This video was published on 6th March 2022, and on 4th March 2022 the last Cichociemny member died at the age of 101. Major Aleksander Tarnawski aka 'Upłaz'. He was one of the 316 who jumped into occupied Poland. On the night of 16-17 April 1944 he took part in operation "Weller 12". He co-worked with Armia Krajowa (Home Army) in the Nowogródek district. May the memory of him and the rest of Silent Unseen live forever and remind us of their sacrifice. Cześć i Chwała bohaterom 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🕯️
My mother's family was Polish-American. My greatgrandfather actually fought for Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. When war broke out one of my uncles went to Canada and enlisted in their forces. Another uncle went undercover as a volunteer to help the Polish resistance. He spoke Polish and English. He was given clothes that were not American made and gave up all his American ID. He was somehow flown or smuggled into Poland. He would have been executed by the Germans if he was caught. He somehow made it back to USA. Very patriotic family.
To be frank, many people who don't know their history have always underestimated the Poles. I was one of those people.... until I worked with them. Trust me; you don't want to get Poles mad at you.
Still, @@TheFront; I imagine regular Joe Pole in the corner shop is nowhere near as tough as these guys; after all, SOE training was nearly the equal of the SAS back then...
Small correction. Soviets invaded on September 17th, not 27th as stated. Stalin (living up to ribbentrop-molotov pact) waited for exactly 2 weeks (as it was agreed) from the date france and uk declared war on germany (september 3rd). Hence 3+14, september 17th. Aside from this once again absolutely AWESOME vid. Tons of kudos and respect.
Most history classes have to fly through multiple topics and give a simple test to see how well students can memorize places and events instead of actually learning about them.
Sadly,@@stankles7688, I can't argue with this; at all. This is especially so in the U.S and U.K in primary education; you only go into any level of detail in middle/high school(U.S), and secondary/grammar school(U.K.)
@@NobleKorhedron there’s a reason for it too. I hope this page covers it when the time comes. Ww2 there were dozens of operations like this that we have never heard of it doesn’t matter if you’re a casual historian or a seasoned one. Reason being is that everything has a classification point that expires after 100 years. When we hit the 100 year mark of WW2 all these historians and stuff are gonna get so much cool information about units operations that’s gonna be officially released. As for now we can only wait until that time comes
Respectfully @@Venom21211, you're assuming two things. 1. That the 100 year rule will continue to be observed... 2. That this channel, let alone UA-cam, will still exist in the period of 2039 - 2045. Although, if you subscribe to a certain school of historiography, then WW2 dates from 1937 - 1945. Why 1937? The Marco Polo incident, and the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. #MarcoPoloBridge #WW2
@@NobleKorhedron yeah I see what you’re saying. As for the 100 years for the documents to be unclassified I’m pretty sure only France and Russia don’t follow that
So many unsung heroes hidden by the supposed leaders who claimed all the glory but hidden from scrutiny. All these people deserve honor and recognition beyond what they get .
Man, a month ago I would be over the moon with joy seeing this video. Now I can't really be that happy or excited about anything with brand new brutal war raging just east of Poland but it is still great to see it. BTW a little channel called Galahad Historytelling recently started a very good series specifically about the Polish forces in exile, currently covering the Norwegian and French campaigns in 1940. It could certainly use some more views.
There is an old story in my family, who were from Prussian Silesia, but because of Jewish family links, the family was torn apart during the German annexation of what was then Poland. However, some family members were reported to survive the Nazi camps only to die in Soviet ones instead. The branches of the family that had emigrated several generations prior (the first of the family had actually fled the turmoil of the mid 1800's, followed later by others of the family) are the only surviving branches. The rest were killed between the Nazis and the Soviets - and as a result, there has been longstanding hatred by members of my family of Nazism, socialism and communism. In the area, we also have several Estonian, Finnish and Latvian refugees (well, they were refugees, now they are senior citizens, the ones still with us) who fled the end of the war, who all share similar views of the two big powers of Eastern Europe at the time: One end of the horseshoe is as evil as the other (in describing the left and right of politics)!
Can you please do a video on Operation Most III or Operation Wildhorn III when the Cichociemni captured a downed V1 Flying Bomb near the village of Sarnaki. They managed to smuggle it out of Poland with an Allied plane right under the German’s noses. For more info you might want to check out The Secret Army by General Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski.
When we hit the 100 year mark of ww2 and all the classified documents of that era become unclassified and we get all sorts of neat info about operations and secret stuff I hope this page covers it
1:07 There is one thing, that is almost totaly forgotten about that moment. Poland was not legaly alowed to partake in any ofensive action by the Verilles treaty. I read it, and tho my french is subpar, it get things across. By the letter of tha paper, Unless France do validate it, any military action outside of pasive defence is iligall. That is why, tho Poland could win, they where forced to go the dumb way. And when France did their part, it was to late to get things straight on their own.
