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It''s kind of touching how much you remeber of polish history. As a Pole I appreciate it a lot.
This video is a really good way to show my foregin friends a brief summary of my countrys history and I am really happy I can share it with them thanks to your awesome lesson!
And your polish is quiet good actually. Nothing to scoff at.
Thank you for the kind words Natalia! :)
Greetings from a Croat in Austria! :D
@Venomus no bo by została zajęta przez sąsiadujące państwa chrześcijańskie. Także niby racja ale zasługa chrześcijaństwa raczej słaba
@Venomus @Quaquaraqua wy się naprawdę dajecie nabierać na takie bait'y? xD przeciez widac ze to lechickie pierdoły
@Venomus no, świetnie. Oczywiście tak, na przestrzeni wieków tzn. w czasach nienieckich okupacji róznych rejonów polski, czyli co, od osiemnastego wieku? po co mieli by coś robić wcześnej? i co by miało być w tych ksiązkach?
@Bestia z Wadowic Christianity was a political decision. Accepting it enabled us to get the techs from west, which included - some of the ancient Rome toys, which were advanced. Christian monks were also scribes and were preserving knowledge, unlike non-christian Poles, who... well didn't seem to care about preserving knowledge. Thanks to accepting christianity we had access to all this stuff. And 'holy roman empire' had no casus beli towards us, as we were both 'brothers in faith'.
Video about Poland: exist
People from Poland: let me introduce my self
Yes.
Im from Poland :D
@@Enigmatic220 ja też dlatego wiem o tym najelpiej XD ps pozdrowienia dla osób które przetłumaczyły sobie te wiadomość w tłumaczu :)
Yea its true
@@matipedi4507 ja umiem angielski to nie :P
History of Poland is one of the most fascinating stories ever.
As a pole i prefer america's history
Yuiko_Neko 01 shame ding ding SHAME ding ding SHAME
Yuiko_Neko 01 Not even close to history of Poland.
@@temporarymomentary every history is unique.
@@ghostie4029 Not really. Most histories are boring.
Mieszko isn't first King of Poland. He was Prince of Poland. First king of Poland was Bolesław Chrobry.
He didnt say that he was 1st king. He said that Mieszko was 1st ruler who united tribes near Gniezno. Later He said that 1st king was Bolek
@@krzysztofgrau740 We had some important mathematicians and scientists, but none of them could be called 1st Euler.
@@lordbaysel3135 hahhah
@@lordbaysel3135 Is it sad that i spit my orange juice out from laughter at this?
@@lordbaysel3135 that's a good point!
We in Czech republic know that some sources say that there were 3 brothers. Lech, Čech and Rus. However we in Czech republic learn just about two brothers. Čech and Lech. Don't know why :D
Well...I wonder why, HEHE! :D
you're right dude...I was a kid I heard that :) Lech,Czech i Rus! Don't know about Rus...however still want to have some friendship with russians than western europe...
Rus was added in 19th century
According to the legend, they Lech, Czech and Rus came from former Chroatian lands. In Croatia there is also a legend about Czech Lech and Mech who went out north and established cities/countries.
pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech,_Czech_i_Rus
(Feel free to use google translation to read it :) )
U nas w Polsce zawsze w przekazach jest podawane: Lech, Čech and Rus. Innej wersji nie słyszałem.
"Ł" is not difficult to pronounce, like "w" in english "Wood"
Or "wow"
ł = w
w = v
sz = sh
cz = ch
ch = h
Explained
Yeah. People doesnt know how to pronounce my name lmao
@@the_Ikar więc w skrócie ł niech czytają doubleu....
Characters aren't vowels and there's no way to describe it that way. "Ł" ("w" in IPA) mostly corresponds to a different vowel than "w" in "wood" ("ˈw"). "Wow" is even worse case - it's "ˈwaʊ" - two different wowels for "w", none of them the same as "Ł". Take a look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_phonology - you'd see that neither "Ł" case, nor Ikar cheatsheet is correct. This is not only an erroneous tip, but it also suggests that you can transliterate language to get a pronouncation. Because fuck you, phonological transcription and phonology in general.
Fun fact:
Poland was the second Nation in the world to make their constitution.
First in europe
Fun fact :
Poland is trash now
@@QazzarPL Fun fact: Fu*k yourself
@@bigchungus4194 fun fact:
You're wrong.
@@drag79 Fun fact: Meybe yes but today is good day to be not dead ;3
1945
Poland: Yay, my country is free now!
Soviets: Our country
Good one
Well it's only fair. They would be Germans today otherwise.
@@StalinsFather1945 Not Germans. Dead.
it's like
hahaha😂 you thought 😑
I hope Poland burns in hell forever
In Poland we have a neet little method to remember when the Battle of Grunwald took place: 1 kg of sugar, 4 litres of water, 10 dkg of yeast. It's a moonshine recipe.
Whot?!?!?!?! hahahaha, nice. Thanks for sharing!
For me it was the other way around. My biology teacher told us that we can make alcohol using the date of battle of Grunwald :p
co ty pirdolisz za fleki
@@alien5520 Moonshine oznacza bimber, czyli alkohol
Pierwsze słyszę xD
One of my Polish friends showed this to me, ever since then Poland is one of the countries I respect most. And because I started looking a little more into Polish history I learned that during the end of WW2 the 1st Polish Armoured Division liberated my grandmother's hometown.
Ty masz znajomych w Polsce xD
I guess you are a Dutchman :D
Breda?
Poland was literally in the most terrible place on earth. Literally getting sandwiched always by two big countries and paying the price.
@@Evili555 pretty much
Maria Curie-Skłodowska was using dual surname through her life after the marriage and that's how in Poland we remember her. It's the French that constantly try to undermine Poland in that matter and push that in Poland we somehow refuse to acknowledge her marriage ti a Frenchman and keepnon calling her by her maiden name, while in fact it's the French and the not-knowing-better westeners that refuse to acknowledge her full and lawful name, whicb is Maria Curie-Skłodowska.
It is stupid. Without her husband that was french and france, she would never have been famous.
@@lysimaquetokmok6755 yep she wouldve been potato farmer and the great and almighty france would discover polonium and radium.
Kappa
Or.. Or, I know this sounds crazy, Francophone speaking natives have a problem pronouncing "Skłodowska"
Of course that would mean there's no great conspiracy and that the world history does NOT revolve around keeping us down. Wierd thought, huh?
@@lysimaquetokmok6755 WTF? It was her who did all the research and her husband only hooked to it for nothing.
@@lysimaquetokmok6755 ..Im sure her husband convinced her to name her first discovery " Polonium" ...
