These are very interesting stories, more than you think. First of all, Russia has never won any war against Poland alone. It has always attacked our country along with other countries. Secondly, during this war, Poland showed greater initiative and the balance was tipped by breaking the Russian code, just like before World War II with the Germans and Enigma. The Poles knew what the Russians would do and could manage the reserves wisely. After this war, Poland needed time to regenerate and, as you know, it did not manage to do so before World War II. If World War II had broken out later, the issue would not have been so obvious. Remember that the Enigma code was broken by Poles in 1932.
Ну да в 17в когда вы подло напали на нашу страну в то в как у нас были проблемы с властью и мы вас выгнали да ещё и шведов а дальше ещё и отняли у вас Смоленск и Киев. Точно так же и в 1919 году вы напали на нас когда у нас была революция
"...the balance was tipped by breaking the Russian code, just like before World War II with the Germans and Enigma. "" --- agreed. However, I would like to add two comments. First, Jan Kowalewski, who directed the work of the Polish cryptologists, decided to employ three outstanding mathematicians, Mazur, Sierpinski and Lesniewski, in his team. This was perhaps the first time in Europe that mathematics was used so extensively in decryption alongside linguistic analysis. Koralewski's decision had far-reaching consequences - it was a permanent orientation of Polish cryptology towards mathematics. Thanks to this orientation, on December 31, 1932, three Poles, Rejewski, Różycki and Zygalski, cracked the Enigma cipher for the first time. They shared their achievements and methods with French and British intelligence. Turing also had a meeting with Rejewski in Paris in January 1940. During this meeting, Rejewski deciphered a German message encoded in the Enigma system in front of Turing.
This event is just one of many events in European history in which Poland saved Europe from enemy invasion. starting with the Mongol Axis and ending with the overthrow of communism in 1989. Best regards
actually the last relevant battle against the Mongols was in Silesia on 9. April 1241 - which was also part of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle of Liegnitz. Herzog Heinrich II.with a mixed troup (its own Silesian Knights, then some Knights of the German Order, Johannite, Templer and other German Knights, then the rests of a Polish army - Russia, Krakau/Krakow and many cities were already overrun by the Mongols. Herzog Heinrich II. had altogether about 4000 - one weakness was that many were many peasants and 'foot folk'. He was outnumbered .Btw, this battle is one of the examples of a German and Polish coalition (also due to dynastic connections). Baidar Khan and his army had about 10000 warriors (and much more on horses). Some older stories talked about 100000 and also set the number of the German-Polish coalition higher but they are not serious. In theory there was also a 5k strong army from King Wenzel (from Bohemia) on the side of the German-Polish coalition but they were to far away and Herzog Heinrich II. didnt want move away - to resist a further move to the West of the Mongols. Another problem was that the Kaiser/Cesar Friedrich II was in Sicily/Italy and didnt care much about the problems with the Mongols in Eastern and East-Central Europe. If he did they could have been stopped much earlier with a much bigger professional and most modern army. On the other hand the situation of the Holy Roman Empire was also more complex dealing with politics also in many other regions. Btw, the Holy Roman Empire actually got this name in the 14. century - before that it was just called 'Roman Empire' (not just as continuation of the classic Roman Empire but also due to the so called '4 empire theory' most people believed in at that time: A 5th empire could not exist!. This Roman Empire with Germany as base was also called 'the Christian Empire' (because as most important power in Europe it was also up to them to protect Christianity - also one reason why Friedrich II. was engaged in Italy and 'Mittle East'). Anyway, the Mongols attacked (like often) first, got (like often) thrown back and attacked with a different tactics again (like often). One was psychological war tactics. In this case they rode explicitly for the Polish flag part and screamed "„Ratujcie sje! Ratujcie sje!" which made the already from former battles terrified Poles run away (nothing you usually hear from Poles ;) - which meant a further weakened party. The battle then continued (very bloody - to say that is historically really accurate) and both sides had huge losses - the Mongols a bit more. In the end of the day Heinrich II. reached his goal and the move to the West was stopped. Baidar Kahn tried still after that here and then some passing but failed and moved back to Hungary to join the other Mongol armies. But in the end of the day this was the last relevant battle for Europe against the Mongols and an important one. It was (most historians share this) this battle which caused so much loss that it became one of the major reasons why the Mongol problem from now on more and more was broken. But of course the battles before from Poles and others weakened the Mongols drastically - one has to see the whole picture. Apropos: that the Byzantine Empire fell to the Osman was in the first place due to the dominant European powers (HRE, Kingdom of France etc:) which not just weakened it all the time (it was basically already kind of 'open' to the Turks) but also later didnt really support Eastern-Central and East Europe/Balcans (even more, most of the time supported them/used them against each other). It was actually not a real problem to kick them out - but the main focus of the major European powers on each other prevented that most of the time.
Important facs: English, Germans blocked supply of ammunition to Poland while only Hungary delivered plenty of it from their reserves. Poland was able to uncode Russian messages. Stalin killed 22 000 + Polish soldiers and higher rank oficers, prisoners of war in 1940 in revange for the defeat 20 years before. It was nearby Smolensk. This is it. Regarding blocking - blocked is information now.
