m not sure the French were wearing wigs yet, at the time of the Battle of Vienna. But they would have not long after for sure. The 1600s would be more of the big brimmed hats, and the big Frizzly thing around your neck that looks like the thing dogs wear when they have a cherry-eye.. (no idea what it is called).. but no wigs yet lol.
@@MarkVrem It is said to have been started by Louis the 13th who lived 1601-1643, but it did not fully take off until a little later. And then we also have to remember that it was only the ones who could afford it that would ever wear it, so less than 10% of the total population.
@@YekouriGaming Yah true.. I had to look it up.. Apparently, they were made out of Horse, Goat, and Human hair. Apparently they smelled really terrible since they were rarely properly washed lol. Lice and Parasites loved them.
@@MarkVrem The idea of using them came because of lice and parasites, and the genes of the monarchs started to have a huge receding hairline.
The nobles would shave off their real hair and then use the disgusting powdered wig in public.
This is beautifully animated, but of little use to you in terms of trying to really understand Polish history.
Yes, it is mostly for Polish users, for another Grunwald means nothing, altough it was a very importajnt (a and very in Polish style wasted in after-match negotiations) battle. Two swords given by Teutonic emiisaries to Polish king (to angry him to start the battle, when element of strategy was holding enemy in open field, in summer sun while most Polish-Lithuanian forces were in in shady forests) were taken and treated as a treasure and later molten as crapheap by Germans to show their victory.
Very cool animations but the British will always remember them as allies that fought beside us against the Luftwaffe in the skies over Britain.💗 Poland.
Came here to say this. I was just as bewildered as Sogal but the only bit ( except for solidarnosk and lech ) that I got was the Polish spitfire pilots fighting over British skies in world war 2 for which we are eternally grateful. Nice animation though especially all the principal actors taking a bow at the end.
History of Poland is basically sad it’s the abused child of Europe but they’ve never given up and always fought for their freedom and they were a real power when it was the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth.
I think around that time it was once considered the biggest kingdom in Europe.
Yes it was frickin' huge. We even occupate Kremlin (Russia was like two time smaller and had kind of a civil war so that wasn't so difficult but still). And what a fun with Sweden that was... ;)
@@BASSOSOVIETICO1987 Yes it was definitely fun I’m sure we Swedes enjoyed just marching straight into Russia and occupying some easy to grab land tho tbf Russia wasn’t in the position to defend itself at the time.
Not mine but I will leave it for you so you can understand a little bit more
This reaction should really have been called 'Guessing the history of Poland from an animation video' lol 😁
I was just as lost without any narration
I think you need some explainations:
800-900s That's when first reliable historical records about Poland started to pop-up (keyword "RELIABLE" of course people lived there from early Paleolith but 800s is when the erliest history is documented)
966 - Christening of Poland by the prince Mieszko I
1000 (the other sources say it's 999) Mieszko's son Boleslaw the Brave becomes the first king of Poland
1018 (and entire XI century) Poland plays a big role in politics of the Kievan Rus. Fighting over froniers, dabbing in the succession... That kind of staff. I think 1018 is the year when polish army took Kiev to help Sviatopolk the Accursed to become a grand duke in his struggle against Yaroslav the Wise.
1100-1200-1300s poland also suffer from nomadic invasions from the steppe Cumans, Pechenegs and most notably Monglos(the scene at 3:36 alludes to the "shield of Europe" - unofficial nickname given to Poland at this era as it (and also Hungary) was kind of bulwark on a way of nomadic incursions into central and western Europe)
1226 - the arrival of german Teutonic Knights to the Baltic region (ironically they were invited by the polish duke of Mazovia to help defend against baltic pagan tribes but the Order was not against landgrabs in Polans if opprtunity presented). And the struggle against the order continued throughout the most of XII-XV ceturies.
1333 the start of the "polish golden age". When the kingdom started its economic upturn and started to "gain weight" in regional politics and expanding (by means of diplomacy, marriages or military action) its borders.
1364 is a date of establishing first polish university
1377 The marriage of polish queen Jadviga and grand duke of Lithuania Jogaila (he's not evil he's just badass :) and personal union between these two countries.
1410 The battle Grunwald ddestruction of Teutonic armies and almost complete subjugation of the Order.
1500-1600 the age of tolerance (that's why they showing a synagogue a catholic cathedral and an orthodox church back to back (Poland was the first European kingdom to manifest by law religious freedoms for its subjects, although things turned sour later on)
1543 developing and proving heliocentric model of the Solar System by Nikolai Kopernic. On 5:52 they show academic connections Krakow university developed with other European universities of the time (Cambridge, Coimbra, Bologna etc)
1619 the Russo - Polish wars (they actually started earlier, after polish intervention during the Time of Troubles in Russia in 1609)
1683 - AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED (at the walls of Vienna)
1600-1700 were kind of "the gilded age" in Poland. Wealthy nobility still sits at the position of power but did little except undermine King's authority and large income disparity sterted to develop in the country. When at one hand you have "magnats" so wealthy the will be more powerfull than the king and in the other hand more and more impoverished peasantry (yes, it didn't end well)
1772 - the first partition of the Commonwealth between Austria, Prussia and Russia (lol, they drawn Catherine the Great in a kokoshink :)) that sparked
1779 Kosciusko uprising and total partition of the country in 1795
1800s A lot of poles were deported to Siberia during
1797, 1806, 1830, 1863 - major polish uprisings (mostly against Russian Empire)
Also there was a cultural resurgence during XIX century with Frederick Chopin (composer) and Henryk Sienkiewicz (writer) in a leading roles.
1918 reestablishing of Poland after WW1
1919 start of the Soviet-Polish war
1920 "The miracle on Vistula" when soviet advance was pinched at the gated of Warsaw (putting an and to the war and soviet ambitions of westward expansion)
then they shoeing an interbellum resurgence (I think the painter is Kazimir Malevich who worked mostly in Russia but was born in Poland before its independence)
I think you recognised the WW2 stuff. They also depicted the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Monte Cassino where polish contingents also played an major role, and of course the 1944 Warsaw uprising. And (Yes, Sabaton have a song about each of them :) )
1978 - the beginning of the "Solidarnost" anticommunist movement.
1981 - the movement becomes so widespread that Poland was put under military government.
1989 - dissolution of military government and establishing non socialist Polish Republic
This was a really good write up. Explained a lot in that video... The fire burning actually being "A SHIELD" and the jacked guy being the Lithuanian King marrying Polish queen.. completely missed that. ALSO THE BEST EXPLANATION ON HERE, ABOUT THOSE ARROWS LOL. Others stuff too.. good stuff.
Bolesław becomes king in 1025. In 1000 there is a congress in Gniezno. The Kościuszko Uprising is 1794. 1797 and 1806 are not uprisings, but the Polish Legions in Napoleon's army. Not Henryk Sienkiewicz, but Adam Mickiewicz. The beginning of Solidarity is 1980, that is the Pope's pilgrimage.
I recommend History Summarized: Poland by
Overly Sarcastic Productions. It is only 12 minutes long but in my opinion very good at explaining polish history.
As always very enjoyable reaction.
Best wishes from Poland.
Seconded!
Nope
It was not the best choice. I highly recommand You RUclips "Animated history of Poland" / "Animowana historia Polski" by Suibhne in three parts - 30 min in total. Very well done, simple with narration in English. You will understand everything :)
"You've been invaded quite a bit haven't you?"
~ American history teacher realizes the blessings of being isolated from other European nations by an ocean and a coastal size moat.
I mean, USA was the invader 😅
@@Bauvolk My point still stands. USA is a continental sea fortress.
@@bravomike4734 true, the only other major country with this advantage was Japan
@@Bauvolk I think Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand are also good candinates.