1.funny to know: etymology of name "slowianie" Probably came from "slowo" - "word". We called that the tribes we could speak with. In polish we call a Germany "Niemcy" Which lead to they were "niemi" - "they can't speak". There is a hypothesis also that we were "slaves" / we was selling slaves.
2. 6:53 at the background we can see Malbork castle. Recommend to visit.
3. Story with a Teutonic order - Konrad Mazowiecki - one of our prince invited them on his lands to help in fighting with pagans. After the war with pagan reaction the Teutonic order radicalised and started the war against Poland
4. 7:24 Kazimierz the Great started to rule. There is polish idiom "he met Poland wooden and left it bricked". He built much network of castles at the South of Poland. "Szlak orlich gniazd" - recommend to visit. Started the golden age, developed the army, cities, etc
5. 7:47 Kazimierz the Great also set Jagiellonian University. He died without son and ended the dynasty :(
6.1377 9:10 Władysław Jagiełło (don't even try to pronounce it 😆) become the grand Dutch Of Lithuania. He later married Jadwiga Andegawenska and unite Poland and Lithuania in one political organism with one target - fight with Teutonic order (yeah, same order from point 3). We have that great battle 15 July 1410. This year also is recipe for Bimber - 1000g of sugar, 400ml of water and 10g of yeast. Feel educated 😘
7. 10:46 Poland was country of religious tolerance. Other parts of Europe was conflicted at this surface.
I write smth tomorrow if somebody interested 😁
i mean, umm jagiełło already was born a duke of lithuania and later became a polish king by marriage.
Correct "bimber"=hooch recipe: 1 kg sugar, 4 l water and 10 dkg yeast😂 I'm from Poland, I must know it.
I would add that, solidarity'' was led by Lech Wałęsa who later became president of poland
1410 tylko Polak skuma albo "german style 1410" ha ha ha
Z tym słowem ładnie Poleciałeś :D chcesz mi wmówic ze ponad tysiąc lat temu słowo miało takie samo znaczenie co dziś ?
zasada jest prosta i logiczna nie wiem co ci Historycy mają w głowach generalnie.
Jezeli masz Ksywke to została wymysłona przez twoich znajomych nie przeż ciebie tak?
z ludami było tak samo słowianie nazywali byłi z angielskiego slave=slavs sami nie nazwali sie slowianie .
z nazwą kraju identycznie na ludzi mieszkających na terenach Polski mówiono lechy,lachy lechici itp wszyscy sąsiedzi wszędzie wzmianki na pismach co za tym idzie ,jako ze potem powstał nowy lud to nazywano ich już tą samą reguła znaną nawet z dziś
-sąsiad a tam kto mieszka teraz ?
- a nie wiem, ktos PO- LACHACH sie wprowadził,
Lachy = Po-Lachach = Polachy = Polacy POLSKA
a Historycy nadal nie wiedzą jak to sie stało ze Polska to Polska masakra
Grunwald wasn't just a big battle it was the *biggest* battle of the medieval era
No it wasn't the biggest battle. Check for example the battle of Vorska. It was probably the biggest battle in the Meddle ages.
No, it wasn't. There were battles which engaged more soldiers. For example: battle of Manzikert (around 80.000 troops [Wikipedia]), battle of Ankara ( around 85.000 Turkish troops [M. M. Alexandrescu-Dersca] and around 140.000 Tamerlanes troops [M. Omerhalis]), or battle of Vorskla (around 130.000 troops [Wikipedia]). Battle of Grunwald engaged around 65.000 - 70.000 troops (according to polish Wikipedia, my old student book and the most optimistic version in English Wikipedia).
Of course we have to make some assumptions:
1 Medieval sources are... imprecise. There are often incorrect number of troops, so the numbers I cited could be significantly different. But (in my opinion) it's obvious that battle of Grunwald was "smaller" than battle of Ankara etc.
2 We are not talking about China, India etc. Why? Battle of Yellow River (more than 300.000 troops) - that's the answer :D.
@@pawepastwa6300 It is because Grunwald was mostly heavy cavalry fight. It was not really comparable to peasants armed with sticks. Westerners love to undermine how serious player Poland was at the time.
I am Polish myself.. and I am truly blown away how much ,not only polish history details but also- cultural one you know about Poland! Amazing.. ! Thank YOU!
14:52 you forgot to mention First Constitution in Europe and 2nd in the world.
9:30 how you can forget about the Jadwiga only female King in polish history (yes she was a King because queens in Poland was just wifes of polish kings).
Twoja wiedza o historii Polski jest niesamowita, równiez z datami! , pięknie dziekuję po trzykroć dziekuję za zainteresowanie i przekazanie ...dalej tą wiedzą! Dziękuję za ten film
History of Poland: *exsist*
Polish ppl: Ahh, interesing ..
Yes , always
Yes im from Poland
Yessss
"Know your history or be doomed to repeat it" we don't want to repeat our hisory again
The answer is: ingrained mentality
It's hard to understand what polish proud truly is
"God, Honor, Homeland"
14:31 if anyone's wondering, this dance is called Polonez
Now I knew why my polish bf are really passionate about his nation history. That's freakin' awesome!!
:)
"Because we not begging for our Freedom. We Fight for it" !!!
Thats how you earn your freedom.
@@rojayreid908 Yeah, too bad we in the US do not seem to understand that. My dad fought in World War II and I bet if he were alive along with those that fought and died during that war and could take a look around now, they would say, I would never do it again. We just had the commies steal our election. Soon, I will not be allowed to say anything like this, because, well we will no longer have freedom of speech. We kind of already have limits on our speech, but they are going to really clamp down with their boots come January. In fact, part of the Democratic National Communist party are requesting lists of Trump supporters. Not that I am a Trump supporter, but will be considered an election denier and will sure to be included on that "list". I guess what goes around comes around right?
When history of your country looks like mobile game ad...
Xd
Well this video was from early 2010s before mobile games started to look more like this so cut it some slack. It does more than a fine enough job in explaining the history of Poland.
it does doesn't it
@@playswith_squirrels what?
I wish that someone makes same history video but with Croatian history how we fighted the Italians, Bulgarians, Ottomans,...
After the WW2, most Polish veterans had the "opportunity" to settle all over the world, the farther away from Poland the better, because revolution was feared. Many veterans (mostly officers) were murdered by the Soviets, quite a few British "heroes" from the Battle of Britain became smugglers after it turned out that returning to the country equated to deportation to labor camps or executions (in fact it was the same, just long and short way).
Hitler wanted to denationalise Poland, later Stalin continued his work until the end of WW2, 80% of the Polish intellectual elite (professors, doctors, teachers, scientists, etc.) were murdered.
The "Allies" probably decided that further killing and sending to Siberia Poles who can think for themselves is the price for peace, which is why Poles feel betrayed. Who wouldn't feel betrayed in such a situation?
