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4:19 you absolutely butchered it, and the word "statek" is used for civilian ships, warships we call "okręt" so it should be "Polski okręt podwodny Orzeł" and rz when next to each other, are read as one letter
If you want a bonus badass story, look up Joseph Unrug, Polish Navy commander in chief at the beginning of ww2. Largely responsible for the plans described in the video, he was Polish-German who actually started his career in the German navy. After being captured nazis naturally tried to get him to switch sides and fight for them but Unrug not only refused but also demanded an interpreter whenever the germans officers tried to talk with him because as he claimed, on September 1st, 1939 he forgot how to speak German.
Unrug was very respected by Germans. Once, when in Oflag, one young german officer didn't salute him. Commander of Oflag saw it, run from his office, excused Unrug and said to this young german, that if he show any lack of respect to Unrug once more, he will be send to eastern front the very same moment.
@wcisnijstart, nope, he was a Pole. He chose to be a Pole and he became one :) Even though he was half-German by origin, he didn't have to - that was quite normal and common in the Commonwealth and was codefied and written down also by prof. Wincenty Lutosławski.
@@myszkoscielna7522 It seems to often be forgotten how for many centuries, the Commonwealth with its values was what people from all over would CHOOSE as their home
Apprently if the Polish Military is told something is impossible, they take it as a personal challange and then go and succeed, you utter mad lads, never change.
There is a certain cultural concept in Polish national consciousness called "ułańska fantazja". Basically a mixture of old-fashioned chivalry, bold adventurous spirit, and a near-suicidal bravery and disregard for death. Bonus points for personal wit or excessively epic, over the top actions. It's a mentality of someone who either has no other choice but to out-insane his oponent or is determined to end the day being either a national hero or a nominee for a Darwin award, and it worked out for us more times than it really should. Which leads to my personal conclusion that if God exists, our nation propably amuses him.
This is actually a sad fact that such deeds are sometimes necessary, due to a f..d up situation in which Poland lands. Even more sad is the act that it actually doesn't help in the long run.
It's probably just about the polish mentality xD if your brother lies you they make 5k€ in Germany, you would be damnd but you will show him the next family event you can make 6k€ a month even if you have to sell your organs...
There is nothing comparable to the mix of pride because somebody is talking about your country and laughter felt when they completely butcher Polish words. Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła!
@@donaltdak5541 yeah sadly. We need to re-vitalize the European movie industry. Hollywood almost exclusively makes videos about American war heroes. Time to do the European ones justice!
32:15 That’s the history of the Soviet Union in a nutshell right there: decide to launch an unprovoked invasion to conquer and subjugate a territory, fake a justification, and then publicly claim to be an anti-imperialist victim while secretly being the imperialist perpetrator.
What is necessary to state is the fact that the Polish fleet was designed solely to combat the threat posed by the Soviet fleet, which was planned to be stopped on its way to the western Baltic Sea in the area of natural bottlenecks. For this purpose, Poland had a strong component intended to mine the exit from the Gulf of Finland and the areas east and west of Gotland, both from water and underwater. Anything that would survive passing through these minefields was to be destroyed by attack ships. Polish ships were so large and fast that they could arrive at the posts before the Soviets did. This was critically important because Poles at that time considered a conflict with the USSR, not with Germany, inevitable - material aid from the West was to go through the thriving port of Gdynia in the event of such a conflict. Gdynia was created in general (Poland did not receive this fastest-growing Baltic port in the Treaty of Versailles, and had to build it on its own) in order to avoid the situation of 1920, when German shipyard workers in Gdańsk did not want to unload the aid sent to Poland from France. However, the Polish fleet was never supposed to fight the Germans, who were an opponent from a completely different weight category, both in the literal sense and in the sense of maritime skills and traditions. This is worth remembering when considering why a country that always had too little money for land forces and air force suddenly acquired expensive naval power. It was simply aimed at a different enemy than the one Poland ultimately faced.
I'm a sailor from Poland and when i was 13 i've had to learn navigation by the stars untill it was so ingrained, that became my 2nd nature.Being old fart my first reactions, when i leave home is a short glance at the sky and milisecond later checking where the wind blows from.i'm always aware of it and i guess that's a trait of every sailor.
As a Dutchmen I still take pride in the fact that a Dutch built Submarine made this absolutely mad journey under command of the Poles I honestly think there is nothing more dangerous/scary then a Dutch built submarine with a polish crew. Bravo brave Orzel and her crew Also another amazing video, I love it whenn you talk about these absolutely crazy adventures. P.S I want 12 episodes and 2 movies made about this right the fuck now
And Dutch submarines did a great job in WWII fighting Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic and Japanese navy in the Pacific. BTW ORP Orzeł's twin, the ORP Sęp survived the war and was used by postwar Polish Navy till 1969.
Dutch are awesome engineers and builders! Immigrants from your country improved and settled marshy lands close to Gdańsk. I suppose there are hundreds of stories like this from around the world, where the Dutch came and amazed locals with "know-how" :D
Dutch submarines kicked ass in the Pacific as well, especially early when the American submarines (except for the Sugar boats) couldn’t do much due to their faulty torpedoes. The Dutch had no such weaknesses
However, two Orzel-class submarines were built according to heavily modified by the Polish KMW project of Dutch 0.16-class subs. The result was the best submarine possessed by any allied nation, with the possible exception of the American Balao-class.
There is 1950s movie "Orzeł" about escape from Estonia, and new one "Orzeł. Ostatni Patrol" (eng. Eagle. The last patrol) which is fictionalized version of the last mission of the ship with elements of psychological horror.
Reminder that the only other English speaking YT channel that covered this story is a channel called “The History Guy”. Not even Drachinifel has covered this yet.
Its always fun coming to a comment section to say a few things ... only to realize that literally everything you wanted to say is in one single comment thread.
I recently learned about the polish anti tank horse units and every time I think of it I get a huge smile on my face. The polish in their infinite wisdom, realized that they couldn’t raise very many tank divisions but knew they would still have to fight tanks. The only thing they had a large quantity of was anti tank guns and horses. One thing lead to another and they had an effective tank fighting force that was quick, maneuverable, and easy to supply with their war economy. Though not stopping their advance, they caused major casualties to the German tank brigades and delayed them enough for other units to get into position or evacuate. Freaking awesome.
and this line of thinking is still working look at ukraine okay we dont have enough ifv and apc, hey kostya, you said you had that old car in your garage?
Cavalry charges against tanks Did Not HAppen. (there was one - successful! attempt at breakthrough from encirclement while most of the tanks were being refueled but that is different story). But against actual tanks we used (usually horse drawn sure) 37mm Bofors cannon or (as they were Usually PzI or PzII) 7.92 mm WZ.35 Anti - Tank Rifle (not very many of them tthough) with occasional addition of tanquettes and armoured cars.
@@wojszach4443 Most of any modern army Ever was Infantry. The novelty was mechanised infantry which unfortunately Germans had more of it. Even Polish cavalry was not all on horseback or cart/truckbed.