@@Aleksander_Zgraja_Star Armia Napoleona wkroczyła do Moskwy. Nie byli tam jednak długo, ponieważ Rosjanie zastosowali taktykę spalonej ziemi, niszcząc zapasy i infrastrukturę w mieście, co zmusiło Napoleona do odwrotu w obliczu nadchodzącej zimy i braków zaopatrzenia. Ostatecznie, wycofanie się z Rosji okazało się katastrofalne dla Wielkiej Armii Napoleona, która poniosła ogromne straty. Polacy byli w stanie utrzymać się w Moskwie przez 2 lata, a polski książę został wybrany na cara Rosji. Ostatecznie Polaków wygnano z Moskwy (bo książe nie chciał się ochrzcić w obrządku wschodnim) ale cała wojna przyniosła Polsce korzyści terytorialne.
@@user-fj3en5pm4q Taktyka spalonej ziemi była stosowana na drodze zaopatrzenia i pochodu wojsk Napoleona. Błędem Napoleona było myślenie, iż zdobycie Moskwy zakończy wojnę i kapitulacji Rosjan ale Car Aleksander wycofał się dalej i nie zamierzał się poddać. Moskwa nie była spalona w czasie wkroczenia wojsk francuskich i nie jest do końca pewne czy Napoleon spalił Moskwę czy sami Rosjanie ale już później po wkroczeniu i stacjonowaniu wojsk Napoleona.
A cool topic for you as a German is the Battle of Cedynia or the attempt to create the first European Union 1,000 years ago. See the visit of Otto III and Bolesław the Brave in Gniezno. Gniezno is the first capital of Poland, located near Poznań.
as a German WITH much more knowledge than most Germans I remember that. This visit of Otto III. gave Boleslaw a 'king like' upgrade. There is some discussion if he recognized him really as king (because he was 25 years later (again) crowned) but there is no dispute that he got king like powers (Iand recognition in Europe as such) which also meant for instance that he could now set up his own Bishops and so on (a right only Kaiser and Kings had). Apart from that (and that nevertheless their relation was ambivalent for a couple of reasons) it was one of the phases when the term '"Sachsen/Saxons' became a 'thing' in Poland - even more much later with August der Starke from the kingdom of Saxony which also became King of Poland and Duke of Lithuania. Especially the latter is interesting to know to answer the question why there is/was a 'Saxon Palace, Saxon Place and Saxon Park' in Warsaw. That Saxon palace was unfortunately destroyed by the Nazis despite the common history (and despite that they did not destroy every city in Poland - because some were more seen as German). That palace was a nice building. Poland wanted already reconstruct it but (as far as I know) due to the finance crises back then 2008 this project was delayed and still is - but it is still in the pipeline? I think also from a pure aesthetical point of view was such a rather classical piece (after a rebuilding from a more Baroque/Rokoko style) of architecture a nice addition for Warsaw ...
Stalin could not come to terms with his defeat in this war so much (it is personally) that he sent everyone related to the persons fighting on the Polish side to Siberia. Sameone "sent to Siberia by Stalin" was like being sent to an extermination camp. Only instead of gas, it cill freezing there.
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The worst thing is that the victory over the Soviets was not fully exploited. The Polish delegation in Riga was simply weak and incompetent, these people did not know that they could have demanded territories from Lenin within the pre-1772 borders and they would have simply gotten them. The Soviets were completely defeated, and the "White" troops were marching on Moscow. Lenin was ready to make any concessions to the West because he wanted to withdraw troops as quickly as possible to defend Moscow. Besides, he and Stalin were convinced that they would deal with Poland later, so for the time being they could give the Poles everything they wanted...
No, no, no, no, no. You got it completely wrong. Restoring the pre 1772 borders was imossible, for various reasons. The most important one is that lands east to Bug river (present Polish eastern border) were barely populated by Poles, only Vilnius and Lviv regions had a Polish majority. There were plenty of Belarussians and Ukrainians not identyfying with Polish state and wanting to create their own countries and cultures. Also you forgot that before partitions, Poland was in union with Lithuania, and in 1918, the Lithuanians did not want to restore the Commonwealth. Instead, they preferred to have their own, seperate country. You see, 19th century has changed a lot in terms of national identiti and understatding of country. It's not easy to govern such an enormous state as The Commonwealth, especially when half of your population wants independence and half of your country is significantly poorer than the other part (you heard of "Poland A and B division"?).
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@@smerfdzikus2334 ...and what does it matter? State borders do not have to coincide with ethnic/nationality borders. Look at Russia itself, there are a lot of larger and smaller nations living there. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was also a multinational country before 1772 and could easily have been so after 1921. As for the rest, I recommend a book with the slightly sarcastic title "The Piłsudski-Lenin Pact. Or how Poles saved Bolshevism and wasted a chance to build an empire." Very well documented, great bibliography.