1683 saw the most legendary cavalry charge in history. The winged hussars, who indeed were in full knight armour, charged the Ottomans that had besieged Vienna. It is the largest and last mass cavalry charge
The most epic cavalry charge in history definitely.
And the subject of a sabaton song; the winged Hussars
World famous in Poland?
It wasn‘t only the Winged Hussars, the cavalry charge involved around 18.000 soldiers, circa 3.000 of them Winged Hussars the rest was other cavalry (Polish/German/Austrian/…).
And of course there were plenty of large mass cavalry charges even centuries after it.
@@Meine.Postma lol, if you're interested in History, you *have* heard of that cavalry charge. Largest in history
8:29
Man, that just reminded me that Holy Roman Empire video(s) is basically the Half-Life 3 of this channel lol. Constantly teased, and given various dates, but never actually comes out.
1364: In Krakow a University was established, and it became one of the more famous ones in Europe (Nikolaus Kopernikus was one student there). In the 15th and 16th century, because of the reformation and counter-reformation, many students left Poland and went to other european Citys, I think thats the picture of 5:55 wants to show.
1683: A polish army under the command of their king Jan (engl. John) III. Sobieski together with troops from the Holy Roman Empire (mainly from German states) saved Austrias capital Vienna, which was besieged by the Ottoman Empire for the second time after 1523. Vienna could have only survived a few more hours, so it was saved in the last minute.
There are some interesting videos about the second ottoman siege of vienna. (like the one by SandRhoman History "Staggering Siege of vienna 1683).
Ahhh OK, I was wondering what that was, was thinking more like "sharing of ideas".. But didn't connect the dots due to religious turmoil.. Also, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, are all near each other, so lots of cultural and artistic sharing.
This is the worst video you could have reacted to, so as I predicted, you reacted to it. Better one would be Eastory's video on the Deluge or one of the Battle of Warsaw/Polish-Soviet War videos.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!
Also, there is 3 part animated series narrated by Sean Bean that would explain a lot. They are called "Unconquered", "Trying Times: Unconquered" and "Game for Independence" made by IPNtv. Highly recommended, would love to see you react to these.
8:34 I’m bummed that you forgot the partitions of Poland it was definitely mentioned in the Napoleon series from epic history tv.
I’ll give a short recap of it.
The partitions of Poland was when Poland was slowly piece by piece taken of the map and Austria, Prussia and Russia divided it between themselves.
It would remain divided until Poland became its own country again after ww1.
The bit where it showed movement from Krakow to the major cities of Europe was preceded by a image of Copernicus who postulated that the Earth went round the Sun rather than the other way round. I think the point was the scientific ideas from Poland were spreading around Europe rather than the people
And people from Poland went to the Universities
966 No Catholicism as a church yet, the Great Schism of 1054 hadn't split the western church into the Catholic Church and the East into the Orthodox Church, just Christian at that point. Also yeah in 1683 the largest cavalry charge in history took place when the Winged Hussars charged into the Ottoman camps and won the Siege of Vienna stoping the spread of Islam into Western Europe
I really enjoy your channel!!! Greetings from Poland!
Something I learned from playing Total War: Medieval II: Poland's heraldry of a white eagle originated when legendary founder Lech saw a white eagle's nest. When he looked at the bird, a ray of sunshine from the red setting sun fell on its wings, so they appeared tipped with gold, the rest of the eagle was pure white. He was delighted and decided to settle there and placed the eagle on his emblem. He also named the place Gniezdno, from the Polish word gniazdo ("nest"). These arms date back to 1295, and although Poland has popped in and out of existence a few times since then, these remaintheir arms to this day.
Hello, I'm from Poland. I used to watch your reactions on films about the UK and other thing, so I'm glad that you chose a film about Poland's history. I too think that this film is almost impossible to understand for a non-Polish - it's only appropriate for a Pole to examine them about main facts that they should know from school.
I don't have much time to write about it here now but I want to mention one most important thing. Poland lies between two perennial hostile powers: Russia on the East and Germany on the West. So for many years these two states were invading and occupying my country. There were also a third state which used to occupy my country: Austria. But before the WWII broke out, Austria was incorporated into Nazi Germany and as the Third Reich, Germany annexed Czechoslovakia and invaded Poland in September 1939 thus starting the World War II. Poland regained independence only partially after the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany because it was left by allies in the Soviet-dependent zone than called socialist or communist countries or simply "communist bloc".
I'll try to find in the Internet more about it in English for you.
On the end I want to mention that we all have again a very big problem with Russia which now is attacking a sovereign state, Ukraine. It's an unprovoked awful war that should be entirely condemned by international community. Now Russia is not only occupying part of Ukraine but has done atrocious crimes against Ukrainian People. So, alas, Russia is an uncivilized nation. All it is because Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is a mad tyrant who wants to reconstruct Russian tsarist Empire. Unfortunately about 60-80 % of Russian citizens back that mad project.
Let the International Community (UNO, EU etc.) to isolate Russia and help Ukraine to defend itself.
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966 - Poland became christian
1000 - Congress of Gniezno. The German Emperor Otto III came to Poland
1018 - War expedition to Kiev
1200-1300 - Mongol invasions of Poland
1226 - Bringing Knights of Teutonic Order to Poland to help fight agains Prussia
1333- Coronation of King Casimir the Great (he found Poland wooden and left bricked)
1364 - European kings meeting in Cracow, founding the Akademia Krakowska (now Jagiellonian University), one of the first universities in the world.
1377 - Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila Algirdaitis) became the ruler of Lithuania
1410 - The battle of Grunwald against Teutonic Order, one of the biggest battles in medieval Europe
1543 - Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) issued a revolutionary scientific work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), development of Jagiellonian University, strong cooperation with western universities
1609-1619 - Wars with Russia
1683 - Battle of Vienna - polish king Jan III Sobieski saves the Europe from islamisation, defending much bigger army of Ottoman Empire
1772-1795 - Partitions of Poland by Prussia, Russia, Austria
1791 - Adopting the Constitution of May 3, the second constitution in the world, after American one.
1797,1806 - Napoleon wars
1830 - November Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1863 - January Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1800-1900 - Fryderyk Chopin-one of the greatest romantic composers, Adam Mickiewicz-one of the greatest Polish writers
1918 - Poland regain independence (after 123 YEARS of occupation)
1920- Battle of Warsaw. also called "Miracle at Vistula" Poland beated Russia, saving Europe from communist revolution, one of most important battle in the HUMANKIND!!!
1922- Creation of a shipyard in Gdynia
1939- WW II started, Russia and Germany attacked from two sides and divided Poland in half
1940- Battle of Britain, Polish pilots saved England
1944- Batlle of Monte Cassino, The conquest of the Monte Cassino monastery by Polish soldiers. A very important battle in the history of WWII.
1944- Warsaw Uprising
1945- Poland felt under the occupation of the USSR.
1978- Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope and took the name of John Paul II
1981- martial law was introduced in Poland
1989- The 1989 Roundtable Talks, Negotiations conducted by representatives of communist authorities, the democratic opposition and church partiest. First partially free elections brought the long-awaited FREEDOM.
It’s an hour long, but Fire of Learning’s Full History of Prussia - Documentary not only gives you what it says but also explains a lot of what happened to Poland up to the end of the 19th Century. (Lots of maps)
Hardly any nation has had to fight as many times as Poles, and so on, we exist and build a strong state.
13 September 1683 - Then the winged hussars arrived
After the middle ages, Poland usually found itself between much more powerful belligerent empires to the east and west. That's why they've been invaded, torn apart and treated like pawns so many times over the last few centuries. I had a Polish classmate in college and remember having some very enlightening (and rather sad) discussions about the history of his people.