ORP means Okęt Rzeczpospolitej Polski (Ship of Polsh Commonwealth). Okręt is military ship, Statek is merchant/liner ship. And our IIWW flagship is not Witcher but Wicher pronounced more like Vee her and it means Strong Wind. BTW all II WW destroyers have names after weather conditions such as forementioned Piorun (thunderbolt). One of those ORP Blyskawica (lightning) is todays a Museum Ship anchored in Gdynia Harbour.
@@baruteku Z tymi terminami "commonwealth", "republic", "Rzeczpospolita", "republika" jest trochę zamieszania, bo np. w angielskim kiedyś używano "commonwealth" w znaczeniu "republika", jako tłumaczenie łacińskiej frazy _Res publica_ (czyli tak samo jak nasza Rzeczpospolita) i np. ten twór państwowy istniejący od końca angielskiej wojny domowej do restauracji Stuartów, który w polskiej literaturze przedmiotu nazywany jest Republiką Angielską, w oryginale nazywał się the Commonwealth of England. Z kolei po polsku terminów "rzeczpospolita" i "republika" używano jako synonimów, swobodnie je zamieniając, pisząc np. o republice rzymskiej , czy weneckiej.
@@Artur_M. A to możliwe. Ja to myślałem tak: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów jest tłumaczona jako Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth. I przez tą konotacje w tym kontekście wydaje mi się właściwe, Ale mogę się mylić. Fakt iż obecnnie jest tłumaczone jako republika.
@@juliuszkocinski7478both Rzeczypospolita and commonwealth are words constructed on basis of word Respublica by deconstructing it to base words Res (thing (in polish "rzecz") which is part of your wealth if you own it) and publica (public but in specific sense of being of the public (in polish "pospolite") or common) Really it's same word with slight adjustments to the language it used it and they can be used as such.
I’m half English half German. My entire British family served in Bomber Command, they were also Jewish. I don’t know how my extended family on mom’s side felt about it but I can imagine the Christmas Cards were a bit awkward.
Animarchy: "Have you ever met the Poles?" Me: **does the awkward side eye after realizing one of my work besties is Polish, I conceal carry a P-64, I set my phone in Polish for funsies, and I'm completely obsessed with the ORP Błyskawica.**
I'm glad to be part polish and part Ukrainian, what with my grandmother having a Ukrainian father and a polish mother, and whenever I hear a story about the poles being awesome as all can be, it puts a smile on my face.
My great-grandfather on my father's side was Polish(fled to America after the Nazi invasion) and my grandfather on my mother's side was Ukrainian(fled to America some time during the Cold War, I never got a clear understanding of when they only thing about it I ever heard from him aboutit was "I moved here frim there so that when the war started I wouldn't get bombed"). Also, my grandmother on my mother's side once told me she could trace her family history all the way back to the Mayflower.
Fun fact, Miracle of Wistula was given such name to undermine the current leader Józef Piłsudzki by the opposition yet it stuck because of how fitting it was for his propaganda at the time
From a certain perspective it's ammusing that Trotsky was very much against the invasion as he didn't see the red army yet capable. He almost pulled it off though their was this one general who defied explicit orders and the plan and likely cost the whole war. I imagine that silly general didn't get very far after that debacle..!
id say it was a miracle as boy scouts managed to hold of the Russian army long enough. they managed to intercept and decrypt the bickering between Stalin and and Lenin which notified them of the weak point in the Russian army. and finally managed to maintain a pace that prevented the Russians from reforming even thou the army was in shambles during the battle of Warsaw.
Dammit! Now you've got me thinking of the entire crew lined up on deck in parade formation flipping everyone the bird and repeatedly screaming "i am a pole!" As they steal their own submarine....
When he began talking about why the captain was not in command i completely expected it to be because he was killed while cursing and firing his pistol at the germans from the deck and he was hit by a shell. And i would have fully believed him if he did
One of the Polish officers overseeing the construction of Orzeł in the Netherlands was a gentleman named Kazimierz Leski. During the September 1939 campaign he was a fighter pilot(!), crash landed in the Soviet occupied territory, made a daring escape from the NKVD with an injured spine, after recovery joined the resistance as an intelligence officer. He frequently travelled across europe in a wehrmacht general’s uniform - as such he inspected the Atlantic Wall obtaining eyes-on knowledge about the fortifications soon to be assaulted during Overlord. He aloso took part in the Warsaw Uprising, spent 12 years in communist prison. Kazimierz Leski, callsign „Bradl”
His sister Anna Leska was a pilot and managed to hijack a plane from an airfield in September 1939 already under Luftwaffe control. She managed to reach England and served as an auxiliary pilot delivering new and damaged planes all over UK. She was one of very few women certified to fly alone heaviest 4-engine bombers ( Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster ) which she flew quite frequently. In 1971 she moved back to Poland. Kazimierz Leski was fluent in many Western languages. He could speak excellent German with various accents: Berliner, Bavarian and so on.
Craziest mad lad voted at the local RSL was a polish veteran who fought in the anti tank calvary in 39, and one of the old members who voted for him was a rat of tobruk. So glad I got to chat to them before they passed.
"never before have so many been screwed by so many" - Me Also, If you look more into her escape from Estonia it becomes obvious the Estonians were very aware of what Orzel's crew was planning and only made a show of trying to stop them. Considering Estonia was surrounded also it wasnt hard to figure who the bad guys and good guys were.
"Polish destroyer Witcher" I giggled with glee whenever I heard that. Soo.... Petition to rename one of our ships "Wiedźmin", the best way to raise morale :) PS: Don't worry about mispronounciations you're doing pretty well - certain fun errors notwithstanding :)
Orzel was with her sister class the further development of the Dutch O16 class. And Dutch submarine design and development had a great impact on the rest of europe . One should look in to it as they where the leading nation in submarine development .
I would love to see someone do a video on the Polish Navy's general bloodlust towards the Luftwaffe someday. After the Invasion of Poland, the Norweigan Campaign (Where ORP Grom was sunk by a sinlge Heinkle 111 in the Fjords as part of a trap), and Dunkirk (where ORP Burza had her bow punched in by Stukas), there was a noticble tendancy of Polish destroyers going full aggro whenever a plane with crosses flew by. ORP Piroun and ORP Blyskawica both are famous for strutting half-refitted from their docks and diverting entrie arial armadas using their AA defenses, and at one point, ORP Blyskawica even had her 120mm guns swapped out for a swarm of double 4in Dual-purpose guns simply because they could elevate farther than the standard British 4.7in mounts currently available.
Polish hussars appear more than once in the "Ring of Fire" book series, and it quickly becomes obvious that no one, but no one in their right mind, casually dismissed Polish hussars...