Have you ever heard of "nation state" concept? Look at these countries: Austro-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, USSR. Guess why they collapsed? It's easier to manage Poland with ehtnic Polish majority than with many other minorities. I guess in Eastern and Central Europe, multinational states were associated with oppressing empires and people didn't want them back.
The fact that we won this war is a coincidence of many circumstances at that time. Germany was busy with its own affairs (revolution in Berlin) so we could transfer the entire army to the east. The civil war in Russia, in addition to the war with Poland, the Bolsheviks also had to fight the White Army on their territory. A mess in the command, due to Stalin's incompetence, part of the army got stuck in the south and did not reach Warsaw on time. Military aid from France, Great Britain and the USA. Bad calculation of the Bolsheviks, they thought that peasants and workers would side with them (doesn't this remind you of similar thinking two years ago when they started the invasion of Ukraine?). Most importantly, we, Poles, were very motivated to regain our country after 123 years. If you are interested in this topic and you like reading, I recommend the book by the British historian Norman Davies " White Eagle,Red Star". Unfortunately, the book is only published in Polish and English, but I think you know enough English to be able to read it. It is written in accessible language.
2:24 it was both. At the time there was no clear border between Soviet Russia, Poland and Ukraine because every state involved was created after or during WWI. It was as much complicated as our border with Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Hitler wiedział w 1939 roku że jak wspomni Stalinowi o rewanżu na Polsce to sie do niego przyłączy i tak w 1939 roku zostaliśmy zatakowani od zachodu przez Niemców , a od wschodu przez Sowietów 17 września 1939 roku
There is such thing like pure defence. If you want to beat aggression, you have to use all advancement you can which is obviosly attacking vital points like hedquarters, logistic and supply lines, ammo etc...
Back in the early 20' Soviets wated to conquer Europe as quick as possible and cause world revolution. USSR would steamroll trougth demilitarised Germany, and cripled France, quickly moving south whenver mountains aren't to high.
11:50 - Wenn du sagst, dass Russland im Jahr 1919 rückständig war, stimmt das, aber Polen hatte wiederum weder eine einzige Regierung, noch eine einzige Armee, noch Munition oder irgendwelche Waffen. Alles wurde erst aus den Überresten von drei verschiedenen Ländern aufgebaut.
There is nothing amazing about it, they are just ordinary people (RUS). They always attacked us with someone's help and we lost, they don't try 1v1 because they know we always win. Strength is not in numbers but in determination and intelligence. Greetings
@@publicminx This city being in Russia is a big mistake. It would be better even if it was in Poland. It wouldn’t be the disaster of a city it is today
I have to add a very important fact. The whole tactics and our win in the battle of Warsaw were due to the brilliant mind of General Tadeusz Rozwadowski, the genius of war tactics. That idiot Piłsudski, calling himself a Marshall, fled from Warsaw before the battle, and we should appreciate and admire general Rozwadowski for "The miracle at Vistula".
Dear Chris! Do you infect your colleagues and friends with your curiosity and perhaps love for Poland? :) It's nice that you are interested in Poland, especially since, as you mentioned, you don't learn our history at school and it is, as you have probably already noticed, incredibly interesting.
At the time Russians were still armed with their World War I equipment, which was not top-notch for the era, but got the job done. They were a real threat, not an underequiped mob. Especially considering that the Polish Army was freshly formed based on the formations from three separate sides of WW I, volunteers, and some fresh troops equipped by France - some even fighting on the Western Front on the Entente side. That was the origin of the 'four kinds of guns' situation. It would be best if you didn't put emphasis on the more modern stereotype of the disorganised Russian army. The Red Army was extremely dangerous to the newly formed countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as those in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Many of them fell victim to the Bolsheviks (like Georgia or Ukraine).
0:23 Yes, Poland had a war with Russia at this time and Germany stopped trading with Poland at this time as a support for everlasting Russian friend, boi.
After World War I, the Conference of Versailles addressed the western borders of Poland, but the eastern ones were not settled for some time. For few the starting point was the pre-partition territory of Poland, which stretched far to the east. However, it was more realistic to assume a Poland that included important centers of Polish culture where Poles were then the majority, such as Vilnius, Grodno, and Lviv. The war started because Soviet Russia broke the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and began moving its forces into territories claimed by Poland and Ukraine. The newly emerged Ukrainian People's Republic allied with Poland to defend Ukraine against the Red Army, which had already captured Kyiv. Hence Polish-Ukrainian offensive to recapture Kyiv.
not entirely true - Treaty was annulled with end of WW1, even then they couldn't have broken the treaty since entities they signed it with no longer existed
@@GdzieJestNemo Germany still existed. We may say the treaty was no longer honored by Russian SFSR which considered itself a new entity. But what is important here is that till 1919 Russia kept its forces behind that border and in 1919 it started to cross it. And there were Poles already.
7:23 Well True Tsar Russia in World War I (Great War): 7 russian people dies compare to 1 german empire soldier Holodomor in SSR Ukraine: people dies cause starving Also in World War II And right now in Ukraine
@@GdzieJestNemoPoland have 38-39 milions people becuase there is probably less than 1 milion Ukrainians in Poland rigth now. 40 milions was in peak of Ukrainian migration, counting over 1 milion people that were moved to Germany. Before war Poland have 37,8 milion population due to depopulation that took us under 38 milions.