After 'the' WW2? I get that you're Polish, I am too, but really, learn some grammar, please.
@@drharoldpontiffcoomer no one asked about your opinion Karen so shush
27:02 We Polish schools we are taught that Warsaw Uprising happened because we were hoping to start an uprising and welcome help of Soviet Army as host, and not simply being liberated by them, but than Soviet Army instead of helping us, waited for the uprising to collapse, and than come in and liberate us.
That, the fact that they attacked us at the start of a war in the first place, and the fact that we were fighting alongside UK and France, is why we were are feeling like we were sold out by the west.
(Or at least that's what i remember, it's been some time since i was in high school so i might got something wrong :V )
Well, I thought it's no longer taught that way. There was a lot of pieces of evidence that Soviets won't help with the Uprising, especially after the series of other smaller uprisings and actions in the Eastern Poland where Soviets caught the Polish and disarmed them as soon as possible. Some of them managed to move to Warsaw and inform the Polish Underground there about the situation of the East. The High Command of the Uprising knew that Soviets won't help.
Fun fact: Some historians say that Poland wasn't anexed into Soviet Union and was just a puppet state because of uprising. That they were afraid that it would be too hard to manage the region when most of the population keeps fighting with them
@@Krokmaniak VERY possible. They still renembered how often they had to fight uprisings before ww1.
Nice video :) if anyone would like to hear about the great history polish cavalry saber . . ... szablotłuk polski
but russians stod in place from ,,praga''(the region of warsaw) and didn't do shit
Hi there fellow Czech living in Vienna fellow. Great video, and thanks for doing this, but one thing worth pointing out is, that Poland's Warshaw uprising was more effective, then you said it was. One could say it liberated itself, even tough it was crushed. The plan of the Soviets was to move in on the germans, after the polish uprising weakens them, so they would encounter almost no resistance from both sides. Remind you the Soviet army was standing outside of the gates of the city, and waited, until the resistance was crushed. It's taking 2 flies with one hit 😉, or more in engih terms two birds with one stone. I figured out, that you might be Czech not only on your accent, but on the fact, that the misconception of Soviet liberating Poland and Czechoslovakia single handedly was in the very history books my younger me was reading in school. Only after coming to the Americas, no not that one, more cold of course, had I realized how much Czech history books are still actually old soviet versions of "alternative" history. Anyway, love the work you're doing just keep that in mind, cheers from Canada and Austria.
The film has such dynamics because it was created for the exhibition and EXPO 2010 in Shanghai:
Timeline:
966 - baptism of Poland during the reign of Mieszko I
1000 - symbolic coronation of Bolesław Chrobry as King of Poland by Emperor Otto III during the convention in Gniezno
1018 - Bolesław Chrobry's expeditions to Kiev (the city was seized after the great battle in Volhynia, according to the legend of Chrobry, he was to strike the Golden Gate in the then conquered Kiev, from which the sword called Szczerbec / the coronation sword of Polish kings /)
1000-1100 - illustrates the battles of the Polish State with the German Empire during the times of Bolesław the Brave and his son Mieszko II (he was one of the most educated rulers of Europe at that time, knew several languages and could write in Latin)
1110-1200 - depicts the battle in Psie Pole and the fight against the Ruthenians and the beginning of the division into the district (from 1138)
1200-1300 - the Tatar invasion, state consolidation and the process of unification after the division into districts (which lasted almost 200 years until 1320)
1226 - bringing the Teutonic Knights by Konrad of Mazovia and the establishment of the Teutonic State
1200-1300 - battles with the Teutonic Knights, which we once supported against the Prussian tribes and once we fought
1331 - Battle of Płowce (probable battle scene - battle pending, but with an indication of Poland, for the first time it turned out that Poles are able to fight as equals with the Teutonic Knights)
1333 - coronation of Casimir III the Great (further consolidation and economic development of the country (ruled until 1370)
1364 - the establishment of the Krakow Academy, but also the so-called A convention at Wierzynek's (a scene with a feast: it was attended by the emperor (at the same time the Czech king) Charles IV, the kings: Louis of Hungary, Peter of Cyprus, and numerous princes: the Austrian prince Rudolf IV the Founder, the Mazovian prince Siemowit III, the Opole prince Władysław Opolczyk, the prince of Świdnica Bolko II Mały, the prince of Wołogosko-Słupsk, Bogusław V with his son Kaźek Słupski, Brandenburg margraves, Ludwik VI Roman and Otto V Lazy), scene with the Krakow market (which in this form practically exists until today)
1300-1400 - economic development, trade and trade contacts with the west Europe, Poles go to universities, especially Italian ones in Padua, the union with Hungary during the times of Ludwik Węgierski, and then with Lithuania contributed to the development
your polish pronouncation is pretty good
Hahahaha, thanks. It kinda helps having a slavic native language(croatian).
But still...polish is pretty hard :D
Using ł properly in English as double-u all the time, find it hard to pronounce it in Polish. Do they teach you no more used "scenic" L, or the teacher use just a Kresy dialect and can't pronounce it correctly himself?
Greetings from Łódź - Woodge
@@Essek Polish is one of the more modified languages of the Slavic language. Russian is the most similar to the old Slavic language.
@@Essek i'm still waiting when You spell Brzęczyszczykiewicz ;P
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Yes i was thinking you are from Poland
I'm Polish. I consider myself an educated man. After studying humanities at university, I had a lot of trouble recognizing all the facts presented in this movie. Great respect for your knowledge of the history of Poland. I am amazed.
18:10 characters shown in order: Fryderyk Szopen (Chopin), Adam Mickiewicz. Who Chopin is I don't think I need to explain. Mickiewicz is being called a national prophet. He wrote a lot of things. Most famous being national epos "Pan Tadeusz" (full title "Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie. Historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu księgach wierszem" what literally means "Mr Tadeusz, the last [zajazd - way to execute decision of the judge by noblemen] in Lithuania. Noble history of years 1811 and 1812 in twelve books written in poem.)
Szopen? His name was Chopin. Never Szopen. His father was French it isnt Polish last name. Im writing this as a Polish myself
@@qzg7857 Maybe I'm just old but when I was still going to school all books had "Szopen". If they were wrong than I'm sorry for sharing misinformation
@@qzg7857 Double checked and Chopin is more common but both are right. Chopin himself sometimes was using form Szopen. Moreover, there are both streats of Chopin and Szopen. If that wasn't enough C.K. Norwid wrote poem "Fortepian Szopena" not "Fortepian Chopina"
@@qzg7857 yep - he had a French surname. But many called him Szopen - even he himself.
Nice video :) if anyone would like to hear about the great history polish saber . . . . szablotłuk polski
Actualy you can say "Ł" correc. You did it when you say "wife". You can also easly say "Warszawa". Just say it like "Varshava".