1:20 ''Eastern part of Russia''? Poland is to the WEST of Russia, not the East 😅
It's the Eastern part of EUROPE 😁
Shes american
You may be interested in the story of Wojtek the Soldier Bear. He has a statue in Edinburgh.
For an American, you have a pretty good knowledge of Polish history. congratulations and greetings from Wrocław. Poland
Although lacking narration, that was a nicely-made video. Poland's had such a turbulent past, occupied and/or ruled over by so many other countries, that historian Norman Davies titled his magnificent 2-volume history of Poland "God's Playground".
Something for you to consider when thinking about videos to react to in the future: A few Sabaton songs are related to Poland in one way or another. "40 to 1" is inspired by one battle that occurred during the German Invasion of Poland in 1939. "Inmate 4859" is about a Polish resistance fighter, soldier, and spy who infiltrated Auschwitz (during World War II) and wrote the intelligence report that was given to the allies about what was going on there. "Uprising" is about the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. "Winged Hussars" is about the 1683 Battle of Vienna, where the city was besieged by the Ottoman Empire and a relief force (including the titular Winged Hussars: world-famous Polish cavalry) broke the siege in a battle that featured the largest cavalry charge in history which was led by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealths' elite cavalry. "Killing Ground" is about a battle where the Swedish Empire fought Saxony and the Tsardom of Russia in Poland (near the modern-day town of wschowa) during the Great Northern War. "Attack of the Dead Men" is about a battle between Germany and Russia that occurred during World War I at a fortress in Poland. Aside from that last one, the related Sabaton History video for each of these should tell you at least a little about Poland - though "40 to 1" and "Uprising" are probably the best in that regard.
"so this area highlighted in red" (borders showing the maxium extent of the polish lithuanian commonweath) is like modern Poland, right?
You just made a lot of Polish people *very* happy with that remark :P
Realy you need to read up on Polish History to find out about what has happened...but very nice of you to react on this thx..
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Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
When I saw the title I had assumed it was Suibhne's "The Animated History of Poland Part 1 & 2."
I remember watching this one and liking its artistic direction, HOWEVER, with the complete lack of narration, and no descriptors of what is shown,
I really, really do recommend Suibhne's Poland videos.
(Honestly, I recommend all his videos. They're pretty great)
There is also a part 3
You got quite a bit to be honest, even without a narrator.
5:12 , thats actually the Battle of Grunwald , battle between Poland-Lithuania (united under a union, you can see borders merging at 5:04) and the Teutonic Order - German knight state that was a medieval rival to Poland - it is the biggest medieval battle and Polans-Lithuania would emerge victorious.
6:43 , start of invasions from Russia that would keep taking parts of Poland
6:53 , Battle of Vienna, Vienna was under siege from the Ottoman Empire, the Polish arrived with their famous WInged Hussar cavalry and charged into the Ottoman army breaking it, it is the biggest cavalry charge in history and marked the start of Ottoman decline in Europe.
8:21 , Patritions of Poland, Prussia , Austria and Russia used the political instability in Poland to start splitting it between themselves, until there was no Poland.
9:00 , intellectual opression of Poles, basically making sure Polish nationalism doesnt emerge, followed by several Polish revolts.
10:05 , after WW1 Poland reemerges from fallen empires as a sovereign nation once again,
10:11 , Poland is invaded right after becoming sovereign by very young Soviet Russia, this invasion however fails as Russians are defeated at battle of Warsaw
11:58 , yes Poland is "free" again, however it is a communist puppet state under Stalins USSR, and under communism it rebuilds
12:18 , there is a Polish Pope and since Poles are very catholic, they look up to him and he supports them , despite communist regime being anti religion
after riots and protests, communist regime falls, democratic poland is estabilished and it joins the EU
8:25 Those are 2 empires and one kingdom:
- Holy Roman Empire (also called: "Austria"),
- Russian Empire (in Poland known as: "Grand Duchy of Moscow"),
- Kingdom of Prussia. Prussian part of Prussia wasn't part of HRE because around year 1340 Poland and HRE signed a deal of spheres of influence and Prussia is in Polish sphere.
8:45 Third Partition of Poland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Partition_of_Poland
10:22 Battle of Warsaw "Miracle on the Vistula" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)
11:21 Deployment Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact
As you said, it's a nice video, if you already know the history of Poland. Here's a very brief summary:
Poland was created in 10th century by unification of Polish tribes. Internationally acknowledged since 966 (the year of baptism).
Since 1386 in personal union with Lithuania. In 1569 Poland and Lithuania merged into one country - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Since 2nd half of 17th century, in general, in decline due to internal and external problems. By the end of 18th century defeated and completely dismantled by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
Restored after World War I as Poland (separate from Lithuania). After World War II part of the Eastern Bloc (one of the satelite states of the Soviet Union).
Since 1989 independent again and more or less democratic. Since 2004 member of the European Union.
In 10:18 mustache man is Joseph Piłsudski, a great leader of Poland - jubillee of his return from prison is 11th November, Polish Day of Independence. He was very authoritarian but during his rule Soviet attack on west was stopped in Poland, during Warsaw Battle (1918). He also in 1930's (1936?) proposed preventing attack on Germany to stop their growth in power.
Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki I do szabli, i do szklanki
Blessed be, lengyel brothers ;) Your magyar brother :)
This is a video for people already knowing about the history. And they left out a few important things. Well, going so fast through a rich history, that's no wonder. The 'knights' are the famous Polish Winged Hussars. In 1683 Vienna was under siege by the Ottoman Empire. It was such a danger, that the Pope and even Venice ("Holy League") gave money to the Emperor. The imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire was to weak, because Louis XIV. of France bribed german and foreign countries not to help. Only the Polish King Jan Sobiesky came to help, after a french spy, bribing Polish nobles was captured in Brandenburg and he had an argument to convince the Polish 'Parliament'. He and the 2000 or 3000 Winged Hussars led the greatest cavalry charge of all time with 14000 Polish and German horsemen, which freed the city within the last moment: The Janissaries wanted to storm the city that day. There is much more to it, e.g. a story of spies, rebuilding the walls, when the siege already had begun, messangers through the enemy lines and warfare in the underground. Sabaton has a song on that one, too. And there is a movie. But, well, let's say, it's not the best one produced in Poland. I hope, one day Hollywood or a combination of european producers will do a better one. Tolkien had that battle in mind, when he described the battle on the Pelennor and the attack of the Rohirrim. The Winged Hussars were an elite unit of polish noblemen, in there days as famous as the Legions of Rome or the US Marines.
Of course the Austrians received help from other „German/Austrian“ states.
Austria signed a defensive treaty with Bavaria in January 1683. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel joined the relief army with circa 10.500 soldiers from the Bavarian Circle (circa 8.400 of his Bavarian troops, but also troops from other states of the Bavarian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire like Salzburg or Pfalz-Neuburg that he commanded).
John George III. the Elector of Saxony (part of the Holy Roman Empire) also helped the Austrians, he joined the relief army with maybe 9.000 to 10.500 Saxon troops.
Further troops came from the Franconian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire and some other parts of the Holy Roman Empire, those numbered around 9.500.
Thus the Austrians received about 29.000 to 30.000 soldiers from the Holy Roman Empire as reinforcements to their own 21.000 strong Imperial Army that they had available for the battle (not counting their garrison of Vienna).
The Polish king Sobieski joined the relief army with about 24.000 soldiers.
I did not write, that they received no help. Furthermore the 29000 to 30000 troops belonged to the imperial army. The territories of the empire had the duty to help. Poland not. It was the only country which send help.
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No they had no real obligation to help.
The Elector of Brandenburg just for example had a powerful army, but he didn’t send help to Vienna in 1683, as he was more of an ally of France at the time.
He would help later during the war with his troops against the Ottomans and against France.