@@GdzieJestNemo brother poland have 40m you have to learn brother today but in poland living: ukrainian people polish people czechia people slovakia people german and other
This video totally ignores the espionage and communication aspect of this war, which was both decisive and epic (For example- how Poles where emitting Genesis verses in Morse code on the Russian frequency ) and the religious aspect, for which it is known as the "Miracle at Vistula". Check up those topics. They are fascinating.
I'm sending you an interesting video to watch. Title: "How Poland becomes a military power" from the MilitaryRated channel. /not to be confused with a video from a year ago with the same title from another channel/. I wonder what you will say after watching it. In addition, I propose two other films. 1. Can Poland's Army STOP Russian Invasion? from The Military Show channel /it's not so optimistic anymore/ 2. If NATO and RUSSIA Go To War, Who Loses (Hour by Hour) from the same channel And finally, a little lesson. If you want to read Polish texts correctly, I recommend the video How to read Polish or something from the HowtoPolish channel
@@CaligulaAugust bardzo łatwo. Tak jak dzisiaj Polska została sprzedana przez swoje elity. Tam żadnej wojny nie było. Szlachta sama o opiekę do carycy występowała. Cześć z nich była przekupywana przez Niemców i Rosjan jak obecnie się dzieje. Dzisiaj premierem Polski jest Tusk który za niemieckie marki partie zakładał i w reklamówkach je kolegom z partii rozdawał.
Sie kennen die Grundgeschichte nicht? Was haben Sie im Geschichtsunterricht in der Grundschule gelernt? Wird einem das in Deutschland nicht beigebracht?
He probably slept like most people, because learning history at school is crap, syphilis and a grave. It's better to learn history on your own at the age of about 20 than to waste time on this nonsense from school and a pile of dates instead of reliable knowledge about the background of a given case, etc. Russians still learn in schools that they liberated Poland and Europe and that their grandparents were heroes. You learn mainly about the Holocaust, but you know very little about the crimes committed strictly against Poles, not Polish Jews. They still teach us that Hitler was a bloodthirsty monster who hated Poland forever, and it's a bit funny when you come back to the topic after many years... Suddenly you find out that he wanted an alliance with us and until we joined the Allies, we were not "Slavic subhumans", but a race "related to the Nordics". To this day we are taught that we were angels and Ukrainians and Belarusians loved us, which has little to do with reality. Ukrainians are still taught to this day that in Volhynia there were fights between the UPA and the Home Army, and civilian casualties were equal on both sides. And I can mention each country one by one. At school you learn about the historical politics of your country. Not history.
Since you mention the sizes of the countries, Estonia also won a war against the Russians. Russians also managed to lose a naval battle against a country without access to sea: Czechoslovakia (the Battle of Lake Baikal).
ZSRR i II Rzeczpospolita, były państwami które powstały na gruzach dawnych mocarstw, przez co były słabe, ale mogły prowadzić w miarę równą walkę, polska nigdy nie wygrała by ze zorganizowaną carską Rosją
Disliked and won't subscribe "Krolewiec" And about your being suprised that we were able to hold off... We could hold off germany in 39 if russians didn't attack...
These are very interesting stories, more than you think. First of all, Russia has never won any war against Poland alone. It has always attacked our country along with other countries. Secondly, during this war, Poland showed greater initiative and the balance was tipped by breaking the Russian code, just like before World War II with the Germans and Enigma. The Poles knew what the Russians would do and could manage the reserves wisely. After this war, Poland needed time to regenerate and, as you know, it did not manage to do so before World War II. If World War II had broken out later, the issue would not have been so obvious. Remember that the Enigma code was broken by Poles in 1932.
Ну да в 17в когда вы подло напали на нашу страну в то в как у нас были проблемы с властью и мы вас выгнали да ещё и шведов а дальше ещё и отняли у вас Смоленск и Киев. Точно так же и в 1919 году вы напали на нас когда у нас была революция
Мы вас побеждали и не раз а в 17в выгнали вас и шведов
"...the balance was tipped by breaking the Russian code, just like before World War II with the Germans and Enigma. "" --- agreed.
However, I would like to add two comments. First, Jan Kowalewski, who directed the work of the Polish cryptologists, decided to employ three outstanding mathematicians, Mazur, Sierpinski and Lesniewski, in his team. This was perhaps the first time in Europe that mathematics was used so extensively in decryption alongside linguistic analysis.
Koralewski's decision had far-reaching consequences - it was a permanent orientation of Polish cryptology towards mathematics.
Thanks to this orientation, on December 31, 1932, three Poles, Rejewski, Różycki and Zygalski, cracked the Enigma cipher for the first time. They shared their achievements and methods with French and British intelligence.
Turing also had a meeting with Rejewski in Paris in January 1940.
During this meeting, Rejewski deciphered a German message encoded in the Enigma system in front of Turing.