Hi, I'm history teacher from Poland and I checked some of your words. Władysław Łokietek began the unification of principalities. Kazimierz Wielki was a continuator of his work.
Well, I disagree with you. There's no argument to make that the Soviet Union liberated Poland. 1st it's just not true because since the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact the Soviet Union was occupying a free democratic country. And after the Teheran conference it did so with the blessings of UK and USA. The Soviet Union was just an invader who did not leave till 1990. 2nd under no international law can a foreign state invade and rule another state. Especially since Poland was a democratic free state before WW2. According to historical sources from the Teheran as well as Potsdam conference Roosrvelt and Churchill were aware of breaking international law by surrendering middle and eastern Europe to the Soviet Union. Check those sources.
Thanks for the vid and commentary. Few things I would correct or add to as a lot of cultural things got lost in translation and each book teaches a different approach to the history. So far the best foreign historician is Norman Davies, he wrote a book on history of Poland and the Warsaw uprising which we had an anniversary today, 1st August at 5 PM was the W hour, there's a video on a town that stops for a minute to give their thanks for all the boys and girls that lost their lives. And Poland truly regained its independence in 1989.
Thank you so much for the info and especially the corrections! Really appriciate it!
6:20 the Piast dynasty ended a bit later, you are talking about "rozbicie dzielnicowe" an event when Boleslaw the third split his kingdom among his sons to prevent infighting (he himself brutally murdered his brother and because of that he wanted to prevent his sons from killing each other). This is one of many reasons why Teutonic order was brought to Poland (Konrad Mazowiecki simply had no choice because of the infighting). The Piast dynasty officially ended with death of Kazimierz the great after his father Władysław Łokietek had brutally united the country (he fought many conflicts against.. well technically his own family).
Still I'm surprised how much you know about polish history, I didn't know that they teach about it with so many details in other countries.
Thanks for the info!
Well in croatia, there are a lot of people who focuse on Polish history, or some other "ex soviet" states history. Dont know why, but most people find it interesting. The same thing with me...I like polish history, but you know...I dont know exactly why...I just do, lol
Just to add, Casimir The Great didn't have a son, so we chosed Louis of Hungary, who was Casimir's nephew. Louis also didn't have sons, so his daughter Jadwiga became the KING 😅 of Poland. Then she married Władysław Jagiełło (I think his English name is Jogaila), who was The Great Duke of Lithuania. He became the first Jagiellonian king of Poland. Firstly, it was a personal union with Lithuania and then, as you said, in Lublin the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was established.
@@Piechu19 queen not king pajacu
@@Belphegor99 Acording to official titles, Jadwiga was named king and Jogaiło was king's husband. After his baptism, marriage and coronation they've changed it: Jogaiło became King Vladislaus II and Jadwiga became Queen of Poland. That's the rules of heirdom: woman couldn't rule without male guardian, she's just a "pupet" in nobles hands or royal family. Jadwiga's the last of the Piast main bloodline (the other granddaughters of King Casimirus have already been married, which was unprofitable for Polish nobles) and suitable to marry Jogaiło in the name of Polish-Lithuanian alliance. So... Yes, Jadwiga was King, for a short period
@@ainito9263 exactly
26:08 Warsaw uprising starts when USSR was approaching from the east. When Russian enter the city they stop on the other side of Vistula and they waited till germans crush the uprising and kill all insurgents.
Кста ложь, на тот момент у красной армии закончилась наступательная мощь. (Ты хотя бы своей головой представь как с боями шли от Краснодара до Киева и это меньше чем за год, а теперь подумай остались ли силы для наступления у красной армии и всё сразу тебе станет понятно)
Мы итак теряли очень много людей, а теперь мы должны были спасать Варшаву которая надрала нам зад в 1920 году, мы бы смогли конечно закидать нашими собратьями вражеские пулемёты, чтобы спасти Варшаву, но стоило бы оно того, ещё лишних 400 тысяч молодых ребят
@@sussymussydude That's false. Accidentally Soviet army ran out of power on the other side of Vistula and couldn't attack literally a couple of kilometers with help of insurgents and the first polish army ( which came whit the Russian army and didn't run out of power). In 1920 yes we kicked your ass but now ask yourself who was the aggressor who wants to spread communism over Europe by using force. We are very proud of this victory.
24:06 well division 303 exactly and suprise suprise it's polish and we saved britains ass from operation sea lion
You forgot about 302 ;)
14:20 It was also the largest ever recorded cavalry charge in History
we decoded the enigma not "helped"
yes and no:
yes we did decoded enigma, was able to decode messages and developed a method to decrypt keys
no, this method was useful only in a small degree due to amout of time needed to decrypt keys which was changed daily, while this method took more than that to complete
so we took part in breaking enigma and although it was a major step, it wasn't the only reason why Allies could break German ciphers.
TL:DR Neiter Poland nor British decoded enigma, it was a combined effort
@@aniolben nope, polish decryptors found out how the old enigma worked and was able to decode and encode with it. There was newer model used by germans but these informations were very useful to decode the new one.
@@aniolben Rubbish. Without a copy of the Enigma, cracking the code of the three-rotor Enigma, sheets and keys, and the obtained data, which Rejewski provided on a plate, the English would not have moved on for the next 20 years. That's the truth.
@@wladyslawbukowski That is true. If not Polish this war would be lost.
@@gracz24PL Poland undoubtedly contributed to the victory over Germany. But let's not exaggerate, the war would have been won by the Allies anyway. However, it is immoral in English to dress up in someone else's feathers and to take credit for others. It's a very common habit for them.
9:55 fun fact: we won the battle of Grunwald, but we didn't break the Teutonic Order, cause our king was actually from Lithuania and he didn't know that the union will exist for the next 300 years and the Teutonic Order would make Poland weaker if there would be a polish-lithuanian war after the king dies. He also couldn't predict that the Teutonic Order will become Prussia and be dangerous to the whole region.
Fun fact, dont know if someone said it already. We are the only ones who took Moscow, occupying it for like... 2 years. 17th century
Didn't the Mongolians do that too?
Mongolians took Moscow, Poland was the only from Europe.
@@Kamil-kv6lv yup, my bad, forgot to mention that we were the only ones from europe, not the whole world
@Mend Amar V3.0 no, they never got to Moscow. The French troops were not prepared for the cold climat of Russia, they were basically freezing to death, starving and getting sicker day by day, so Napoleon gave up trying to take down Moscow.
I'm so pleased that you know so much about our history and you're sharing with your knowledge here. This kind of commentary must be helpful for people who don't know much of our history, so thank you for spreading as many information as you could in only 30min. Also, your pronunciation is really good.