I had the privilege of meeting an elderly gentleman a number of years back and asked “may I help you Sir?” The retort “Don’t call me Sir, I work for a living!”. I replied “What rank?”. He hand signalled warrant officer, I hand signalled corporal & we got on famously after that. A pilot from Poland, escaped to UK, Battle of Britain, career in RAF, became an instructor on 36 different types of aircraft. Interesting person, interesting times
The Estonians have a plague dedicated to the Polish submarine in front of the maritime museum in the old town of Tallinn. Our guards were rumoured to kind of inform the poles when to take off. And telling them to slowly do the demilitarisation, I mean the Estonian navy had submarines, we could have offered a torpedo hoist to borrow. We didn’t take the crew off the ship etc. But as they were legally interred and left non-legally we could say to the Germans “oops those darn poles” and the soviets legally had no business in Estonia as the ship was already gone. We in Estonia fought with the soviets from 1918-1920 when they surrendered, so the 1919 war of poland-soviets is also one we can sympathise with.
And the soviets had tried to create naval torpedo attack excuses before the orzel, likely trying to blame an Estonian navy ship. But they managed to miss, classic russian style. So the orzel did not cause the soviet occupation of Estonia, it would have happened anyway. If anyone is to blame it’s the Estonian autocratic president päts who underestimated the danger and did not prepare properly for a possible war.
Yeah sorry, I can assure you the estonians have not put up disease as commemoration, rather a plaque. But Im estonian and was likely rather drunk writing it, so some grammar will be wrong.
@@mjfan653 Drunk? How appropriate, in memory of those two Estonian guards left by Poles on Swedish coast with - a letter to their command, describing they were too troublesome to keep around, trying to escape etc. - a crate of vodka :)
At the moment there is a exhibition at the swedish navy museum in Karlskrona about 170 polish submariners from three submarines how was damaged during the war and hade to take shelter in swedish ports. The exhibition is about mainly the people how did stay in sweden after the war but they also take up that all sailors how did return to Poland after the war was charged but many did go back in to the navy. The exhibition is more people's life stories but it was really intressting to hear about this part of history. Very well done 👍
"Have you ever met the Poles?" **Me, an Icelandic dude, where the largest minority is Polish and work with about 4 of them every week** Yes? "When it comes to wars, the Poles. Have absolutely. No. Chill." Yes. Absolutely splendid video! Thank you for drawing attention to this voyage. I never realized how much I needed an Aussie narrating spectacular war stories. Stellar performance!
I swear, if Pacman (Animarchy history) made a 40 minute video about an especially tasty ham sandwich I'd watch the whole thing with rapt attention. No doubt the question of mayo, mustard or both world feel like stakes the likes of which humanity hasn't seen since the bay of pigs. The fact he's starting videos like this with some of the craziest stories in modern military history makes it all that much better.
Some time ago an old Estonian soldier gave a very interesting interview. He was one of gunners shelling Orzel during its escape from port of Talinn. He was firing purposely close to the submarine but not on the submarine. Other Estonian gunmen behaved in the same way, they wanted Orzel to succeed.
Thank you for telling this story to a wider audience, we really appreciate it. Independent historians do a great job when they do not stick to the truths forged in academia. I have a degree in archeology myself, and although life and necessity pushed me to become a welder, in my free time I do it as a hobby. Thanks for the video and other informative stories on your channel. Although interesting facts from the latest research based on British declassified documents, a picture emerges that ORP "ORZEŁ" could have been very unlucky and been mistaken for an enemy by an RAF plane. Kind regards!!!
You know what’s pretty crazy, my sister got me a pretty cool polish model of the Orzel last Christmas, and I didn’t even know about this absolutely crazy story. I will now deeply treasure this incredible representative of history.
13:00. Good god, I had a history of science class last semester, and during a test was asked about what some major technological developments during ww2 were (attempting to test our knowledge of date ranges). I was glad it was online, and I had lots of time because I got to fully explain why that is not the right term to use.
1:00 "it is called to stop the usage of pyrotechnic charges" And now IDK if they had that phrase on standby, or they can generate anything they want on the go.
Another delightful video! I would go so far as to say you may just well be the best of youtubers tackling history! Your videos are delightfully entertaining and engaging, all the while being properly informative! Thank yiu for blessing us with these videos!
30:29 Sinking Rio De Janeiro was first indication of Germany attacking Norway. Ship was carrying 330 soldiers, 10 AA guns, 73 horses, 71 vehicles and 292 tons of provisions
9:58 we accualy dont. our word for surrender is *poddaje sie* wich accualy means *i gave up* . so we accualy do not have a direct word meaning surrender :)
When I was in pre-primary school (so about age 4), I remember a new kid started who was very quiet and shy. It only occurred to me later that he didn't speak English, he was from Poland. I actually found him on Facebook and he is 100% Australian now. Lots of photos of him fishing and drinking beers with his mates. His family must have left Poland immediately after the collapse of communism in Europe (this was around 1990). I'm so glad he and his family found a good home in Australia. Now I'm an adult with a lot of friends who moved here from Poland. It's really cool that our tallest mountain is named after a Pole, too. Between this channel and Perun, it really appears that Australia really loves talking about Poland.
I read this story when I was in kindergarden, in 1982, and it was really impressive. Almost like defence of Westerplatte and Polish Mail Office in Gdańsk. Not to mention defence of Hel.
Contrary to Animarchy's claim, there is indeed a word for "surrender" in Polish. There are a number of them in fact: poddać się, oddać się, ustąpić, stracić, etc. They however only have second and third person declinations. xD
before any english-speaking lads get confused, he meant "Wicher" which can be translated as "Whirlwind". Our navy did not name one of their ships "Witcher" for the better or worse. lmao
As a proud Pole I am very happy that someone is telling this amazing story. Thank's a lot! (by the way the beautiful music in the background is about polish airforce :D)
Love you mate just two minor notes: it's not a "statek" (civilian ship), it's an "okręt" (warship), ORP "Wicher" is not actually pronounced "Witcher" :)
Great video :D. Also very fitting to hear an orchestral version of 40 to 1 in the background by Sabaton. Which ofc refers to a part of the Polish defence against Germany.
Two bangers from two of my favorite “russophobes” from the souther hemisphere!?? I’m about that action chief. And if these guys are an inkling like the other polish units I’ve seen vids on, this is gunna be bonkers.
@@tdb7992Historically, Poles and Aussies got along pretty well. One example that comes to mind was Polish and Australian defenders of Tobruk bonding over each other's ballsiness and shared hatred of their British officers.
Can confirm about Poles and Soccer, Many moons ago I used to do security for Soldier Field in Chicago, My section was at the South End Zone for Chicago Fire and World Cup Soccer matches. That section was reserved by the Barn Burners [the official Chicago Fire fanclub] and the Polish Ultas [another local Futbol club]. Both were entertaining, but the Ultas took the cake. I had to turn down so many shots from those madlads. They also had some fun chants, my favorites were "You're a Bastare, Referee! You're a Bastard, Referee! Who's your daddy? You ain't got one! You're a Bastard Referee!" and "If I had the Wings of an Eagle, And I had the ass of a Crow, I'd fly over [Rival town] tomorrow, and shit on the bastards below!"
I know you’re a history channel with some added memes, but your videos have brought a good amount of joy that I really needed recently. Thanks man, puts me in a better mood whenever you and your colleagues upload
Well there is third theory about what what happend to ORP Orzeł. That allied planes sunk it, one of evidence for that theory is the pilot's drawings of atacked targets. Along siluetes of uboots there was one that was standing out, and very similar to Orzeł one
Something like that happened to ORP Jastrząb. Jastrząb correctly signalled to be an Ally, but St Albans and HMS Seagull destroyed it anyway, also shooting from machineguns to crewmembers after the damaged ship emerged.