I tylko polacy zawitali kilka razy w Moskwie co nie udało się innym ✌️🇵🇱✌️
@@jerzy2023 W końcu Rosyjski dzień niepodległości świętuje wolność od Polaków na kremlu ;D
This event is just one of many events in European history in which Poland saved Europe from enemy invasion. starting with the Mongol Axis and ending with the overthrow of communism in 1989. Best regards
Ага спасала скорее приносила себя в жертву и постоянно делилась 😂
actually the last relevant battle against the Mongols was in Silesia on 9. April 1241 - which was also part of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle of Liegnitz. Herzog Heinrich II.with a mixed troup (its own Silesian Knights, then some Knights of the German Order, Johannite, Templer and other German Knights, then the rests of a Polish army - Russia, Krakau/Krakow and many cities were already overrun by the Mongols. Herzog Heinrich II. had altogether about 4000 - one weakness was that many were many peasants and 'foot folk'. He was outnumbered .Btw, this battle is one of the examples of a German and Polish coalition (also due to dynastic connections). Baidar Khan and his army had about 10000 warriors (and much more on horses). Some older stories talked about 100000 and also set the number of the German-Polish coalition higher but they are not serious. In theory there was also a 5k strong army from King Wenzel (from Bohemia) on the side of the German-Polish coalition but they were to far away and Herzog Heinrich II. didnt want move away - to resist a further move to the West of the Mongols. Another problem was that the Kaiser/Cesar Friedrich II was in Sicily/Italy and didnt care much about the problems with the Mongols in Eastern and East-Central Europe. If he did they could have been stopped much earlier with a much bigger professional and most modern army. On the other hand the situation of the Holy Roman Empire was also more complex dealing with politics also in many other regions. Btw, the Holy Roman Empire actually got this name in the 14. century - before that it was just called 'Roman Empire' (not just as continuation of the classic Roman Empire but also due to the so called '4 empire theory' most people believed in at that time: A 5th empire could not exist!. This Roman Empire with Germany as base was also called 'the Christian Empire' (because as most important power in Europe it was also up to them to protect Christianity - also one reason why Friedrich II. was engaged in Italy and 'Mittle East'). Anyway, the Mongols attacked (like often) first, got (like often) thrown back and attacked with a different tactics again (like often). One was psychological war tactics. In this case they rode explicitly for the Polish flag part and screamed "„Ratujcie sje! Ratujcie sje!" which made the already from former battles terrified Poles run away (nothing you usually hear from Poles ;) - which meant a further weakened party. The battle then continued (very bloody - to say that is historically really accurate) and both sides had huge losses - the Mongols a bit more. In the end of the day Heinrich II. reached his goal and the move to the West was stopped. Baidar Kahn tried still after that here and then some passing but failed and moved back to Hungary to join the other Mongol armies. But in the end of the day this was the last relevant battle for Europe against the Mongols and an important one. It was (most historians share this) this battle which caused so much loss that it became one of the major reasons why the Mongol problem from now on more and more was broken. But of course the battles before from Poles and others weakened the Mongols drastically - one has to see the whole picture. Apropos: that the Byzantine Empire fell to the Osman was in the first place due to the dominant European powers (HRE, Kingdom of France etc:) which not just weakened it all the time (it was basically already kind of 'open' to the Turks) but also later didnt really support Eastern-Central and East Europe/Balcans (even more, most of the time supported them/used them against each other). It was actually not a real problem to kick them out - but the main focus of the major European powers on each other prevented that most of the time.
Important facs: English, Germans blocked supply of ammunition to Poland while only Hungary delivered plenty of it from their reserves. Poland was able to uncode Russian messages. Stalin killed 22 000 + Polish soldiers and higher rank oficers, prisoners of war in 1940 in revange for the defeat 20 years before. It was nearby Smolensk. This is it. Regarding blocking - blocked is information now.
Everyone is amazed, and this victory of Poland is known as a miracle of Vistula River
Polska jest jedynym krajem , który okupował Moskwę i Iwan nigdy z nami nie wygrał w pojedynkę walcząc.
Co z Francuskim Cesartswem I Napoleonem?
@@Aleksander_Zgraja_Star Napoleon wkroczył do pustego miasta. Polacy mieli tam swój rząd.
@@Aleksander_Zgraja_Star Armia Napoleona wkroczyła do Moskwy. Nie byli tam jednak długo, ponieważ Rosjanie zastosowali taktykę spalonej ziemi, niszcząc zapasy i infrastrukturę w mieście, co zmusiło Napoleona do odwrotu w obliczu nadchodzącej zimy i braków zaopatrzenia. Ostatecznie, wycofanie się z Rosji okazało się katastrofalne dla Wielkiej Armii Napoleona, która poniosła ogromne straty.
Polacy byli w stanie utrzymać się w Moskwie przez 2 lata, a polski książę został wybrany na cara Rosji. Ostatecznie Polaków wygnano z Moskwy (bo książe nie chciał się ochrzcić w obrządku wschodnim) ale cała wojna przyniosła Polsce korzyści terytorialne.
Napoleon occupied Moscow in 1812.