15:00 Maybe not exact second but at first they showed constitution of 3 rd May signed in 1791. These war scythes that were risen during that scene I think are reference to the Kościuszko insurection in 1794 where a lot of people fought using scythes
Funny thing is many soldiers were afraid of them! Why you ask? Long, somewhat sharp blade on a stick held in strong arms of a peasant + osten they were rusty for extra taste!
When i was a little kid i used to think that the whole world is just poland
oh dear lord, did we just missed Kościuszko?
"we all know what happens to concentrations camp" do we? do we realy? cause i can swear that ive heard this year alone several time those were Polish Camps. So do we know?
"Polish Camps" is a not a correct term. They were called like that just because they were build on the lands of Poland. Still they were used by Nazi Germany as concentration camps to lock down and murder Jews, ethnic minority and also Poles.
@@Randal1993Randal Yup
why was the name of it german 🤪, people that went through it are still alive , their kids also know the story well, all documentation there was in german , soo
You are real expert in Polish history you could easly teach in Polish schools ! Chapeau bass ! Regards from Poland.
Thank you for reacting to this video! As a Polish guy, I am fascinated by 10th to 14th century Poland and I am happy that you covered it so well.
6:20 Piast dynasty didn't end. Poland was fragmented but it was reunited by Władysław Łokietek from the Piast dynasty. The last King from that dynasty was his son. Kazimierz III the Great.
Yup, I corrected myself 1-2min later :D
Thanks anyway for pointing it out! :)
@@Essek I saw. But you still missed Władysław Łokietek and said that Kazimierz reunited Poland. That's complicated period for our history. Btw. 1364 was shown because it was the year University in Cracow was founded.
A yea. There is a lot to add in there, so I just added to the video stuff that I "kinda" knew so here and there I was def a little bit off. But still thanks for the correction and for the clarification regarding 1364, didnt know that :)
Also, the Piast dynasty didn't die out then, it just ended as rulers of Poland, a lot of Silesian dukes, herzogs and princes were of Piast dynasty for long years after that :)
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the legit reaction knows what he's talking about, a good historian, of course, this film is only small excerpts from Polish history which is extremely interesting, I recommend you to get interested in geopolitics why Poland is the area of many wars and why the country of the Vistula is so important in the concert of powers
Fun fact. Czechs brought Christianity to Poland :D Poles still worshiped the old slavic pagan gods while Czechs or Bohemians in that time had christianity 100 years already. By the way Doubravka's father was also Boleslav. He was a Duke of Bohemia known as Boleslav I. the Cruel.
And by the way Poles also had moronic rulers as your Boleslav the Cruel. Its fun to reed history thru stupidity, but Czechs was such a dishorable nation its not even funny.
@@kruksm3135 In which way we were dishonorable? Every nation had worse and better rulers but don't judge whole nation according to one person. I agree that Boleslav was a bad ruler in comparison with his brother who was murdered by Boleslav. Saint Wenceslaus. Yes he was proclaimed saint.
@@saiien2 Heh, the guy who hit his brother with a sword and then get killed by his guards. Hes holly as hell xD
@Polish Lad thats wrong the idea of sovereigen countrys didn't even exist at this time. This idea was created between 1500-1600.
I loved the animation by Platigelmage I also really enjoyed your explanations! I did feel that the original video would benefit from a short description of the events that where happening as in couple of places it wasn't clear enough what exactly was happening, example when they show Polish conspirators being send to Syberia for someone not knowing the details this will not make much sens or Batlle of Britain might be interpreted as a battle over Poland etc. regarding the Polish travels and bringing the culture from abroad, a major factor for that was actually an Italian princess who became Polish queen Bonna Sforza, she brought a lot of cultural influences in to Poland, she was a huge patron for artists and went as far as changing eating habits in Poland which was predominantly based around weat and meat, thanks to here, Poles started actually eating veggies. Regarding the election of the king, this actually wasn't a thing until the last of the Jagiellon king Zygmunt II August passed away without children and the previliged nobility had basically no other option as to select someone for the throne otherwise they where fearing the country would fall in to total chaos and anarchy so this wasnt always a thing in fact the Polish - Lithuanian union started as the only surviving heir to the throne was a woman Jadwiga, who inhearited the throne and was crowned 'king' after some moving backwards and forwards between couple of potential partners Jogila the duke of Lithuania has been choosen and so the Jagiellon dynasty started as well as the Polish Lithuanian common wealth and in my personal opinion the golden age for Poland. As a side note to your mentioning of the cultural developments during the partitioning time a lot of this was actually funded and organised abroad, in France mainly. In Paris prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski started something called Hotel Lambert it was a political salon which devoted it's time to spread the word about Polish cause and keep it alive in Europe, as well as support Poles in exile and keep Polish culture alive, they started a Polish library that actually exists to this day on Quay d'Orleans (excuse my french) and Chopin created his La Polonaise specially for the ball that was held there every year. Regarding the Warsaw Uprising, the Red Army, soviets where actually on the outskirts of Warsaw when the Uprising was taking place, one of the plan for the AK (Armia Krajowa) was to battle until the soviets would come in and reinforce them, however Stalin was against AK as they, as you mentioned yourself, wanted a free Poland not one under soviets influence so he basically left them to bleed out, and so his problem would be sorted for him by the Nazis. It wasn't many conferences, the conference that sorted out "the Polish cause" was in Jalta, Churchill was against it but Roosvelt wasn't a big fan of Churchill so he sided with Stalin on "the Polish cause". It wasn't only the Pope that was actually for independent Poland, many priests where actively supporting the underground, either by spreading the propaganda of Solidarnosc or simply by calling out the Polish Comunist party on their wrongdoings. Really sorry for my elaboret comment but as a massive history enthusiast and seeing the current situation in Poland as a Pole living abroad I thought it would be interesting to add some background for the events that you so well described as well as straighten couple of facts :)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. U are amazing! ❣️🇵🇱
7:51 you're little wrong here, i mean, yes, Casimir III the Great was the last of Piast dynasty, but the man who united the duchies was Władysław Łokietek(Ladislaus the Short), father of Kazimierz III Wielki(Casimir III the Great), and Kazimierz was the man who rebuilt Poland, there is even a proverb about him "Zastał Polskę drewnianą, a zostawił murowaną" (When he ascended Poland was wooden, when he left us, it was from stone)
"He found Poland a country made of wood, and left it a country made of bricks" would be a better translation
we have been betrayed many times but we never stopped fighting
Thank you, your reaction/lesson is amazing. You missed a few details, it's worth watching this movie a few times, but I'm still impressed. Thank you especially because I am Polish and I am very proud of the history of my country. Greetings from Gdańsk - a harbour city with a 1000-year tradition❤️
Today is the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. I hope you remember.