The German princes like the Electors followed their own policy and obviously even often were at war with the Emperor (Austria) 😂
Bavaria and Austria signed a treaty in January 1683 which was a defensive treaty against France and the Ottomans.
Later further treaties were signed between Bavaria and Austria to specify the financial aspects, the number of soldiers Bavaria was going to send, who would command the Bavarian troops etc.
Maximilian II. Emanuel for example became the Bavarian Elector in 1679, he helped at Vienna with his army in 1683, continued to support the war against the Ottomans after it.
For example he commanded the wing of the HRE army that defeated the Ottomans during the Second Battle of Mohács in 1686 (which ultimately secured the Hungarian Crown for the Habsburgs), he then commanded the army of the Holy Roman Empire in 1688 when it captured Belgrade.
In 1688 he returned to the HRE with his troops to fight against France which had started the Nine Years War (1688-1697).
Later his son would’ve been the heir to the Spanish Empire, but his son died at the age of 6. In the War of the Spanish Succession he sided with France, but the allied French and Bavarian troops were defeated in the Battle of Blenheim by the allied troops (Austrians, German states, English, Scots,…) commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy. As a result Bavaria was occupied by the Austrians etc. until the end of the war in 1714.
As you can see he helped to save Vienna, he fought against Louis XIV. (France) and only a couple of years later he was allied with Louis XIV. and fought against the Emperor.
The German princes followed their own foreign policy and were pretty independent.
Also before the Great Turkish War there was for example the League of Rhine which was directed against the power of the emperor and was a defensive treaty between a bunch of German states and France.
Whilst it was directed against the Austrians, it nonetheless sent troops to support the Austrians against the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War of 1663-1664.
The multi-national army (Germans, Austrians, French, Italians, Croats,…) under the command of Montecucolli defeated an Ottoman Army on the way to Vienna at the Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1664.
There's actually a fascinating story behind the 1683 cavalry charge. You're correct in noting that it seems outdated, as it's considered one of the last successful mass cavalry charges ever. The renowned winged hussars came to set Vienna free from Ottoman siege. As they investigated the Ottoman camp after the victory, they noticed explosives under the city wall ready to go. Vienna was basically the capital of central Europe, and history might have turned out a lot different if the Ottomans had managed to take the city
There were plenty of successful mass cavalry charges in the centuries after the Battle of Vienna.
The last cavalry charges were basically as late at WW2, for example 700 Italian cavalry soldiers charged 2.500 Soviet infantry in 1942 and actually won…
yeah, when I say ´mass charge´ I mean having 10.000 horsemen with no other real strategy than just overrunning the enemy.
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At the Battle of Eylau in 1807 you had around 11.000 French cavalry soldiers charging into the Russians.
Cavalry charge remained a normal tactic for centuries after the Battle of Vienna.
@@HingerlAlois If I recall correctly, that was a terrible battle for both sides. Cavalry remained being used, but it wasn't as overpowered as it used to be
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Cavalry was already no more overpowered in 1683 (and earlier during the Thirty Years War) if it faced disciplined infantry that combined pikemen with musketeers.
Around that time a lot of armies also evolved from mercenary armies to more professional standing armies that were also maintained during peacetime.
The Holy Roman Empire passed a military reform in 1681 and as a result for example Bavaria and Saxony founded their standing armies in 1682.
11:34 Correct me if I'm wrong but this is referencing there being an exiled polish fighter squadron that participated in the Battle of Britain right?
Although it wasn't properly narrated I still think it's a nice "introduction" to the history of Poland (Polska in polish language). The video was made for 2010 Expo in Shanghai by a an Academy Award nominated polish animator. And just to list just a few things that could interest you. That's true that many nations attacked us in "recent" times but due to our constant "anarchistic" ways of life that both get us to the bad point in history it also get us very high. And thanks to the bloody World War I we were free again. (That guy in 1919 from russian part was after WWI cause just after that war we have kinda attacked all our five neighbours and had short wars with them). Also, to the 1795 we have attacked dozens it nations because in XVII century our kings had very passionate dreams to build Polish Empire. Look closely at that part were you are saying "oh this line resembles today Poland" and compared with modern map of Europe. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a frickin' collosus - biggest country in Europe. :)
I would recommend "The Animated History of Poland" Parts 1, 2 and 3 by the channel Suibhne pronounced "swee knee"
On the idea that late 1600s Winged Hussars seeming medieval and not more like I guess funny trumpet looking musket armed guys with wide-brimmed hats and a feather. The Hussars were armed with pistols in addition to being a medium/heavy Cavalry unit. Poland at the time was very much up to date on the latest land-based military technology, having a rivalry with the Swedish, small but high quality army. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was massive in size for the time period. So there was a focus on Cavalry-based units to have the ability to get around. Similar to U.S. Cavalry in the West some 200 years later.
HISTORY OF POLAND
BASICS
- man called Siemowid had son Mieszko who had become a Prince of Poland, simply he have connected smaller communities into Poland (księstwo Polskie) and in 966 he have connected Poland to catholic church.
-Mieszko son Bolesław I Chrobry (Bolesław first the valiant) have become first king of Poland
-there are some wars and stuff that is not really matter for someone who want to know basics only.
- in 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) have created his biggest work "about the revolutions of celestial bodies" (heliocentric model of solar system)
-in 1772, 1793 and 1795 there was a"Rozbiory" partitions of Poland when Poland got connected to Prusia, Russia and Austria for 123 years
-1918 after WW1. Poland is back (there was some conspiracy work durring WW1 ). Now under command of Józef Piłsudski (highest rang Polish army officer).
-after 20 years of independence in 1939 WW2 begun by Atack of German ship schleswig holstein and then atack of German land forces Wermacht.
-after months/ two of fighting Polish government have escaped to Belgium, then France and at end to UK. Almost immediately Poles have created underground conspiracy group Związek walki zbrojnej then recrated to Armia Krajowa.
-During WW2 Polush soldiers have fight everywhere (Monte cassino, Battle of England, Battle of Berlin). And finaly in 1945 WW2 is over.
-After 1945 time of comunism has come and many Polish heroes have been betrayed by Soviets.
(Again a lot of stuff that you don't need at beginning of lerning Polish history).
In 1981 the war state in Poland
In 1989 Solidarność (Politacal opositin group created by electritian Lech Wałęsa) has won and Poland is free
-1999 Poland is joining NATO
-2004 Poland is joining EU
And actally you don't need more information at the beginning
I'm from Poland and I don't know if you know because I can't speak English, but this video is full of artists and figures important for the history of Poland, such a curiosity
the specific dates is for you to check wich year whats hapen if you google it and animation show you whats happen
I really think that Americans has a distorted view of how things looked like.
Doing the American Revolution most of the farmers dressed and look like the middle ages still. It was only the richer people who held the posh fashion of British nobles. Why would do French people riot so hard that they tobbled the monarchy? Because they had fancy houses and clothes already?
Even in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1, a lot of people in the American countryside still looked like the wild west or even older than the civil war. Just look up the story of Alvin York.
Most movies and depections uses how the bigger towns looked like in America, and how the myth tales of the cowboys depicted this as in theaters already by the late 1800's.
Yah also Americans have a hard time realizing that America doesn't exist for very large parts of history or is just in infancy. It does sort of matter, especially when studying Central Europe like Austria and Poland. Basically, Austria and Poland would be the equivalent to Western Europe today, with Western Europe being the USA today.
Arrows through wood no problem 😉, it’s all a matter of velocity vs friction and strength of projectile, ie steel arrowhead. With enough concentrated pressure and velocity you can make water cut through granite. That’s how they cut kitchen worktops to size. All physics😄
Also size and strength of the bow. It's a WAR-BOW not a children's toy most would be familiar these days lol.