@@user-fj3en5pm4q Taktyka spalonej ziemi była stosowana na drodze zaopatrzenia i pochodu wojsk Napoleona. Błędem Napoleona było myślenie, iż zdobycie Moskwy zakończy wojnę i kapitulacji Rosjan ale Car Aleksander wycofał się dalej i nie zamierzał się poddać.
Moskwa nie była spalona w czasie wkroczenia wojsk francuskich i nie jest do końca pewne czy Napoleon spalił Moskwę czy sami Rosjanie ale już później po wkroczeniu i stacjonowaniu wojsk Napoleona.
A cool topic for you as a German is the Battle of Cedynia or the attempt to create the first European Union 1,000 years ago. See the visit of Otto III and Bolesław the Brave in Gniezno. Gniezno is the first capital of Poland, located near Poznań.
as a German WITH much more knowledge than most Germans I remember that. This visit of Otto III. gave Boleslaw a 'king like' upgrade. There is some discussion if he recognized him really as king (because he was 25 years later (again) crowned) but there is no dispute that he got king like powers (Iand recognition in Europe as such) which also meant for instance that he could now set up his own Bishops and so on (a right only Kaiser and Kings had). Apart from that (and that nevertheless their relation was ambivalent for a couple of reasons) it was one of the phases when the term '"Sachsen/Saxons' became a 'thing' in Poland - even more much later with August der Starke from the kingdom of Saxony which also became King of Poland and Duke of Lithuania. Especially the latter is interesting to know to answer the question why there is/was a 'Saxon Palace, Saxon Place and Saxon Park' in Warsaw. That Saxon palace was unfortunately destroyed by the Nazis despite the common history (and despite that they did not destroy every city in Poland - because some were more seen as German). That palace was a nice building. Poland wanted already reconstruct it but (as far as I know) due to the finance crises back then 2008 this project was delayed and still is - but it is still in the pipeline? I think also from a pure aesthetical point of view was such a rather classical piece (after a rebuilding from a more Baroque/Rokoko style) of architecture a nice addition for Warsaw ...
Technically it was Soviet Russia or Russian SFSR!
Soviet Union (USRR) was proclaimed in 1922.
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@@jackblack2214What's so funny? 😁 It's true.
@@mixlllllll It's actually the Russians and their brotherly help 🤣
Stalin could not come to terms with his defeat in this war so much (it is personally) that he sent everyone related to the persons fighting on the Polish side to Siberia. Sameone "sent to Siberia by Stalin" was like being sent to an extermination camp. Only instead of gas, it cill freezing there.
The worst thing is that the victory over the Soviets was not fully exploited. The Polish delegation in Riga was simply weak and incompetent, these people did not know that they could have demanded territories from Lenin within the pre-1772 borders and they would have simply gotten them. The Soviets were completely defeated, and the "White" troops were marching on Moscow. Lenin was ready to make any concessions to the West because he wanted to withdraw troops as quickly as possible to defend Moscow. Besides, he and Stalin were convinced that they would deal with Poland later, so for the time being they could give the Poles everything they wanted...
No, no, no, no, no. You got it completely wrong. Restoring the pre 1772 borders was imossible, for various reasons. The most important one is that lands east to Bug river (present Polish eastern border) were barely populated by Poles, only Vilnius and Lviv regions had a Polish majority. There were plenty of Belarussians and Ukrainians not identyfying with Polish state and wanting to create their own countries and cultures. Also you forgot that before partitions, Poland was in union with Lithuania, and in 1918, the Lithuanians did not want to restore the Commonwealth. Instead, they preferred to have their own, seperate country. You see, 19th century has changed a lot in terms of national identiti and understatding of country. It's not easy to govern such an enormous state as The Commonwealth, especially when half of your population wants independence and half of your country is significantly poorer than the other part (you heard of "Poland A and B division"?).
@@smerfdzikus2334 ...and what does it matter? State borders do not have to coincide with ethnic/nationality borders. Look at Russia itself, there are a lot of larger and smaller nations living there. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was also a multinational country before 1772 and could easily have been so after 1921. As for the rest, I recommend a book with the slightly sarcastic title "The Piłsudski-Lenin Pact. Or how Poles saved Bolshevism and wasted a chance to build an empire." Very well documented, great bibliography.
Have you ever heard of "nation state" concept? Look at these countries: Austro-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, USSR. Guess why they collapsed? It's easier to manage Poland with ehtnic Polish majority than with many other minorities. I guess in Eastern and Central Europe, multinational states were associated with oppressing empires and people didn't want them back.
The fact that we won this war is a coincidence of many circumstances at that time. Germany was busy with its own affairs (revolution in Berlin) so we could transfer the entire army to the east. The civil war in Russia, in addition to the war with Poland, the Bolsheviks also had to fight the White Army on their territory. A mess in the command, due to Stalin's incompetence, part of the army got stuck in the south and did not reach Warsaw on time. Military aid from France, Great Britain and the USA. Bad calculation of the Bolsheviks, they thought that peasants and workers would side with them (doesn't this remind you of similar thinking two years ago when they started the invasion of Ukraine?). Most importantly, we, Poles, were very motivated to regain our country after 123 years. If you are interested in this topic and you like reading, I recommend the book by the British historian Norman Davies " White Eagle,Red Star". Unfortunately, the book is only published in Polish and English, but I think you know enough English to be able to read it. It is written in accessible language.