Great video man, and a great story. I love the way you wrote this video even if the pronunciation of a couple words is not even close 😂 but still a great video
What a thrilling tale! I understand that you're a specialist on modern navies, but if you ever feel like doing a video on Poland's volunteer fighters in the American war for independence, then two 18th-Century madlads -- the general & military engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko and Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski (the father of the US Army Cavalry, who was KIA in Georgia) certainly deserve coverage. Both are honored here with monuments and by having bridges and other things named in their honor, not to mention a song by Sufjan Stevens.
@@juno1915 it's in quite good shape considering that other 2 submarines it began service with, are already museum pieces. Plus Orzeł constantly takes part in various NATO exercises, one of which was held quite recently. It usually tries to escape the fleet while they try to find it and "sink it". I'm not sure but I think that the last time it was done, Orzeł needed to sail from Denmark to UK and get back and it succeeded without beeing spoted. But ofc it's getting older and because of that, needs more and more repairs. Fortunatelly, the navy plans on getting 3 brand new submarines
Great video, thank you for making it! It's great to see Polish stories getting more international attention. Regarding some problems with pronunciation, I have a resource to recommend. A little video made by your fellow Australian RUclipsr (a linguistics nerd in this case) that teaches you everything you need to know about both Czech and Polish spelling and pronunciation in just 10 minutes, and as a bonus teaches you precisely how to say the name Tadeusz Kościuszko (after whom the highest mountain in Australia is named): ruclips.net/video/roh14dzDm6E/видео.html
When your national anthem starts with "Poland won't perish as long as we live, and what enemy forces take from us we will return with a sabre[in hand] ", you know you're bound to come upon a certified band of madlads
I would honestly love a video from you talking about the Pendleton and fort Mercer rescues in 1952. I’ve read the book and I’ve seen the movie “The finest hours” but I just love hearing about it in a video as background sound.
There were 4 aft and 4 bow torpedo tubes with 1 spare torpedo for each tube, so there are 8 launchers. Additionally there were 2 rotary twin launchers and these ones could not be reloaded in the sea. All together there were 12 launchers and 20 torpedoes.
I just wanted to say a simple thank you. Thank you for sharing the story with all of us. It means a great deal for me. Czapki z głów dla poległych Polskich bohaterów wojennych. o7 (Hats off to the fallen Polish war heroes) o7
-5:18 there is also a theory that it is even possible that it is true because there is a report and a sketch of the ship before the sinking make by crew the British submarine-hunting plane who reminded appearance of ORP ORZEŁ that ORP ORZEŁ was destroyed by allied forces by mistake... sorry for the grammar errors... I drank some vodka...
Another great video! Of all warships, I think the submarines had the most insane stories in WW2. I sugest you to look about the free French submarine Casabianca, amazing story.
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This one is for my Polish Fans! Welcome to the tale of the Polish Submarine Eagle and the Tallinn incident. A tale of bravery, shenanigans and the near fanatical dedication the Polish people have for their homeland. A tale that Winston Churchill called "The Greatest Adventure Story of the War".
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This one does sound crazy so far and definitely wouldn’t be well known.
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4:19 you absolutely butchered it, and the word "statek" is used for civilian ships, warships we call "okręt" so it should be "Polski okręt podwodny Orzeł" and rz when next to each other, are read as one letter
If you want a bonus badass story, look up Joseph Unrug, Polish Navy commander in chief at the beginning of ww2. Largely responsible for the plans described in the video, he was Polish-German who actually started his career in the German navy. After being captured nazis naturally tried to get him to switch sides and fight for them but Unrug not only refused but also demanded an interpreter whenever the germans officers tried to talk with him because as he claimed, on September 1st, 1939 he forgot how to speak German.
Unrug was very respected by Germans. Once, when in Oflag, one young german officer didn't salute him. Commander of Oflag saw it, run from his office, excused Unrug and said to this young german, that if he show any lack of respect to Unrug once more, he will be send to eastern front the very same moment.
True German patriot. Wouldn't die for crazed leaders.
@@wcisnijstartnot so german after alll.... ;)
@wcisnijstart, nope, he was a Pole. He chose to be a Pole and he became one :) Even though he was half-German by origin, he didn't have to - that was quite normal and common in the Commonwealth and was codefied and written down also by prof. Wincenty Lutosławski.
@@myszkoscielna7522 It seems to often be forgotten how for many centuries, the Commonwealth with its values was what people from all over would CHOOSE as their home
Apprently if the Polish Military is told something is impossible, they take it as a personal challange and then go and succeed, you utter mad lads, never change.
There is a certain cultural concept in Polish national consciousness called "ułańska fantazja". Basically a mixture of old-fashioned chivalry, bold adventurous spirit, and a near-suicidal bravery and disregard for death. Bonus points for personal wit or excessively epic, over the top actions.
It's a mentality of someone who either has no other choice but to out-insane his oponent or is determined to end the day being either a national hero or a nominee for a Darwin award, and it worked out for us more times than it really should. Which leads to my personal conclusion that if God exists, our nation propably amuses him.
This is actually a sad fact that such deeds are sometimes necessary, due to a f..d up situation in which Poland lands.
Even more sad is the act that it actually doesn't help in the long run.
in poland we don't say it's impossible, we say "ma być i chuj"
It's probably just about the polish mentality xD if your brother lies you they make 5k€ in Germany, you would be damnd but you will show him the next family event you can make 6k€ a month even if you have to sell your organs...
"things impossible we do at the spot, for miracles you have to wait a bit"
There is nothing comparable to the mix of pride because somebody is talking about your country and laughter felt when they completely butcher Polish words.
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła!
I want this to be made into a proper movie like Das Boot, that would be awesome
- a German
*understanding in Latinamerican
@@MaticTheProto Das Boot - Legendary movie with an amazing soundtrack - take it from a Pole. They don't make movies like that anymore :(
@@donaltdak5541 yeah sadly. We need to re-vitalize the European movie industry.
Hollywood almost exclusively makes videos about American war heroes. Time to do the European ones justice!
This, but also a tear in the eye as you say 'thats my fuckin boys'
32:15 That’s the history of the Soviet Union in a nutshell right there: decide to launch an unprovoked invasion to conquer and subjugate a territory, fake a justification, and then publicly claim to be an anti-imperialist victim while secretly being the imperialist perpetrator.
"I'm just a widdle bwithday bwoi, you wouldn't punch me on my bwithday would you?" --Moscow's geopolitical strategy for the last century+.
Nothing has changed.
Half of polish history is people doing something dumb, brave, risky and imaginative at the same time. We even have a word for it.
Ułańska fantazja
Two words* in English it literally means "A lancer's fantasy/imagination"
@@PacekBrudnyPlacekthis even goes into german... "hussarenstück"... As far as I know ulans were the polish winged hussars?