@@MarkVrem You are of course correct, but I wanted to focus on the physics of ballistics and what the kinetic energy of projectiles can do which when looked at without understanding can be dangerous. There was a rather tragic RUclips video stunt, where a couple were filming assuming a thick encyclopaedia held to the chest would stop a point blank round from a Desert Eagle handgun. Well, the man holding the encyclopaedia died and his girlfriend was sobbing in disbelief. 😢
I have a question are we going to get the great war videos on ww1 2 times a week right? just want to confirm.
It’s the only practical way to do that series in a way that it won’t take forever.
Plz respond
I recently asked a Polish woman I was doing a long distance walk with (Hi, Magda!) if she could outline Polish history for me. She said she hadn't a clue. After watching this animation nor do I.
Krakow pronounced Krakof W is pronounced as an F in Slavic languages and many Germanic ones. V as W. Volkswagen is pronounced wolksfargen (German). That's being very simplistic about it, as like in English (a Germanic Language) variations in pronunciation occur. W often silent in English.
In German V is pronounced as F and W as V so FolksVagen (FowVeh)
@@dlanor9312 My late Father learnt most of his spoken German in Hamburg, between the wars, after being taught it in School, possibly a regional dialect or accent? Accents and pronunciation can radically change in 30Km's in the UK.
@@tonys1636 More than likely. The German version of RP is Hochdeutsch and was based on the dialect in Saxony. Germany is like the UK for regional dialects. Everyone now is taught Hochdeutsch but the further back you goregional dialects were more prominent
The video you chose is only truly understood by a Pole [like me] or a person who really knows all the trials and tribulations of Polish history, for an average viewer is mostly incomprehensible. But I do appreciate your effort. TBH I can't imagine for whom the video was done. No narration, no explanation, no recognisable names and places as it is all in Polish. Our history is convoluted but it's characteristic for Europe"s countries, constant big and small wars, uprisings, battles etc. Also being roughly between Russia and Germany makes our history "entertaining" as there is never a dull moment. Ah, well...
In 1683 Poland saved Christendom at the siege of Vienna when King Jan III led the largest cavalry charge in European history at the head of 3000 winged hussars who were the spearpoint of 20,000 Polish and Empirial cavalry (see the Sabaton song The Winged Hussars Arrived).
I have to repeat :) After collegue: "Also, there is 3 part animated series narrated by Sean Bean that would explain a lot. They are called "Unconquered", "Trying Times: Unconquered" and "Game for Independence" made by IPNtv. Highly recommended, would love to see you react to these.
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That's both an important aspect of modern polish identity, and a meme in the history community.
poland was split for a long time between prussia, austria and russia
Hi, I'm Veni one of your french subscribers, I really like your history reactions. I greatly recommend this video about a french/soviet ww2 regiment often forgotten, but with a crazy story: ruclips.net/video/wBJgS5mKy4g/видео.html (The video is a bit long so you could do it in two parts). Ps Keep up the good work
966 - Poland became christian
1000 - Congress of Gniezno. The German Emperor Otto III came to Poland
1018 - War expedition to Kiev
1200-1300 - Mongol invasions of Poland
1226 - Bringing Knights of Teutonic Order to Poland to help fight agains Prussia
1333- Coronation of King Casimir the Great (he found Poland wooden and left bricked)
1364 - European kings meeting in Cracow, founding the Akademia Krakowska (now Jagiellonian University), one of the first universities in the world.
1377 - Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila Algirdaitis) became the ruler of Lithuania
1410 - The battle of Grunwald against Teutonic Order, one of the biggest battles in medieval Europe
1543 - Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) issued a revolutionary scientific work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), development of Jagiellonian University, strong cooperation with western universities
1609-1619 - Wars with Russia
1683 - Battle of Vienna - polish king Jan III Sobieski saves the Europe from islamisation, defending much bigger army of Ottoman Empire
1772-1795 - Partitions of Poland by Prussia, Russia, Austria
1791 - Adopting the Constitution of May 3, the second constitution in the world, after American one.
1797,1806 - Napoleon wars
1830 - November Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1863 - January Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1800-1900 - Fryderyk Chopin-one of the greatest romantic composers, Adam Mickiewicz-one of the greatest Polish writers
1918 - Poland regain independence (after 123 YEARS of occupation)
1920- Battle of Warsaw. also called "Miracle at Vistula" Poland beated Russia, saving Europe from communist revolution, one of most important battle in the HUMANKIND!!!
1922- Creation of a shipyard in Gdynia
1939- WW II started, Russia and Germany attacked from two sides and divided Poland in half
1940- Battle of Britain, Polish pilots saved England
1944- Batlle of Monte Cassino, The conquest of the Monte Cassino monastery by Polish soldiers. A very important battle in the history of WWII.
1944- Warsaw Uprising
1945- Poland felt under the occupation of the USSR.
1978- Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope and took the name of John Paul II
1981- martial law was introduced in Poland
1989- The 1989 Roundtable Talks, Negotiations conducted by representatives of communist authorities, the democratic opposition and church partiest. First partially free elections brought the long-awaited FREEDOM.
One thing you have to remember about this part of the world, is Poland, Ukraine, Northern Germany and vast swathes of France is part of the 'Great European plain' a firtile, fairly flat and often difficult to defend part of the world. There is no real natural barriers aside from the River Rhine from Eastern France all the way to the Volga in Russia.
This meant that places which had a strong mobile army did well; and threatened their neighbours; and lack of investment in this meant other countries would raid your lands easily; this meant that you needed a strong King. A weak king faced constant rebelion from his subjects as they sought to increase their personal power.
Prussia, a province of Polish-Lithuania entered into a personal union (1 king ruling both countries) with Brandenburg within the holy Roman Empire and they had 3 strong, and long lived Kings back to back and were able to grow an eventually form the seed of what became the German Empire. This was done at the expence of their neighbours; breaking free of the Polish Lithiawaian commonweath.
Throughout pretty much all of history the borders of these countres on the great plains has been extremely fluid; it is far from the split between Spain and France by a mountain range. and towns, cities or even entire countries has swapped hands between powerful men for thousands of years.
Until the end of WW2 people who identified as 'culturally Polish' it was more a fuzzy region and they lived intermingling with Lithuaniuans, germans, Czechs, Bela Russians, Ukrainians, Finish Swedes etc. The lines drawn on the map meant little to the majority of people who lied there. In 1945 there was ... lets call it a Forced Migration. where Polish people were expelled from what is now Belarus (then part of the USSR) and Germans were expelled from their historically significant Prussian lands. and you were only then Polish if you lived in Poland.
This is really cool I wish there was one for history of the UK.
Polska - aka Poland - was a distinct country with it's own culture/language from the 10th century through to the late 18th Century when it was partitioned between Prussia / Russia and Austro-Hungary. As you have observed for Germany the concept of nation state was in Central Europe a flexible - and Poland was often bullied by stronger neighbours. After WW1 it again gained independence - lost it in WW2 - regained its statehood under Russian control after WW2 - became self-governing again 1989. During these time-frames its boundaries were erm... varied - it has moved significantly westward over the last century. The allusion to "enlightement" was the Jagelonian University in Krakow and Copernicus. The pianist was Chopin who "rebelled" against the partitioning powers by writing music that was thoroughly Polish (much the same as Liszt did for Hungary.)
🇨🇿 🇵🇱 Here's an intersting Polish (and Czech) story about their crucial contribution during the battle of Britain:
_"Bloody foreigners. untold story of the battle of Britain"_ was a documentary shown on main-stream television here in Britain.
Look it up, here on youtube.
9:24 To this fragment this is a Polish legionist fighting in Napoleon's army. Sadly they all died because of tropical diseases because Napoleon used them hey to kill rebelians .
I don’t recall posting a comment here on this issue. My apologies if this is redundant.