2:24 it was both. At the time there was no clear border between Soviet Russia, Poland and Ukraine because every state involved was created after or during WWI. It was as much complicated as our border with Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Hitler wiedział w 1939 roku że jak wspomni Stalinowi o rewanżu na Polsce to sie do niego przyłączy
i tak w 1939 roku zostaliśmy zatakowani od zachodu przez Niemców , a od wschodu przez Sowietów 17 września 1939 roku
There is such thing like pure defence. If you want to beat aggression, you have to use all advancement you can which is obviosly attacking vital points like hedquarters, logistic and supply lines, ammo etc...
Back in the early 20' Soviets wated to conquer Europe as quick as possible and cause world revolution. USSR would steamroll trougth demilitarised Germany, and cripled France, quickly moving south whenver mountains aren't to high.
11:50 - Wenn du sagst, dass Russland im Jahr 1919 rückständig war, stimmt das, aber Polen hatte wiederum weder eine einzige Regierung, noch eine einzige Armee, noch Munition oder irgendwelche Waffen. Alles wurde erst aus den Überresten von drei verschiedenen Ländern aufgebaut.
The truth is that Poles regained their lands before the partition
im glad you watched an actual polish history video and not some images flashing like other reaction youtubers
it was about regaining pre-partition lands
It wasn't Piłdsucki who invented successful tactics but general Rozwadowski
There is nothing amazing about it, they are just ordinary people (RUS). They always attacked us with someone's help and we lost, they don't try 1v1 because they know we always win. Strength is not in numbers but in determination and intelligence. Greetings
w polsce mamy wojna polsko-bolszwicka
We retook what was taken
You should watch Sabaton History 40 to 1
Kaliningrad wasn’t Russian until 1945
and it was in a much better shape if it still was German
@@publicminx This city being in Russia is a big mistake. It would be better even if it was in Poland. It wouldn’t be the disaster of a city it is today
You do not hide the fact that you are upset that Hitler lost. The West has always been racist.
Rosjanie nigdy nie przejmowali się swoimi żołnierzami. Tak było w przeszłości...i tak niestety jest i teraz....
Chris Ty jeszcze nas Polaków nie znasz 😂
I have to add a very important fact. The whole tactics and our win in the battle of Warsaw were due to the brilliant mind of General Tadeusz Rozwadowski, the genius of war tactics. That idiot Piłsudski, calling himself a Marshall, fled from Warsaw before the battle, and we should appreciate and admire general Rozwadowski for "The miracle at Vistula".
Dear Chris!
Do you infect your colleagues and friends with your curiosity and perhaps love for Poland? :)
It's nice that you are interested in Poland, especially since, as you mentioned, you don't learn our history at school and it is, as you have probably already noticed, incredibly interesting.
IN 1918 Poland no had easten boarder.
armchair historian has a lot of interesting videos so its cool to see you reacting to it :D
CZEŚĆ I CHWAŁA RZECZPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ I JEJ BOHATEROM
3:52 Lenin was neither emperor nor the presindent. He was the chairman of the ruling communist party at that time, boi.
At the time Russians were still armed with their World War I equipment, which was not top-notch for the era, but got the job done. They were a real threat, not an underequiped mob. Especially considering that the Polish Army was freshly formed based on the formations from three separate sides of WW I, volunteers, and some fresh troops equipped by France - some even fighting on the Western Front on the Entente side. That was the origin of the 'four kinds of guns' situation. It would be best if you didn't put emphasis on the more modern stereotype of the disorganised Russian army. The Red Army was extremely dangerous to the newly formed countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as those in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Many of them fell victim to the Bolsheviks (like Georgia or Ukraine).
0:23 Yes, Poland had a war with Russia at this time and Germany stopped trading with Poland at this time as a support for everlasting Russian friend, boi.
After World War I, the Conference of Versailles addressed the western borders of Poland, but the eastern ones were not settled for some time. For few the starting point was the pre-partition territory of Poland, which stretched far to the east. However, it was more realistic to assume a Poland that included important centers of Polish culture where Poles were then the majority, such as Vilnius, Grodno, and Lviv.
The war started because Soviet Russia broke the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and began moving its forces into territories claimed by Poland and Ukraine. The newly emerged Ukrainian People's Republic allied with Poland to defend Ukraine against the Red Army, which had already captured Kyiv. Hence Polish-Ukrainian offensive to recapture Kyiv.
not entirely true - Treaty was annulled with end of WW1, even then they couldn't have broken the treaty since entities they signed it with no longer existed
@@GdzieJestNemo Germany still existed. We may say the treaty was no longer honored by Russian SFSR which considered itself a new entity. But what is important here is that till 1919 Russia kept its forces behind that border and in 1919 it started to cross it. And there were Poles already.