"Ułanie" were a type of light cavalry, maybe this German word i some kind of derivative, dunno :D@@AllisterCaine
We have to, we do not have German money or soviet land yet we were attacked by them over and over again.
What is necessary to state is the fact that the Polish fleet was designed solely to combat the threat posed by the Soviet fleet, which was planned to be stopped on its way to the western Baltic Sea in the area of natural bottlenecks. For this purpose, Poland had a strong component intended to mine the exit from the Gulf of Finland and the areas east and west of Gotland, both from water and underwater. Anything that would survive passing through these minefields was to be destroyed by attack ships. Polish ships were so large and fast that they could arrive at the posts before the Soviets did. This was critically important because Poles at that time considered a conflict with the USSR, not with Germany, inevitable - material aid from the West was to go through the thriving port of Gdynia in the event of such a conflict. Gdynia was created in general (Poland did not receive this fastest-growing Baltic port in the Treaty of Versailles, and had to build it on its own) in order to avoid the situation of 1920, when German shipyard workers in Gdańsk did not want to unload the aid sent to Poland from France.
However, the Polish fleet was never supposed to fight the Germans, who were an opponent from a completely different weight category, both in the literal sense and in the sense of maritime skills and traditions. This is worth remembering when considering why a country that always had too little money for land forces and air force suddenly acquired expensive naval power. It was simply aimed at a different enemy than the one Poland ultimately faced.
I'm a sailor from Poland and when i was 13 i've had to learn navigation by the stars untill it was so ingrained, that became my 2nd nature.Being old fart my first reactions, when i leave home is a short glance at the sky and milisecond later checking where the wind blows from.i'm always aware of it and i guess that's a trait of every sailor.
The more I learn about Poland, the more I admire it.
And come on, be a Pole. Do you know what level you have to reach to equal your ancestors?
Im a pole
I can speak polish
As a Dutchmen I still take pride in the fact that a Dutch built Submarine made this absolutely mad journey under command of the Poles
I honestly think there is nothing more dangerous/scary then a Dutch built submarine with a polish crew. Bravo brave Orzel and her crew
Also another amazing video, I love it whenn you talk about these absolutely crazy adventures.
P.S I want 12 episodes and 2 movies made about this right the fuck now
And Dutch submarines did a great job in WWII fighting Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic and Japanese navy in the Pacific. BTW ORP Orzeł's twin, the ORP Sęp survived the war and was used by postwar Polish Navy till 1969.
Dutch are awesome engineers and builders! Immigrants from your country improved and settled marshy lands close to Gdańsk. I suppose there are hundreds of stories like this from around the world, where the Dutch came and amazed locals with "know-how" :D
Dutch submarines kicked ass in the Pacific as well, especially early when the American submarines (except for the Sugar boats) couldn’t do much due to their faulty torpedoes. The Dutch had no such weaknesses
However, two Orzel-class submarines were built according to heavily modified by the Polish KMW project of Dutch 0.16-class subs. The result was the best submarine possessed by any allied nation, with the possible exception of the American Balao-class.
There is 1950s movie "Orzeł" about escape from Estonia, and new one "Orzeł. Ostatni Patrol" (eng. Eagle. The last patrol) which is fictionalized version of the last mission of the ship with elements of psychological horror.
Reminder that the only other English speaking YT channel that covered this story is a channel called “The History Guy”. Not even Drachinifel has covered this yet.
History, that deserves to be remembered
I think Drach covered it in a general Polish Navy video...
Pretty sure Drach has talked about this before, just not in a video solely dedicated to this particular story
Indy Neidell also mentioned it in one of the regular weekly episodes on the Word War Two channel.
Its always fun coming to a comment section to say a few things ... only to realize that literally everything you wanted to say is in one single comment thread.
My grandma told me this story when I was a kid! She was part of Zegota and my grandfather the armia kriowa.
Armia Krajowa*
Zegota it Was the part of Home Army where they want to save a Judes as many as Possible
These orchestral versions of 40:1 and winged Hussars are great.
Thank god I’m not the only one who noticed! It’s so well done, and it is so subtly included!
You know it’s going to be a good day day when your favorite Aussie memelord drops a video…
Especially when it’s one of his excellent masturbatory history videos
"favorite Aussie historian memelord"
I love that in 1:00 stadium sound system speaks: " please cease using fireworks" when Animarchy and this girl praise this XD
I recently learned about the polish anti tank horse units and every time I think of it I get a huge smile on my face. The polish in their infinite wisdom, realized that they couldn’t raise very many tank divisions but knew they would still have to fight tanks. The only thing they had a large quantity of was anti tank guns and horses. One thing lead to another and they had an effective tank fighting force that was quick, maneuverable, and easy to supply with their war economy. Though not stopping their advance, they caused major casualties to the German tank brigades and delayed them enough for other units to get into position or evacuate. Freaking awesome.
and this line of thinking is still working
look at ukraine
okay we dont have enough ifv and apc, hey kostya, you said you had that old car in your garage?
Cavalry charges against tanks Did Not HAppen. (there was one - successful! attempt at breakthrough from encirclement while most of the tanks were being refueled but that is different story). But against actual tanks we used (usually horse drawn sure) 37mm Bofors cannon or (as they were Usually PzI or PzII) 7.92 mm WZ.35 Anti - Tank Rifle (not very many of them tthough) with occasional addition of tanquettes and armoured cars.
@@baruteku and even then most of german army was infantry
@@wojszach4443 Most of any modern army Ever was Infantry. The novelty was mechanised infantry which unfortunately Germans had more of it. Even Polish cavalry was not all on horseback or cart/truckbed.
@@baruteku now tell that to a normie which thinks that half of german army were tanks half were half trucks and quarter were infantry
Ok but the absolute class of the line "Men returning form the underworld deserve to travel first class."
ORP means Okęt Rzeczpospolitej Polski (Ship of Polsh Commonwealth). Okręt is military ship, Statek is merchant/liner ship. And our IIWW flagship is not Witcher but Wicher pronounced more like Vee her and it means Strong Wind. BTW all II WW destroyers have names after weather conditions such as forementioned Piorun (thunderbolt). One of those ORP Blyskawica (lightning) is todays a Museum Ship anchored in Gdynia Harbour.
psst, Rzeczypospolita is Republic, not Commonwealth (wspólnota)
@@juliuszkocinski7478 Rzeczpospolta to dosłownie commonwealth ale ponieważ już nie jesteśmy z Litwą obecnie Polska jest republiką.
@@baruteku Z tymi terminami "commonwealth", "republic", "Rzeczpospolita", "republika" jest trochę zamieszania, bo np. w angielskim kiedyś używano "commonwealth" w znaczeniu "republika", jako tłumaczenie łacińskiej frazy _Res publica_ (czyli tak samo jak nasza Rzeczpospolita) i np. ten twór państwowy istniejący od końca angielskiej wojny domowej do restauracji Stuartów, który w polskiej literaturze przedmiotu nazywany jest Republiką Angielską, w oryginale nazywał się the Commonwealth of England. Z kolei po polsku terminów "rzeczpospolita" i "republika" używano jako synonimów, swobodnie je zamieniając, pisząc np. o republice rzymskiej , czy weneckiej.