I was fortunate (and honored) to serve under President Reagan as a Senior NCO in the US Army, stationed in the occupied city of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. The Cold War was at its peak then, mostly as a clear confrontation between NATO (commercial west) and the Warsaw Pact (communist east). President Reagan made his first official visit to West Berlin in June of 1982 and spoke initially to those of us in the Allied military forces stationed there. This was long before his famous ‘Wall’ speech.
Membership in NATO was formed from western allies voluntarily; France was excluded because they chose not to join at that time. Membership in Warsaw Pact was formed, and enforced by Soviet forces, in countries they invaded during World War II. Any country that tried to leave the Warsaw Pact because of freedom movements (East Germany (DDR) / Hungary / Czechoslovakia) faced violent suppression by the Soviet forces. The members of the Warsaw Pact were not the comrades as the PR often claim. It appeared similar events would happen in Poland during the 1980’s.
We were able to see the evils of communism everyday in the DDR. Oftentimes in areas just across the street or closer. Escape attempts and bloody retribution were pretty common occurrences with blatant and often loud results. Everyone on that side suffered in some form or other from food shortages to constant brutality.
I was attached to the Military Intelligence (MI) Detachment as an interrogator tasked with interviewing defectors (Border Guard / Military) and refugees (civilians) from all of the various Pact countries. They were fleeing similar oppression with many vivid stories of their own. We had an almost constant flow during my time there.
We were especially concerned about events in Poland as the Solidarity Union disturbances were watched closely by the Soviet seniors. During one of my 1983 interviews with a Polish officer who had defected; I asked him what would happen if the Pact forces invaded Poland to suppress the activities… … would the Polish military fight or not. His answer was both humorous and cynical. He said:
“Your question presents a very serious issue for Polish soldiers to answer; do we do our duty to the people and country by shooting Russians? Or do we enjoy ourselves by shooting Germans? No more invasions.”
I am surprised it took until 1989 for the Wall to actually come down and it looks like modern day rioters are trying to put it back up.
President Reagan quote:
Spain, voluntarily asking to become a member of NATO -- when have you ever heard of a nation voluntarily requesting to become a member of the Warsaw Pact?
Regards
You cannot really understand the history of Europe without first looking at Rome's expansion into Western/Northern Europe and then how the Holy Roman Empire came into being and evolved. These give you the bedrock and overview upon which all subsequent rivalrys and wars are built. European History is like a jigsaw puzzle. If you don't know how the pieces fit together understanding where and how to place individual pieces becomes nigh on impossible.
i think the holy roman empire was basically modern germany ,austria and switzerland not the whole of europe or poland
Yes that is correct tho there was a few more modern day countries in it but that’s basically correct.
Is "SoGal" short for Southern Galifornia?
Here's some Polish history videos
ruclips.net/video/jV98XaAlg1o/видео.html (Suibhne)
ruclips.net/video/pJmSl148p_I/видео.html (OSP)
They forgot the bit where they sent all their plumbers to England.
From this style of videos you can check up History of Belarus in 5 minutes /watch?v=ZXlagbg9qkM - this one is not only an animation but also a cool song (with english subs). Around 60% of their history is common with Poland and Lithuania so you can do it : ) /edit: it's heavily biased towards Belarusian opposition (aka more western, democratic) as opposed to currently rulling selfproclaimed soviet era dictator
Calfornian Gabrielle Traveller is now in Poland, so go watch his channel to see him exploring Krakow.
Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish Commonwealth) was an union of Polish Crown and Lithuanian Principate. It was an effect fo joining two dinasties - Andegavenian dynasty from Poland represented by (st.) Jadwiga and Lithuanian prince Jagiełło (you should read it Yagyewwoh?) what created an Jagiellonian dynasty. After it, king were elected by nobles assembly (sejm).
Greatest Polish king, Jan Sobieski led the famed winged hussars cavalry charge against the Ottomans which lifted the 2nd siege of Vienna. I had the opportunity to visit his tomb at Wawel castle in Krakow. History of the winged hussars is quite interesting.
Polish history is so hard to comprehend, it’s grown, shrunk, been split, disappeared for 321 years and recently had to deal with the Nazis and the communists, but as the anthem says, Poland is not lost (and never will be).
A beautiful country and lovely people.
Ps. It’s still called Polska, Polska is Polish for Poland 😂
If you get chance watch the “Battle of Warsaw”, “Warsaw 44”, “1939 battle of westerplatte.” They are movies, in polish with English subtitles, interesting, sad and some funny scenes (and some bits that are a bit Hollywood)
Also the BBC made a mini series called “world on fire” which was really good.
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Pps the reason there was a spitfire in the anim, is because many poles came to the Uk during the war and joined the RAF, the famous 303 squadron was Polish and I believe there was also a bomber squadron which I think was 301 squadron.
There are a couple of recent movies about this..
hurricane
303 squadron
And they also featured in the “battle of Britain” movie
9:18 Those are Polish soldiers who are going to a world war to help Napoleon destroy Prussia, Austria and Russia.
Historical person connected to this was prince Józef Poniatowski, but this is surely not him.
This one was a Little bit hard to understand but for extra detail i recommend overly sarcastic productions history sumarized Poland video. Enjoy
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Like others, I enjoyed the animation but the video really needed narration, or at least subtitles, so I could properly comprehend what I was seeing.
Also for giggles I recommend to watch "Animated history of Latvia", country that is a patron saint of "Minding own business" and "not trying hard to be a superpower"
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i don’t know if someone maybe have recommended you this but if you want to see some cool animation film of poland and its history look this up - ruclips.net/video/nE2TjpLCmX8/видео.html - there is very well made narration plus you can also watch another two animation od poland history of this series. All the videos focus on great wars, they are the best you should see them really
6:17, it is not a migration, Cambridge is mentioned stating that it must be about Universities and knowledge exchanges.
The knights with wings on their backs are the famous Polish Winged Hussards, those were made to make the cavalery evenmore impressive and frightening to the enemy.
1791 must be Poland's partition between Prussia and Russia.
1918 Poland was reformed after WW1.
Nazis basically considered their part of Poland as their recreational backyard.
1981 was the Riots of Varsaw against the Communist rule. 1989 was the end of Communist Poland with the fall of Berlin's wall.
5:18 Teutonic order wasn't a part of HRE, although it was a German order and had some support from HRE.
10:14 no, thats after WWI. Its Polish-Soviet war 1919-1921
Watch "The Unconquered" it focuses mainly on WWII era and post war with its impact on Poland but it has great narrator - Sean Bean
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Great animation but probably needed a bit more text or narration (for those of us not familiar with Polish History)
Can we talk about that boss-ass hat that lady is wearing at 8:18? That's some 40k Commissar vibes right there!
This isn't the best video to get an idea of what has happened in Polish history, even on a broader scale, so for anyone who would like to get a quick reference on what are they depicting in the video (I had to put it in parts responding to this, since RUclips wouldn't let me post it all in one comment):
800/900 - It's a period that directly preceedes the creation of the Kingdom of Poland. Polish tribe of Polanie (which means "the people of the plains") was then led by Mieszko I, whose son - Bolesław I - became the first crowned ruler of Poland. They started to unify different Polish tribes.
966 - Correct, this was the christening of Poland, when Mieszko I became baptised and married a Czech princess Dobrawa (Czechs in Bohemia that was west of the then Polish borders were already christians at that point). It was mostly a political move to stop the HRE counts who bordered Poland from invading Poland under the pretense of converting pagans.
1000 - The coronation of Bolesław I by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. Bolesław I, whose cognomen was "the bold" expanded the Polish territory a lot, this is what's depicted as the expanding borders in 1018. But the specific event they invoke is the subjugation of Kievian Principality by joint Polish-German invasion and inserting a christian ruler on the throne.