27:22 - following this line of thinking, the US should occupy France for the next 50 years...
Well looking of the history and how it ended - being 'occupied' by USA always means transformation into wealthy country with happy ppl :P Japan, South Korea, West Germany, France (post-war when there still were US troops), etc.
Not always. See history of South Korea, under dictatorship and genocides on civilians (now even recognized by S. Korea and the US).
@@MikatheRaccoon You mean South Korea, one of the most advanced and rich countries with wealthy citizens with all civil freedoms? :) Still it proves my point that in the end - it benefits ppl.
@@bartosza.6187 But not until 1970's, before collapse of dictatorship not better than North Korean. It's a dark chapter in history
@@MikatheRaccoon But that had good ending. And btw I'm from Poland and seriously soviet occupation lead us to be ecomomically backwarded by 50 years... They had dictatorship until '89. USA is the least of all evils, to be honest. And many western ppl that are cursing them and gloryfying Russia/China etc just have NO IDEA what b-sheet they're spreading.
23:15 that destruction shown in this moment is not over exaggerated. The country was in ruins after the two armies walked through it. I still remember the story when my family started to coming back from camps in all europe to reclaim their home after war. My grandfather's sister was first to come back and she was shocked, their pre-war house was... well the only things that were left were the walls and the roof. Literally everything was gone, farming tools, cutlery, animals, event the wooden floor (apparently soviet soldiers used it for their fire place when they were stationed there, they were to lazy to use wood from trees that were about 20 meters from the house and decided to use floor as fuel). The only thing left that was useful were few craters of potatoes, that was mostly her diet for half of the year before the rest of family returned. My grandfather was I think the last to return in 1946 and he had problems in getting back to the country. He was stopped at the border and was asked many (for him) weird questions like about whether the polish eagle in national emblem should have a crown or not. Luckily after having a lot of unpleasant experience in similar situations he knew what to do. He played an idiot.
Yea. I was in Warsaw, 2-3 years ago. Its sad to see such an old city without "old buildings". I am not surprised that the rest suffered the same. :/
As for the Russians, nothing has changed. They do exactly the same in Ukraine now. Russia must be a very poor country since its soldiers take literally everything from the homes of Ukrainians.
966 - Poland became christian
1000 - Congress of Gniezno. The German Emperor Otto III came to Poland
1018 - War expedition to Kiev
1200-1300 - Mongol invasions of Poland
1226 - Bringing Knights of Teutonic Order to Poland to help fight agains Prussia
1333- Coronation of King Casimir the Great (he found Poland wooden and left bricked)
1364 - European kings meeting in Cracow, founding the Akademia Krakowska (now Jagiellonian University), one of the first universities in the world.
1377 - Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila Algirdaitis) became the ruler of Lithuania
1410 - The battle of Grunwald against Teutonic Order, one of the biggest battles in medieval Europe
1543 - Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) issued a revolutionary scientific work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), development of Jagiellonian University, strong cooperation with western universities
1609-1619 - Wars with Russia
1683 - Battle of Vienna - polish king Jan III Sobieski saves the Europe from islamisation, defending much bigger army of Ottoman Empire
1772-1795 - Partitions of Poland by Prussia, Russia, Austria
1791 - Adopting the Constitution of May 3, the second constitution in the world, after American one.
1797,1806 - Napoleon wars
1830 - November Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1863 - January Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire
1800-1900 - Fryderyk Chopin-one of the greatest romantic composers, Adam Mickiewicz-one of the greatest Polish writers
1918 - Poland regain independence (after 123 YEARS of occupation)
1920- Battle of Warsaw. also called "Miracle at Vistula" Poland beated Russia, saving Europe from communist revolution, one of most important battle in the HUMANKIND!!!
1922- Creation of a shipyard in Gdynia
1939- WW II started, Russia and Germany attacked from two sides and divided Poland in half
1940- Battle of Britain, Polish pilots saved England
1944- Batlle of Monte Cassino, The conquest of the Monte Cassino monastery by Polish soldiers. A very important battle in the history of WWII.
1944- Warsaw Uprising
1945- Poland felt under the occupation of the USSR.
1978- Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope and took the name of John Paul II
1981- martial law was introduced in Poland
1989- The 1989 Roundtable Talks, Negotiations conducted by representatives of communist authorities, the democratic opposition and church partiest. First partially free elections brought the long-awaited "FREEDOM".
That's amazing description history of Poland! Thanks!
Sklodowska was Polish, Luxemburg was internationalist Jew.
GREETINGS FROM POLAND!!!
Great video! I love that you explain everything very clearly.
25:35 there were actually three movements: AK- Armia Krajowa (Home Army), AL- Armia Ludowa (People's Army) and BCh- Bataliony Chłopskie (i don't know how to translate that). Forgeting about BCh is common because they were not that big and coordinated and supplied force. Along those three, there were many of others, smaller organisations.
Bataliony Chłopskie would be Peasants Battalions probably
@@mixer5557 Thanks a lot man. I owe you.
We didnt attack east after I world war. Piłsudski (on the screen in 20:29 with the moustache) with Ukrainian Peoples Republic army tried to create indenpendent Ukrainian state.
He believed that alliances with countries in the Baltic - Black Sea region will ensure safety from the threat in form of Russia and Germany in any shape and form of their governments, thats why he wanted to help Ukraine.
But, in the wake of Polish retreat from Kijów (Kiev) soviets entered our country and the battle of Vistula sealed their failure.
Greetings from Poland
Exactly the Władysław Łokietek was the guy who restored all polish dutches ;) and the last from Piast dynasty was Kazimierz Wielki and like you said he tried rebuild Poland. We have some expression about him. ''he found Poland wooden, he left it bricked'' I think i translate it correct.
Nice video :) if anyone would like to hear about the great history polish saber . ....szablotłuk polski
I very rarely comment on UA-cam videos but I must say I'm very impressed by your knowledge about Polish history, did you learn that within your curriculum when you were studying to be a historian or are you just very interested in Polish history? Anyway, very impressive reaction and I love how knowledgeable you are!
From a Polish historian
Great job! I would like most Poles to know our history as well as you do :) I could see that the date 1863 made you a little confused so here's my quick clarification: you're right that in XIX century there was a resistence movement that led to several uprisings - the two best known are the November Uprising (1830) and the January Uprising (1863) which have been shown in this animation
Great video!
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your video about the history of my country was more enjoyable that any of my history lessons in school
6:08 Actually the Piast didn't just dissapear, the senior branch who wear the Polish Crown is extinct, but there's two branch of Piast, Mazovian and Silesian Piast who survived and ruled independently from the Jagellionian Poland.
Nice to see a reaction channel that actually adds something to the video and explains some of the intricacies instead of just stupid "wow" comments. Good job man!