@@Artur_M. A to możliwe. Ja to myślałem tak: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów jest tłumaczona jako Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth. I przez tą konotacje w tym kontekście wydaje mi się właściwe, Ale mogę się mylić. Fakt iż obecnnie jest tłumaczone jako republika.
@@juliuszkocinski7478both Rzeczypospolita and commonwealth are words constructed on basis of word Respublica by deconstructing it to base words Res (thing (in polish "rzecz") which is part of your wealth if you own it) and publica (public but in specific sense of being of the public (in polish "pospolite") or common)
Really it's same word with slight adjustments to the language it used it and they can be used as such.
one of my great grandfather was a serviceman on Schleswig Holstein, other was killed in Auschwitz - just imagine those family meetings...
I’m half English half German. My entire British family served in Bomber Command, they were also Jewish. I don’t know how my extended family on mom’s side felt about it but I can imagine the Christmas Cards were a bit awkward.
@@AnimarchyHistorywhy? It could be like during first Christmas of ww1 :D
@@Elkanus in WWI you don"t have Aushwitz.
@@Litwinus We had other crimes
@@Elkanus But not enough to spread hatred in people like during World War II.
Animarchy: "Have you ever met the Poles?"
Me: **does the awkward side eye after realizing one of my work besties is Polish, I conceal carry a P-64, I set my phone in Polish for funsies, and I'm completely obsessed with the ORP Błyskawica.**
Have you heard about ORP piorun?
Search for "I am the Pole ORP Piorun". Its one of the most insane stories I've heard about WWII
Cowes, they 102s got so hot that sailors had to PISS on the barrels. Ammo from ashore. BTW. Błyskawica is still seaworthy.
Best moment, guards returning from the dead by first class passenger line.
Crazy $hit
Yes! We need more people covering the battles of the polish people, their history and pride keep inspiring me. Ave Poland! Love from Brasil
my Gdad was a polish Spitfire pilot in the 317sq and was on of the heroes of ghent
"Repeat please?"
I'm glad to be part polish and part Ukrainian, what with my grandmother having a Ukrainian father and a polish mother, and whenever I hear a story about the poles being awesome as all can be, it puts a smile on my face.
So wer you were born?
Chuck Palhniuks father was also half polish half ukrainian
My great-grandfather on my father's side was Polish(fled to America after the Nazi invasion) and my grandfather on my mother's side was Ukrainian(fled to America some time during the Cold War, I never got a clear understanding of when they only thing about it I ever heard from him aboutit was "I moved here frim there so that when the war started I wouldn't get bombed").
Also, my grandmother on my mother's side once told me she could trace her family history all the way back to the Mayflower.
Fun fact, Miracle of Wistula was given such name to undermine the current leader Józef Piłsudzki by the opposition yet it stuck because of how fitting it was for his propaganda at the time
Lol, dipshit soviets posting their own L.
Classic uno reverse moment
From a certain perspective it's ammusing that Trotsky was very much against the invasion as he didn't see the red army yet capable. He almost pulled it off though their was this one general who defied explicit orders and the plan and likely cost the whole war.
I imagine that silly general didn't get very far after that debacle..!
id say it was a miracle as boy scouts managed to hold of the Russian army long enough. they managed to intercept and decrypt the bickering between Stalin and and Lenin which notified them of the weak point in the Russian army. and finally managed to maintain a pace that prevented the Russians from reforming even thou the army was in shambles during the battle of Warsaw.
@@butspan7618 lol, russian bots staying mad
Dammit! Now you've got me thinking of the entire crew lined up on deck in parade formation flipping everyone the bird and repeatedly screaming "i am a pole!" As they steal their own submarine....
When he began talking about why the captain was not in command i completely expected it to be because he was killed while cursing and firing his pistol at the germans from the deck and he was hit by a shell.
And i would have fully believed him if he did
One of the Polish officers overseeing the construction of Orzeł in the Netherlands was a gentleman named Kazimierz Leski. During the September 1939 campaign he was a fighter pilot(!), crash landed in the Soviet occupied territory, made a daring escape from the NKVD with an injured spine, after recovery joined the resistance as an intelligence officer. He frequently travelled across europe in a wehrmacht general’s uniform - as such he inspected the Atlantic Wall obtaining eyes-on knowledge about the fortifications soon to be assaulted during Overlord. He aloso took part in the Warsaw Uprising, spent 12 years in communist prison. Kazimierz Leski, callsign „Bradl”
His sister Anna Leska was a pilot and managed to hijack a plane from an airfield in September 1939 already under Luftwaffe control. She managed to reach England and served as an auxiliary pilot delivering new and damaged planes all over UK. She was one of very few women certified to fly alone heaviest 4-engine bombers ( Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster ) which she flew quite frequently. In 1971 she moved back to Poland.
Kazimierz Leski was fluent in many Western languages. He could speak excellent German with various accents: Berliner, Bavarian and so on.
Imma say, I didn't expect to see myself in an Animarchy video, I was there on the hill during the parade 3 minutes in
Brilliantly done! BRAVO ORZEL!
Craziest mad lad voted at the local RSL was a polish veteran who fought in the anti tank calvary in 39, and one of the old members who voted for him was a rat of tobruk. So glad I got to chat to them before they passed.
Maybe you've missed it, but Poles fought in Tobruk in 1941, replacing Aussies ... ;)
"never before have so many been screwed by so many" - Me
Also, If you look more into her escape from Estonia it becomes obvious the Estonians were very aware of what Orzel's crew was planning and only made a show of trying to stop them. Considering Estonia was surrounded also it wasnt hard to figure who the bad guys and good guys were.
The orchestral rendition of the Winged Hussars was an awesome touch 24:05
Also 40:1 orchestral in the vid.
13:36 we got 40:1
"Polish destroyer Witcher"
I giggled with glee whenever I heard that.
Soo.... Petition to rename one of our ships "Wiedźmin", the best way to raise morale :)
PS: Don't worry about mispronounciations you're doing pretty well - certain fun errors notwithstanding :)
One of new "Miecznik" class frigate should be called "Wiedźmin" :D
Why not just Geralt? Would be understandable in most of the world.
Orzel was with her sister class the further development of the Dutch O16 class. And Dutch submarine design and development had a great impact on the rest of europe . One should look in to it as they where the leading nation in submarine development .
This is what History Channel should be informative and entertaining,I love learning new historical events on here
I'm a simple Pole, I see Poland I click❤
Gotta love that my country despite having almost no naval tradition whatsoever, pulls the most badass things ESPECIALLY on sea.
"Geneva is gonna need a bigger suggestion box" This line can only be thought of by someone who is really done with something
I would love to see someone do a video on the Polish Navy's general bloodlust towards the Luftwaffe someday. After the Invasion of Poland, the Norweigan Campaign (Where ORP Grom was sunk by a sinlge Heinkle 111 in the Fjords as part of a trap), and Dunkirk (where ORP Burza had her bow punched in by Stukas), there was a noticble tendancy of Polish destroyers going full aggro whenever a plane with crosses flew by. ORP Piroun and ORP Blyskawica both are famous for strutting half-refitted from their docks and diverting entrie arial armadas using their AA defenses, and at one point, ORP Blyskawica even had her 120mm guns swapped out for a swarm of double 4in Dual-purpose guns simply because they could elevate farther than the standard British 4.7in mounts currently available.