@@user-fj3en5pm4q wiki and other authors don't agree with you on that.
@@GdzieJestNemo on what exactly?
@@user-fj3en5pm4q on whether same Germany still existed and whether Russian SSR broke the treaty. Tbh you are the first person i've met claiming that.
7:23
Well
True
Tsar Russia in World War I (Great War): 7 russian people dies compare to 1 german empire soldier
Holodomor in SSR Ukraine: people dies cause starving
Also in World War II
And right now in Ukraine
today poland population is 40millions but ukraina is 37 millions people
you need to revisit that - Poland is around ~37m, while Ukraine impossible to tell
@@GdzieJestNemoPoland have 38-39 milions people becuase there is probably less than 1 milion Ukrainians in Poland rigth now.
40 milions was in peak of Ukrainian migration, counting over 1 milion people that were moved to Germany.
Before war Poland have 37,8 milion population due to depopulation that took us under 38 milions.
@@GdzieJestNemo brother poland have 40m you have to learn brother today but in poland living:
ukrainian people
polish people
czechia people
slovakia people
german and other
@@kapix13kapix not according to any statistical office nor estimate
This video totally ignores the espionage and communication aspect of this war, which was both decisive and epic (For example- how Poles where emitting Genesis verses in Morse code on the Russian frequency ) and the religious aspect, for which it is known as the "Miracle at Vistula". Check up those topics. They are fascinating.
Rosja w 1921 roku posiadała około 140 000 000 obywateli a Polska około 30 000 000
please react to WW2 of the polish perspective
Lwów* not lviv
Back then it was called Bolshevia
I'm sending you an interesting video to watch. Title: "How Poland becomes a military power" from the MilitaryRated channel. /not to be confused with a video from a year ago with the same title from another channel/.
I wonder what you will say after watching it.
In addition, I propose two other films.
1. Can Poland's Army STOP Russian Invasion? from The Military Show channel /it's not so optimistic anymore/
2. If NATO and RUSSIA Go To War, Who Loses (Hour by Hour) from the same channel
And finally, a little lesson. If you want to read Polish texts correctly, I recommend the video How to read Polish or something from the HowtoPolish channel
Lenin as President is too way - just high commissioner or new tzar
You'll soon be an expert on Polish history 😉 Polish history is very interesting. But it's more of a curse than a blessing. 😁
Country...Lech, Czech i Rus.
Ukrainian population 1990 52 mln. 2024 32 mln.
Tak samo jak z wami Niemcami zawsze wygrywaliśmy oprócz 1939 z Rosją też wiele razy się zdarzyło.
How then do you explain the fact that Poland was a province of the Russian Empire?😂😂😂
@@CaligulaAugust bardzo łatwo. Tak jak dzisiaj Polska została sprzedana przez swoje elity. Tam żadnej wojny nie było. Szlachta sama o opiekę do carycy występowała. Cześć z nich była przekupywana przez Niemców i Rosjan jak obecnie się dzieje. Dzisiaj premierem Polski jest Tusk który za niemieckie marki partie zakładał i w reklamówkach je kolegom z partii rozdawał.
But aren’t the Polish elites from the people? Does it turn out that Poland is a plutocracy and not a democracy?
Sie kennen die Grundgeschichte nicht? Was haben Sie im Geschichtsunterricht in der Grundschule gelernt? Wird einem das in Deutschland nicht beigebracht?
He probably slept like most people, because learning history at school is crap, syphilis and a grave. It's better to learn history on your own at the age of about 20 than to waste time on this nonsense from school and a pile of dates instead of reliable knowledge about the background of a given case, etc.
Russians still learn in schools that they liberated Poland and Europe and that their grandparents were heroes.
You learn mainly about the Holocaust, but you know very little about the crimes committed strictly against Poles, not Polish Jews.
They still teach us that Hitler was a bloodthirsty monster who hated Poland forever, and it's a bit funny when you come back to the topic after many years... Suddenly you find out that he wanted an alliance with us and until we joined the Allies, we were not "Slavic subhumans", but a race "related to the Nordics". To this day we are taught that we were angels and Ukrainians and Belarusians loved us, which has little to do with reality.
Ukrainians are still taught to this day that in Volhynia there were fights between the UPA and the Home Army, and civilian casualties were equal on both sides.
And I can mention each country one by one. At school you learn about the historical politics of your country. Not history.
Since you mention the sizes of the countries, Estonia also won a war against the Russians. Russians also managed to lose a naval battle against a country without access to sea: Czechoslovakia (the Battle of Lake Baikal).
Fatalny poziom historyczny
ZSRR i II Rzeczpospolita, były państwami które powstały na gruzach dawnych mocarstw, przez co były słabe, ale mogły prowadzić w miarę równą walkę, polska nigdy nie wygrała by ze zorganizowaną carską Rosją
Disliked and won't subscribe "Krolewiec" And about your being suprised that we were able to hold off... We could hold off germany in 39 if russians didn't attack...
There was not pl and ukr army ... Its fake
Pilsudski was a bandit
Żenada program