1100/1200 - Further expansion of Polish borders at the expense of pagan kingdoms in the east. The point when the horse archers attack people cowering behind shields signifies subsequent period of internal instability that was taken advantage of and Poland was constantly under attack. To give you an idea - in XII century Poland had 8 kings, while in XIII century it had 18. The royal members were constantly feuding and fighting with each other, which was mainly thanks to king Bolesław III, who introduced partitioning as royal inheritance law, which meant that the Polish territory was being divided more and more between the consecutive royal heirs. The unification of feudal partitioned Poland was done by king Władysław I in early XIV century, who introduced primogeniture. I know it's not in the video but the feudal partitioning is one of the key events in Polish history without which it's hard to know what they elude to.
1226 - Introduction of the Teutonic Order who were invited to Poland by Konrad, the prince of Mazovia (one of the feudal districts) as a way to deal with the Prussians to the north, who were at this point still pagans and were constantly raiding Konrad's lands. In return the Teutons could seize any land they took from the Prussians as their own and they were lend some Polish land to get a head start. This was a really bad deal which quickly turned sour and the Teutonic Order grew to be a major threat to Poland and was ultimately dealt with in XV century. The downfall began after king Władysław II (of Lithuania and Poland) beat the Teutons at the Tannenberg (Grunwald in Polish) at 1410.
1300/1400 - After the unification of feudal districts into a single domain there was a time of stabilization and prosperity in Poland. 1333 is the death of Władysław I, who united Poland into a single realm again, and an introduction of Kazimierz III, cognomen The Great. The first part of his reign he focused majorly on the internal affairs, boosting country's defense and economy and there is a saying in Polish to signify that "He assumed Poland made of wood and left it made of stone" (it sounds much better in Polish). Him and his predecessor are arguably two of the best kings in Polish history of the house Piast. They are also two of the last, since Kazimierz III died heirless.
1364 - I have no idea why they put so much emphasis on this year, if someone knows, please enlighten us. But this is the year of establishing the first university in Poland - the University of Cracov - which can be seen for a short moment at 4:27. The subsequent scene is the town square of Cracov, but again, not sure why. The Cracov cathedral was constructed and consecrated in 1364 but they don't show it there.
1377 - This is made really, really obsure in my opinion. It is the year in which Lithuanian king Jogaila assumes the throne of Lithuania. It is ominous, because at that time Lithuania was gargantuan compared to Poland, was pagan and had nowhere to grow but westwards. They then show the map where Poland is overrun with Lithuanian color - which I guess signifies the hostilities that were happening - then change the name to Lithuanian-Polish union and point to Grunwald, while changing date to 1410. This is really, really, really important period for Poland and Lithuania and it was poorly represented, in my opinion. What happened was that the Poles, under the threat from the Teutons and Lithuanians, while having regency problems after the Piast dynasty was extinguished, with the throne of Poland being occupied by a 14 year old Jadwiga of house Anjou, married her off to Jogaila, who assumed christianity and became king Władysław II of Lithuania and Poland, which eliminated the threat (although there was not much love between the Poles and Lithuanians up to the bitter end in XVIII century) and allowed both to focus on the Teutonic Order.
1400/1500 - More prosperity and economic growth after the Poland established firm grip of the Baltic coastline and access to major ports of Danzig (Gdańsk) and Koenigsberg and became one of (if not the) biggest exporters of grain in Europe. New towns were being rapidly established in this period as Polish king (can't remember which now) copied the Magdeburg's royal priviledge and introduced it to Polish settlements which became towns. This is confusingly known as "german town location". It's confusing because a lot of the new cities were on previously german territories and had german populace but the law was passed on all newly established towns not just the german ones. This continued in 1500/1600, while also renaissance was brought to Poland and among other things gave birth to the semblance of Polish national consciousness and language, with art and science flourishing.
1543 - Publishing of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" or "On the revolutions of celestial spheres" by Copernicus. It was published posthumously so I guess they want to confuse you by showing the Copernicus alive xD (Though he died earlier the same year). 1500/1600 is also a period where a lot of Poles who chose to study in the Cracov's acadaemia were traveling around Europe to different universities. This is the significance of the map shown at 5:50.
1619 - This is long one. So after the Jagiełło (polonized from Jogaila) dynasty started by Władysław II (the dynasty stopped ruling in Poland in 1575) the throne of Poland went to a Swedish dynasty of Wasa, with Zygmunt III being elected as the king of Poland. Zygmunt III became the king of Poland first and subsequently he secured the inheritance of the Swedish throne, which he assumed in 1592. However, since Poland was catholic and Sweden was lutheran there were internal tentions in Sweden. As a result Zygmunt III became dethroned in Sweden and the throne was assumed by his kin Carl IX. Carl IX wanted to secure his Swedish reign so he made a strategic alliance with Russia under Vasyl IV against Poland. What resulted was a Polish-Russian war in which the Russians were aided by Swedes that lasted 1609-1618. In 1619 a peace treaty was signed and I have no idea, why they only show this, since it means nothing to someone who doesn't already know Polish, Swedish or Russian history.
1600/1700 - Following the Polish-Russian war of 1608 the relations between Poland and Sweden really soured which resulted in Polish-Swedish war and Swedish invasion of Poland in 1655, which was devastating for Poland but more importantly the cracks between Polish and Lithuanian aristocracy widened signified by the Lithuanian count Radziwiłł abandoning the Polish cause in favor of Lithuanian and siding with the Swedes. This touches a huuuge topic of the internal relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which at the beginning was being held together by rulers of Jagiełło dynasty, later formalized into state union of both realms which by this time was unraveling. So I get why they didn't get into it but I'm surprised why they omitted Swedish invasion because this is the beginning of downfall of the Commonwealth. This is where the sad times begin that will end in some 300 years (in the view of some in 350-ish, after the fall of communism).
1683 - The battle of Vienna. The victory in this battle is believed to have stopped the expansion of muslim Turks in Europe and is regarded as eastern Poitiers, as following the victory the Turks were being gradually pushed out of Europe, not gaining significantly anymore. It is important for history of Poland as the battle was going badly before the Polish contingent under the command of then Polish elective king (the Wasa's didn't last long) Jan III Sobieski relieved the siege, thanks in no small part to the units of Husars - hence the winged knights. In Poland the event is known as the "Vienna relief".
1700/1800 - This is a period in which the internal affairs of Poland and Lithuania get really bad, with the Polish state being weakened by elective kings who oftentimes were counts or rejected heirs of other countries with no holdings in Poland of their own. This resulted in the Polish law and nobility priviledges being molded by the nobility itself so that by this time the country was in effect ruled by the magnates. And it was a huge country with a lot of interests to respond to and issues to deal with, with no strong central governance. In the end the Poland was weakened by external powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia that took advantage of this internal struggle between Polish factions who were often willing to side with them to favor their particular interest over the interest of the state. This is why today it is a grave insult to call out someone's particularism in Poland. Most noteworthy of those factions was Targowica Confederation who in the essence sealed the final partitioning of Poland between the aforementioned powers. They were backed by the empress Catherine The Great and worked on the inside against the reforms that would strenghten Polish internal coherence and the strength of its centralized government. The word "Targowica" in Polish is now synonymous with natonal treason. This rise in power of the wealthy is what's depicted by the magnates' courts and magnate throwing the money at these people on the ground (who look a lot like corporate lawyers, I have to say xD).
1772 - The first partitioning of Poland.
1791 - The establishing of the first Polish constitution (Constitution of The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) by the Sejm (Polish parliament) under the leadership of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. It could have envigorated Poland, however, the king joined the Targowica Confederation after about a year after the contitution was introduced which nullified its importance.
1795 - The third and final partitioning of Poland. Afterwards, the country of Poland did not exist until 1918, barred for the Duchy of Warsaw, which was French puppet state during Napoleonic era.