I just started crying ;-; Im happy that Im a part of this country
Hi, thank you for that film , good job.
As a historian you know it's impossible to present all important events from the period of even century in just few minutes. In general looking it's ,lets say good (so so) but all details adding backstage of reasons and effects. That's obvious. Anyway , I'd like you thanks for your job and I wish to recomended this film for Polish youths. Even basics like shown here are unknown for many of them.
History of Poland after 2nd WW is well presented by Prof.Norman Davies in book ''God's playground 2'' (if my memory is right). He's ,in my opinion, the best historian-writer of Polish history. For two reasons . He's not Polish , it's let him stay objective as it's possible and he's scientist ,so science methodology is for sure smth he's trying to stick with when writing books.
I wonder that was hard for you to explain everything :D but you did it very well. Grats and thanks
Thank you for doing this video. Like others said they were able to show friends this to teach them about their history. Myself I am third gen Pole, my grandmother having moved to the US in the early 20th century. I've always been fascinated by my Polish ancestry since my 20's, but sadly my grandmother had passed by then and there wasn't much connection left to Poland. Our last name was Kukulka. I've shown your video to multiple friends till this point just remembered Poland as the "charged German tanks with lancers" lie and the stupid pollack jokes
17:17 at that time yeah, but eventually Poland had sucesfull Uprisings - greater Poland in 1918 and Silesia (parlty won) in 1918
Successful was third Silesian uprising in 1921.
One word: SUPERB! I tell You as a polish, lawyer, historician and academic teacher :).
Wow this is truly awesome! And you are awesome! Great (very interesting) history of this country!
There were many partisan groups fighting the Germans in occupied Poland. The People's Army {Aramia Ludowa} was the smallest and collaborated with the Soviets using their money and equipment support. The Home Army {aramia Krajowa} was - 370 thousands people in pick - a parisan group that evolved from several others, which was the official army of the government-in-exile in London. Second largest group was the Peasant Battalions {my great-grandfather fought in this group and was killed in '43} - 170 thousands people in pick. Peasant Battalions did not respect the orders of the Polish Government in London until the group split into two, one - smaller - merged with the Home Army and the other continued to act independently. They were associated with pre-war peasant parties. There was also the National Armed Forces, which was a partisan group of nationalist political forces - 70 thousands people in pick. These groups sometimes worked together.
The statement "the west has sold us" was due to the Yalta-Tehran-Potsdam Agreement where the Polish authorities received a promise from the Allies that democratic elections would be held in Poland after the war. In connection with this promise, the Polish army in the West and the Polish partisans did not stop fighting on the side of the Allies. However after the war neither the Americans nor the British did anything to keep these promises. The Soviets used persecution and rigged elections and creating a puppet government while the Americans and the British maintained positive relations and extensive cooperation with the Soviets until '48, which resulted from the fact that they shared their influence in particular regions of the world, from Asia to Europe. In order to maintain good relations with the Soviets, the British for example banned the participation of Polish army veterans from the west from participating in the victory parade. We remember it and we will never forget it.
Great video. Ty. In ww2 Polish divisions also took part in Operation Market Garden in Netherlands and also Polish pilots made a cover for allied bombers in D-Day operation. And ofc hundreds of thousends people fought on Eastern Front. Just a small correction. Good job tho.
Thanks! I made a new video, its gonna be up today, reacting to "the unconquered", would like to have your take in the comment section under that video! (ofc I couldnt cover every single thing in that new video) :)
This needs a bit of correction.
1. The legend about Lech, Czech i Rus is of late date (the early written sources like Gall Anonim don't describe this legend). We have another legend about the beginning of Piast dynasty from the Gall Anonim chronicle (so-called Piast -wheelmaker was the founder and after him, there is Ziemowit, Lestek, Siemomysł and then the first historically known duke Mieszko I. Most Polish historians believe that these 3 ancestors (Piast not included) of Mieszko could be real (and their names too -because they appear as a men's names in Piast dynasty). We have also archeological data, that some settlements were built by ancestors of Mieszko (dendrochronological analysis was made for dates). The Giecz settlement is believed to be the origin place for Piast dynasty.
2. The Gall writes about Dobrawa from Bohemia (wife of Mieszko I), that it was her influence that Mieszko becomes Christian. But in fact, marriage and baptism were rearranged much earlier, and it was the Mieszko political plan.
3. The historical event, that took place in Gniezno in 1000 A.D. was the visit of Otton III (German emperor) on duke Bolesław I Chrobry. The emperor imposed his own crown on Bolesław's head (some historians argue that this was a coronation, although real crowning of Bolesław took place in 1025 A.D.)
4. There was no expansion to the east. At the time of Mieszko some settlements called (grody Czerwieńskie) were taken by Kiev Rus. Bolesław I retake these settlements and took revenge on Kiev (but it was only one expedition and he withdrew). There is a legend told by Gall Anonim, that Bolesław I blunted his sword on the gates of Kiev city. This sword called later "Szczerbiec" ( trans. "blunted sword") was later used for the coronation of the Polish kings (or so is told). The legend with the blunted sword has also another bottom (sexual context as the Bolesław I captured in Kiev the young sister of duke Jarosław I)
5. The Mongols invasion of Poland was a disaster. Many very important cities were destroyed (eg. Sandomierz, Kraków). The battle of Legnica was a disaster (many dukes from Piast dynasty were fallen) but not Bolesław III because he died 100 years earlier (Poland was already divided into small duchy at this time). Fortunately, the raid only touched the south.
6. The fact about the "Rozbicie dzielnicowe" division into small duchy was that in the beginning the system was invented by Bolesław III. He wanted that none of his sons were fighting over the crown, so he divided the country and each son took one duchy. The eldest was the senior of the dynasty, and the younger brothers should obey him. In reality sons of Bolesław III started fighting just after the father's funeral, but none of them (or their successors) had enough force to conquer all the lands. It was only Władysław I Łokietek (from Piast dynasty -Bolesław III was his distant ancestor), who managed to unite most of Poland.
In summary, it is nice that someone not from Poland has such an interest in our history. Greetings
when I was growing up, the history said , that the father wanted Poland to stay together after he passed, that is why the younger attacked right after the funeral , thank you for great History lesson
There is a mistake in the video you are viewing. The coronation of the first Polish king was in 1025. In 1000 there was a convention in Gniezno.
Actually what you're talking about around 11:30-12:00 is not nobility travelling but rather knowledge sharing, as in 1364 the Jagiellonian university was created by Cassimir III the Great, and remains one of the oldest universities in the world. Nicolas Copernicus was actually among its alumni.