Polish hussars appear more than once in the "Ring of Fire" book series, and it quickly becomes obvious that no one, but no one in their right mind, casually dismissed Polish hussars...
0:00 "Of course i know him ! That's me !"
From the bottom of my polish heart - Dziękuję!!
"Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them. " Napoleon
Example of not impossible - saying "fuck you" to Napoleon and joining Black Haitians in their fight for freedom lol
something is impossible. Telling poles something is impossible and holding them off from trying
I had the privilege of meeting an elderly gentleman a number of years back and asked “may I help you Sir?”
The retort “Don’t call me Sir, I work for a living!”.
I replied “What rank?”. He hand signalled warrant officer, I hand signalled corporal & we got on famously after that.
A pilot from Poland, escaped to UK, Battle of Britain, career in RAF, became an instructor on 36 different types of aircraft. Interesting person, interesting times
The Estonians have a plague dedicated to the Polish submarine in front of the maritime museum in the old town of Tallinn.
Our guards were rumoured to kind of inform the poles when to take off. And telling them to slowly do the demilitarisation, I mean the Estonian navy had submarines, we could have offered a torpedo hoist to borrow. We didn’t take the crew off the ship etc.
But as they were legally interred and left non-legally we could say to the Germans “oops those darn poles” and the soviets legally had no business in Estonia as the ship was already gone.
We in Estonia fought with the soviets from 1918-1920 when they surrendered, so the 1919 war of poland-soviets is also one we can sympathise with.
And the soviets had tried to create naval torpedo attack excuses before the orzel, likely trying to blame an Estonian navy ship. But they managed to miss, classic russian style.
So the orzel did not cause the soviet occupation of Estonia, it would have happened anyway.
If anyone is to blame it’s the Estonian autocratic president päts who underestimated the danger and did not prepare properly for a possible war.
@@mjfan653 just to mention, the word you want is plaque, plague means something way different (disease)
Yeah sorry, I can assure you the estonians have not put up disease as commemoration, rather a plaque.
But Im estonian and was likely rather drunk writing it, so some grammar will be wrong.
@@mjfan653
Drunk? How appropriate, in memory of those two Estonian guards left by Poles on Swedish coast with
- a letter to their command, describing they were too troublesome to keep around, trying to escape etc.
- a crate of vodka
:)
@@mjfan653 thanks for the fun facts and greetings from Poland :)
At the moment there is a exhibition at the swedish navy museum in Karlskrona about 170 polish submariners from three submarines how was damaged during the war and hade to take shelter in swedish ports. The exhibition is about mainly the people how did stay in sweden after the war but they also take up that all sailors how did return to Poland after the war was charged but many did go back in to the navy. The exhibition is more people's life stories but it was really intressting to hear about this part of history. Very well done 👍
"Have you ever met the Poles?"
**Me, an Icelandic dude, where the largest minority is Polish and work with about 4 of them every week**
Yes?
"When it comes to wars, the Poles. Have absolutely. No. Chill."
Yes.
Absolutely splendid video! Thank you for drawing attention to this voyage.
I never realized how much I needed an Aussie narrating spectacular war stories. Stellar performance!
Try Drachinifel's stories. Especially, as a benchmark, 2nd Pacific Squadron. Voyage of the damned. 😁😁
I swear, if Pacman (Animarchy history) made a 40 minute video about an especially tasty ham sandwich I'd watch the whole thing with rapt attention. No doubt the question of mayo, mustard or both world feel like stakes the likes of which humanity hasn't seen since the bay of pigs. The fact he's starting videos like this with some of the craziest stories in modern military history makes it all that much better.
Some time ago an old Estonian soldier gave a very interesting interview. He was one of gunners shelling Orzel during its escape from port of Talinn. He was firing purposely close to the submarine but not on the submarine. Other Estonian gunmen behaved in the same way, they wanted Orzel to succeed.
Thank you for telling this story to a wider audience, we really appreciate it. Independent historians do a great job when they do not stick to the truths forged in academia. I have a degree in archeology myself, and although life and necessity pushed me to become a welder, in my free time I do it as a hobby. Thanks for the video and other informative stories on your channel. Although interesting facts from the latest research based on British declassified documents, a picture emerges that ORP "ORZEŁ" could have been very unlucky and been mistaken for an enemy by an RAF plane. Kind regards!!!
was already loving it, but when I started hearing sabaton... my god you are a master of your craft
I mean I'm Polish, we're brought up with this story - and I still learned a lot of it.
Thanks, pal!
You know what’s pretty crazy, my sister got me a pretty cool polish model of the Orzel last Christmas, and I didn’t even know about this absolutely crazy story. I will now deeply treasure this incredible representative of history.
Thank you for this well researched history and great storytelling ! 💖☺👍👍👍👍
13:00. Good god, I had a history of science class last semester, and during a test was asked about what some major technological developments during ww2 were (attempting to test our knowledge of date ranges). I was glad it was online, and I had lots of time because I got to fully explain why that is not the right term to use.
Yeah Blitzkrieg is a way to overused term
8:02 this has so much meme potential with the current conflicts
Animarchy posts a vid about Polish people and accidentally summons thousands of poles who onstamtly flock to foreigners talking about them
The more I watch your videos, the more underrated, underappreciated Chads I learn about.
1:00 "it is called to stop the usage of pyrotechnic charges"
And now IDK if they had that phrase on standby, or they can generate anything they want on the go.
Another delightful video! I would go so far as to say you may just well be the best of youtubers tackling history! Your videos are delightfully entertaining and engaging, all the while being properly informative! Thank yiu for blessing us with these videos!
30:29 Sinking Rio De Janeiro was first indication of Germany attacking Norway. Ship was carrying 330 soldiers, 10 AA guns, 73 horses, 71 vehicles and 292 tons of provisions
9:58 we accualy dont. our word for surrender is *poddaje sie* wich accualy means *i gave up* .
so we accualy do not have a direct word meaning surrender :)
Oddać się?
kapitulacja?@@Apost0345
The housing bit had me laughing in evil until the warning cracked me up.
When I was in pre-primary school (so about age 4), I remember a new kid started who was very quiet and shy. It only occurred to me later that he didn't speak English, he was from Poland. I actually found him on Facebook and he is 100% Australian now. Lots of photos of him fishing and drinking beers with his mates. His family must have left Poland immediately after the collapse of communism in Europe (this was around 1990). I'm so glad he and his family found a good home in Australia. Now I'm an adult with a lot of friends who moved here from Poland. It's really cool that our tallest mountain is named after a Pole, too. Between this channel and Perun, it really appears that Australia really loves talking about Poland.
I read this story when I was in kindergarden, in 1982, and it was really impressive. Almost like defence of Westerplatte and Polish Mail Office in Gdańsk. Not to mention defence of Hel.