1700/1800 - The conspiracy. After losing the independence the people of Poland went underground. The russification and germanization were rampant to the point where even educating people about Polish history and propagating Polish culture - at times even teaching Polish language - was regarded as insurrectionist by the Russian and Prussian governance. Austrians were relatively laxed, having previous experience from governing a multi-national Austria-Hungary empire under Habsburgs that included Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Croatians, Serbs and so on (all the slavs, basically, aside from Bulgars, Ukrainians and Russians). People caught conpiring against Russian rule, and again at times simply teaching your children Polish was considered conspiratory, were sent to Syberia - hence the prisoners in snow.
1797 - He isn't anyone significant. He's ułan, which is a mounted Polish soldier of the era, and he's leaving to join insurrection as thousands of Poles did in XVIII and XIX century. It's hard to tell which insurrection. There were 3 major failed insurrections: the Kościuszko's insurrection of 1794, the November insurrection of 1830 and the January insurrection of 1863/4, however, there were many other local insurrections that failed before growing to a national scale. Poles were also travelling across Europe (and the world like in the case of Kościuszko and Pułaski) to fight alongside oppressed nations in their efforts to gain independence. This is also the year in which suppossedly, the words to our current anthem were written and the Polish legions in Italian Lombardia are formed, which later fought in Napoleonic wars on the French side.
1806 - I'm not sure what's the significance of the people walking in the forest but it is the year in which Poland is "liberated" by Napoleon. With the Prussia beaten and Russians driven from the Polish territories. The Poles had hoped that Napoleon would restore the Kingdom of Poland but he had other plans, creating a puppet state called Duchy of Warsaw, which was an affront to Poles and Russians alike, though for some reason we still keep this guy in our anthem.
1863 - January insurrection. The biggest, the longest and the bloodiest after which the terror of Russian and Prussian protectorates became horrific, with both of these powers independently deciding that it is too dangerous to allow for Polish nationality to continue existing. They weren't killing off Poles as a result but they instead opted for wiping out Polish culture through education.
1800/1900 - Following the January insurrection people, specifically intellectualists, started to emigrate from Poland westwards in what's known as "The Great Emigration" in Poland. The music that starts playing is "Revolutionary Etude", by Chopin that is most associated with that period and to many, including me, it's just a soundtrack for these events. The trains are a symbol of partings with Polish lands, and the etude itself sounds a bit like hastening trains to me. The writing dude is Adam Mickiewicz, who is the author of the national epic "Pan Tadeusz" that is regarded as national escapism into the times of Polish greatness even though the story is contemporary. Through fiction Mickiewicz invokes the memories of his youth in Poland (he emigrated to Paris), and the story ends with the Russian government intervening into a local nobility dispute that the oppossed sides were trying to solve with traditional means (violence). For me it is a depiction of how the squabbling of nobility and self-centric attituded brought the downfall of Polish empire.
1918 - Poland is restored at the end of World War I.
1919 - Sooo, in 1919 Poland invaded Soviet Russia out of fear of the bolshevik revolution spreading west. They went quite deep into the Russian territory but ultimately were pushed back. The Soviet army went as far as Warsaw, engulfing it from the east and north but were repelled in battle of Warsaw of 1920, what is colloquially known as the "miracle on Vistula" (Vistula is the river flowing through Warsaw). It had less to do with miracles though and more with one Russian army commander Iosef Jughashvili, later known as Joseph Stalin, being unable to join and reinforce the main Russian force in Warsaw. At the time of battle he was still in Lviv because of poor communication between the Russian fronts. It is said that if not for Polish victory at the time - Polish government at the time was very russophobic and there was little support for the revolution among the Polish people, unlike for instance in neighboring Germany - Europe might have turned red but it is debatable I think.
1920-1939 - The music is upbeat but the sad reality is that the interwar Poland was a disease infested shithole with the usual political squabbles (there was even one coup d'etat in 1926) that was doing little to the famished people. It was a weak state with deep political divides that among other things caused the government to notice the growing threat in the west, russophobic to the point were the Polish government refused to allow Soviets join allies before the outbreak of World War II, antisemitic to the point of Jewish children being separated from their non-Jewish peers in schools, and so on. But if not for the WW2 the country probably would sprung up in couple of decades.
1939 - The outbreak of World War II. The ship is Schleswig-Holstein which bombardment of coastal defense point at Westerplatte (a district of Gdańsk) on September 1st is a symbol of the start of the war for Poles. Later on, the realization of Ribbentrop-Molotov pact that partitioned Poland between III Reich and USSR.
1940 - The Battle of England that was in no small part aided by Polish, Czech, Slovak and other pilots who fled after the Germans invaded. The Poles (and other minor nations) fought the Germans on all European fronts, sometimes as independent contingents, like the "Maczek's brigade" or 1st Polish Armored Division, or the 1st Independent Airborne Brigade, or the general Anders' Army in the eastern front. The latter was formed mostly of the former prisoner's of Soviet concentration camps and gulags, after the Russians had their change of heart following the invasion of Poland.
1944 - The first picture is the victory at Monte Cassino in Italy, where a Polish contingent was present among other allied forces. And the cityscape depicts the Warsaw Uprising where the Polish underground army - Armia Krajowa - threw an uprising to liberate Warsaw from German occupation in the face of oncoming Russian offensive towards Berlin. The Uprising ultimately failed and as an act of revenge the Germans destroy the entire city on the western side of Vistula.
1945 - The end of the war and establishing of the communist government. It wasn't that clean, however, as there was armed resistance from units of Armia Krajowa, who didn't want to recognize the Moscow controlled Polish communists as legal government, as well as newly formed units of anti-communist resistance, and some units of Polish Nazi collaborators.
1945-1981 - The rebuilding. There is much bad to be said about the communist government of Poland - the People's United Workers' Party. But it has to be also said that the country rose up from unimaginable ruin, with the capital city having population counted in hundreds in 1945, being mostly leveled, the Polish intellectuals being mostly purged by the Germans or the Russians and Polish population being reduced in total by 16% compared to 1939. The communists eliminated illiteracy, electrified the country and so on, so they do deserve some credit even though this period is treated widely as foreign occupation.
1978 - Pope's visit to Poland. During this visit he invoked God in his sermon to come down and renew the land of Poland which is widely understood as calling on Polish people to overthrow the communism.
1981 - Beginning of martial law in Poland that was introduced by temporary crisis board of Polish government to deal with increasing pressure from the Polish workers and intellectuals for governmental and social reforms. It isn't shown in the animation but the worker strikes against the communist regime were happening in Poland since 1950's and were brutally pacified by the government, including firing live rounds into the crowds.
1989 - The round table talks between the communist party and democratic opposition during which first partially democratic elections, with possibility for the opposition to nominate their candidates, were negotiated. The elections were held on July 4th and it was a landslide with the democratic faction gaining everthing that they could under the terms of the agreement.
1993 - Not in the animation but I thought I include some more important dates since 1989. 1993 is the establishment of non-communist constitution.
1999 - Poland enters NATO.
2004 - Poland joins the EU.
2007 - Poland joins the Schengen accord (no border checks between the members).
If I'm wrong at some point or omit something important, feel free to correct me, I'll edit this post.
It is worth adding that in 1610 Poland conquered Russia and captured the Kremlin.
The Holy Roman Empire was not involved in the 3 partitions of Poland, it was betwenn Russia ( ruled by Catherine the Great) Prussia (ruled by Frederick the Great, Frederick Wilhelm II and Frederick Wilhelm III) and Austria (ruled by Joseph II and Francis II) even if they were Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II and Francis II (the future Francis I stepfather of Napoleon) annexed southern Poland to the Habsburg Monarchy.
And Poland was know as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at that time.