Im Polish and its always nice and amazing to know that some poeple outside care so much about Poland.... but remebering all these stuff also reminds me how Poland was amazing, literally it was probably the greatest country in history, with amazing strategiest, artists, scientists... our forces even when not having own country, were helping all around the world, even Napoleon was greatful and he said that 'if you cant do something, you thnik its impossbile, just send Poles".... america, italy, saved even great britian (the fact later on the winner parade they showed us middle finger and said to gtfo to our pilots from their country (because scared of hitler's revenge) and not helping us later in war is a different thing...
but yea... remembering that makes me said because we live in a totally different country now. Because of goverment and stupid old people (sad truth) who belive in every word they said, and they are giving them their own money (but they are giving 'for free' so that means they are good, right?) im starting to be ashamed i am Polish as it slowly colapses under weight of corrupcy and politics doing whatever works for their sake... last month we had biggest, set up, elections in history and litterally half of the people voted (70% of country voted, biggest # since ever) against president we had last 5 years, it says something...hope in next month when EU is going to vote what to do with Poland (that bad the situation is) they will made gov redo elections or smth
also 7:20
its about Kazimierz Wielki who is known for "receiving Poland made out of wood, and leaving it made out of stone", it is a saying made thanks how he was ruling and thanks to him Poland really improved
there are few great movies to see how Poland looked like in times of war, you should definitely watch it
Chyba chodziło Ci że anglicy bali się Stalina odnośnie tej parady? A to jak dziś wygląda polityka to dalej pokłosie pół wieku Sowietów u nas i tepienia elity którą musimy odbudować ale na to potrzeba czasu
That actually made me tear up because my country went through so much and we were helping so much other countries but still end up in today days where we are frustrated to live here.
Co ty dziecko pieprzysz. Co Cię frustruje w demokratycznym państwie. Co za dzban 😂
wow. you have surprisingly good knowledge when it comes to difficult and complicated knowledge (very generalized in this film). Congratulations
Very good explanation and deep understanding of the "sense" of Polish history. Also pragmatic distance and focus on the historical facts. Thank you
Dobry jesteś w historii . Szacunek ... wow
I wish every person in Poland know our history as good as you, at least - that way we wouldn't be forced to repaeat it over and over...
your pronunciation of Polish names is really good and I am generally glad that such people Historians live in our times and ty :)
Twice saved Europe.
1863 , 1921 ...ok not only.
Find it.
Nice to hear..
5:44 The only correct reaction when you see a Teutonic :D
He took 24 minutes to explain a 8 minute video,he is definitely a history teacher 😁❤🍁
In Poland there was one of the first universities in Europe. And they were cooperating with other universities.
The arrows didn't mean that they went to study, but that they cooperate with other universities.
If I remember correctly, there's another part of that legend, saying that as Lech was travelling across these lands, I believe he was preparing to rest, and as the sun was setting, he saw a white eagle landing in its nest, with the red sky as the background, and he interpreted it as a symbol of luck - so that was where he settled Gniezno (literally "Nest" in old Polish), which became the very first capital of Poland.
Regarding the USSR and what happened after WW2:
What people need to understand is that, from the Polish perspective, it was just trading one occupation under an inhumane tyrannical government for another.
Sure, USSR didn't try to destroy Polish language and the idea of "Poland" like the Third Reich did, but they were still responsible for the mass elimination of Polish intelligentsia elites. It could be argued that USSR tried to uproot the Polish culture itself, which ties itself back to the foundations of communism: everyone born in "the old world" needs to be physically eliminated, especially those with any power to influence people. Communist reality must be the only reality people know, because otherwise they will just choose the free market. And yes, methods employed by the communists were largely comparable with what the Germans did: Witold Pilecki, the man who volunteered himself into Auschwitz as a mole, after being arrested by the communists and talking to his wife, famously told her that _Auschwitz was just a child's play, compared to this._
So when we talk about "betrayal" at Yalta, about being sold off to Stalin - assume that we're talking about being pushed under the influence of the Third Reich 2.0.
The west has defeated one sociopathic dictator, then as soon as they weren't threatened any more, chose to give Poland to another sociopathic dictator in order to pacify him and not have to deal with another war. You can't blame us for being pissed with the west, especially since we're still dealing with the fallout from that era.
And as far as communist atheism goes, the problem is that communism wants the state to essentially become the religion of the people.
If you have to choose between family and the state, you will usually choose your family. But that means that people might conspire against the state because their bonds will be stronger than the bond with the state.
So communism needs to destroy any sort of bonds other than those dictated by the current socialist narrative - in the case of communism, that would be class bonds.
Friendship, family, romantic relationships, tradition, religion - every single one of them need to come _after_ the state, otherwise people might pose a threat to the state.
If you have a relationship, it's because the state needs you to have children. If you choose family over anything else, you choose them because it benefits the state. If you are friends, it's because you are fighting for the state together. Only bonds which strengthen the state are allowed and encouraged. Your children belong to the state, because only the state knows how to "properly" raise them. State should be your number one, it is your god now, and he's a jealous god that does not tolerate people having any other gods.
So yes, in that sense, communism is _vehemently_ atheistic, as it actively tries to eradicate all other religions.
But also, in a way, it's not - keep in mind that the original title of the Communist Manifesto was _The Communist Confession of Faith_
@@Xoruam Czirchil sie bal Stalina, Polskie wojska walczyly w roznych krajach, nawet Misiu Wojtek,
Your memory of Polish history is really good. I really cannot say anything bad about it, which makes my complaining part of being a Pole quite angry ;-)
I want to once again push a video about Napoleonic Wars and one of the most glorious Polish battles, which is Kings and Generals video on Battle of Samasierra. It's quite interesting topic as you'd be able to talk about early Napoleonic war, Polish-French relations at the time and situation in Spain which I don't see as much talked about in the context of Napoleon as I feel it should be. Commentators seem to focus rather on Russia, England, Prussia and Austria, while Spain was quite important, especially early on.
Thank you for the kind word! :)
Maby Ill cover that specific video once, but regardin the Napoleonic Wars, im covering now the "epic history tv" series, and yea I already did the Spain desaster one, you can check it out :D
Nice video :) if anyone would like to hear about the great history polish cavalry saber . . . . szablotłuk polski
Molotov cocktail is named after this Molotov, it was finnish reply for his territorial demands. :)
It was actually because when the Soviets were bombing Finnish cities, Molotov said that they were actually dropping food aid to starving Finns. Because of this, the Finns invented the Molotov cocktail so that "they could have a drink to go with the bread."
Dobre komentarze. Podobało mi się.
Też jestem fanem Star Wars. ;)
@Essek History I am really amazed of your knowledge about our country, thank you for a very interesting video! There's a little mistake with first king, because first one was Bolesław I Chrobry not Mieszko I he was just a duke, but anyway great job greetings from Poland