Contrary to Animarchy's claim, there is indeed a word for "surrender" in Polish. There are a number of them in fact: poddać się, oddać się, ustąpić, stracić, etc.
They however only have second and third person declinations. xD
Otherwise how would we communicate that the enemy has surrendered ?😂
Holy shit that was a wild ride.
I love these OVA episodes.
KInd regards from Poland. The spirit of Orzeł is alive. Polish army have a lot of this kind of stories.
before any english-speaking lads get confused, he meant "Wicher" which can be translated as "Whirlwind". Our navy did not name one of their ships "Witcher" for the better or worse. lmao
As a proud Pole I am very happy that someone is telling this amazing story. Thank's a lot! (by the way the beautiful music in the background is about polish airforce :D)
Love you mate just two minor notes:
it's not a "statek" (civilian ship), it's an "okręt" (warship),
ORP "Wicher" is not actually pronounced "Witcher" :)
spelled like "Viher", means "strong wind".
Great video :D. Also very fitting to hear an orchestral version of 40 to 1 in the background by Sabaton. Which ofc refers to a part of the Polish defence against Germany.
Two bangers from two of my favorite “russophobes” from the souther hemisphere!??
I’m about that action chief.
And if these guys are an inkling like the other polish units I’ve seen vids on, this is gunna be bonkers.
It's pretty amazing how Australians seem to have taken over this incredibly niche genre on RUclips, and how Aussies just seem to love Poland.
@@tdb7992Historically, Poles and Aussies got along pretty well. One example that comes to mind was Polish and Australian defenders of Tobruk bonding over each other's ballsiness and shared hatred of their British officers.
@@tdb7992loving Poland and hating Russia go hand in hand, holding one of those feelings will inevitably lead to the other.
Can confirm about Poles and Soccer, Many moons ago I used to do security for Soldier Field in Chicago, My section was at the South End Zone for Chicago Fire and World Cup Soccer matches. That section was reserved by the Barn Burners [the official Chicago Fire fanclub] and the Polish Ultas [another local Futbol club]. Both were entertaining, but the Ultas took the cake. I had to turn down so many shots from those madlads. They also had some fun chants, my favorites were "You're a Bastare, Referee! You're a Bastard, Referee! Who's your daddy? You ain't got one! You're a Bastard Referee!" and "If I had the Wings of an Eagle, And I had the ass of a Crow, I'd fly over [Rival town] tomorrow, and shit on the bastards below!"
I know you’re a history channel with some added memes, but your videos have brought a good amount of joy that I really needed recently. Thanks man, puts me in a better mood whenever you and your colleagues upload
playing 40:1 in the background is great touch
The RUclips logo replacing the swastika is a nice touch. 😂 Solves the problem while making a statement at the same time.
I have no doubts some Estonians helped them leave.
But awesome info on this.
Buddy thought we weren't gonna notice 40:1 and Winged Hussars playing in the background 🤟
Beautiful story very well done!
Greetings from Poland. Please, stay in good health. Godbess!! You're always welcome.
Well there is third theory about what what happend to ORP Orzeł.
That allied planes sunk it, one of evidence for that theory is the pilot's drawings of atacked targets.
Along siluetes of uboots there was one that was standing out, and very similar to Orzeł one
Something like that happened to ORP Jastrząb. Jastrząb correctly signalled to be an Ally, but St Albans and HMS Seagull destroyed it anyway, also shooting from machineguns to crewmembers after the damaged ship emerged.
Thanks for that video. Good work there. I knew that story but without many of the details
My grandmothers uncle was actually the teacher of most of the pilots in the 303 division while they still were serving in poland
Great video man, and a great story. I love the way you wrote this video even if the pronunciation of a couple words is not even close 😂 but still a great video
What a thrilling tale! I understand that you're a specialist on modern navies, but if you ever feel like doing a video on Poland's volunteer fighters in the American war for independence, then two 18th-Century madlads -- the general & military engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko and Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski (the father of the US Army Cavalry, who was KIA in Georgia) certainly deserve coverage. Both are honored here with monuments and by having bridges and other things named in their honor, not to mention a song by Sufjan Stevens.
Fun fact. The new ORP orzel is a kilo class submarine.
Well. Not for long. New ships are planned and propably one of them will get a name after it.
"new"
@@simon2493 knowing the poles. They keep her looking and feeling new probably
@@juno1915 it's in quite good shape considering that other 2 submarines it began service with, are already museum pieces. Plus Orzeł constantly takes part in various NATO exercises, one of which was held quite recently. It usually tries to escape the fleet while they try to find it and "sink it". I'm not sure but I think that the last time it was done, Orzeł needed to sail from Denmark to UK and get back and it succeeded without beeing spoted. But ofc it's getting older and because of that, needs more and more repairs. Fortunatelly, the navy plans on getting 3 brand new submarines
@OctopusNews three to be exact
Great video, thank you for making it! It's great to see Polish stories getting more international attention.
Regarding some problems with pronunciation, I have a resource to recommend. A little video made by your fellow Australian RUclipsr (a linguistics nerd in this case) that teaches you everything you need to know about both Czech and Polish spelling and pronunciation in just 10 minutes, and as a bonus teaches you precisely how to say the name Tadeusz Kościuszko (after whom the highest mountain in Australia is named):
ruclips.net/video/roh14dzDm6E/видео.html
When your national anthem starts with "Poland won't perish as long as we live, and what enemy forces take from us we will return with a sabre[in hand] ", you know you're bound to come upon a certified band of madlads
They stopped giving a fuck around the third time that Europe decided that their country didn't need to exist.
I'm from Poland, thank you for beautiful material :)
Charge of Somosierra is one of the craziest stories of polish madness.
I would honestly love a video from you talking about the Pendleton and fort Mercer rescues in 1952.
I’ve read the book and I’ve seen the movie “The finest hours” but I just love hearing about it in a video as background sound.
There were 4 aft and 4 bow torpedo tubes with 1 spare torpedo for each tube, so there are 8 launchers. Additionally there were 2 rotary twin launchers and these ones could not be reloaded in the sea. All together there were 12 launchers and 20 torpedoes.
This type of content is why i came to this channel ( and the memes) It's so nice to see it again. excellent video !
Found your channel because I play WWS, thanks for this amazing video!
I just wanted to say a simple thank you. Thank you for sharing the story with all of us. It means a great deal for me.
Czapki z głów dla poległych Polskich bohaterów wojennych. o7
(Hats off to the fallen Polish war heroes) o7
-5:18 there is also a theory that it is even possible that it is true because there is a report and a sketch of the ship before the sinking make by crew the British submarine-hunting plane who reminded appearance of ORP ORZEŁ that ORP ORZEŁ was destroyed by allied forces by mistake...
sorry for the grammar errors... I drank some vodka...
That is the most accurate depiction of the Polish situation, policy and attitude from a non-Polish side there can be. Thank you very much for that.
Another great video! Of all warships, I think the submarines had the most insane stories in WW2.
I sugest you to look about the free French submarine Casabianca, amazing story.
A story that had to be told. Well done.