@@Kevc00 Yes, and no. It is more complicated and full of loopholes. By comon sence it is correct statement. By the letter of law and political warp spagetti, it is not. Legality is shity thing to get intoo.
We must be proud of achieving things thru hard work. That's why I'm proud of every person born abroad that got our nationality. They deserved it because they worked to get it and they can be proud of their effort. As we, the people born with that nationality should be proud of them too. Because in this way they show us that our nationality has value, that being a citizen of our country means something and we should make some effort to deserve it too before feel any proud. 🏴☠
"Because we do not beg for Freedom. We fight for it!" - Witold Urbanowicz of 303 Kosciuszko Squadron Your knowledge is beyond awesome. I am truelly impressed and greatfull for you making these vids. Ps: Although there are some vids allready, I would love your version/thoughts/vid about Polish Thermopyle, the Battle at Wizna 7-10.09.1939. Big kudos and thanx!
@@thebossman9176 All the blame is on France tho. When WWI ended france recived right to decide legality of any conflict by their lonesome. (Read the treaty). Brits had no right, but to talk.
@Dominic Glisinski the question is how to get british/french to poland... but the question isn't if they will get killed attempting it, preventing them from getting there anyway? You been smoking some good shit, if we attempted that you would probably now be a nazi, exterminated or soviet. I think you owe us a thanks rather than trying to complain that we didn't commit mass suicide.
its funny when people in fb were reacting negatively on poland supporting ukraine in arms whereas they should be one negotiating/broker peace. poles dont forget the brutal atrocities by stalin's russian during ww2
I wonder what would have happened if they led the way for a full airborne drop by the 1st Polish airborne. I guess we will never know because they were wasted by Montgomery and browning at market garden.
I wondered about this and came to conclusion that they would still loose. Only a potion would land alive with no heavy equipment. Aircraft losses would be high, germans would likely continued to fight
Cheers for the video as always everyone. Wondering if you could do a video on old mate Charles Upham, the VC and bar recipient? Would be mad appreciated
@@TheFront Thanks, cheers! Just trying to bring up some more awareness of the kiwis. Want to let more people know about the stories, yk? Regardless, keep up the stellar work
Adolf Pilch "Góra" (Mountain) later changed into "Dolina" (Valley) was my grandfather's commander and he was a real badass. They were called "The partisans of three forests" and literally everybody hated them. I would like to describe their story because not too many people know about it, and it is ready movie script for Hollywood (Defiance with Daniel Craig sais part of their story, but Polish story was partly taken into Jewish narrative). 1) At the beginning they were fighting against Germans arm with arm with Russians and Jewish (it was described in movie Defiance with Daniel Craig, in fact the story should have been related in battles to Poles, not to Jews), but when on Christmas 1943 Russian killed almost all members of headquarters they HAD TO ask Bielarusian police (cooperating with Germans) for equipment to survive. At that time they had to fight against Russians (Russians had hated them for that even after WWII ended). They were staying in Naliboki Forest at that time. 2) Bielaruisan troops gave them an "iron letter" allowing them to arrive in Warsaw. In June 1944, when Russian started to move West (Bagration operation) partisans started to move towards Warsaw, but a real jeopardy were Ukrainian colaborators, because they were murdering all Poles at that time. Thay managed to cross the bridge over Vistula River (it was very difficult, because thay were wearing Polish uniforms, but it turned out the Polish commander knew German commander of the batalion watching the bridge from WWI - they were serving the same batallion for Kaiser) 3) When 1000 Polish soldiers, wearing Polish uniforms came to Kampinos forest 3 days before Warsaw Uprising in 1944 it a sensation. And Polish authorities started to ask "How did You manage to cross 1000 km untouched, with full equipment, hospital and other military facilites?". Adolf Pilch was accused for traitery. New commander was sent from Warsaw which was a diseaster (partisans knew how to fight in the woods, but their abilities were low in urban combat). In one attack in the city they were decimated. 4) Truskaw was one of a few real victories during Warsaw Uprising, they not only were fighting communist Russians but also nazi Russians from SS-RONA. Adolf Pilch knew, that after the war there will no mercy for him, that is why he had to escape. 5) New commander made many mistakes, one of them was chaotic retreat in September 1944, the brigade was decimated in Jaktorów, and my grandfather, together with 80 other cavalery soldiers managed to escape to third forest called Świętokrzyski Forest. But this is another story
I think the reason Hitler allowed so many poles to escape the country in 1939 was that it was convenient. As part of general plan ost the poles were always meant to be exterminated, enslaved, forcefully germanized or expelled from the country. As such by them willingly leaving the country, it just made the Nazis eventual goals easier to achieve. Adding to this Hitler was assured of victory so in his eyes they didn't have to worry about them fighting Germany in the future.
To answer the question at the end: despite how horrible the Soviet Union was (especially under Stalin), Nazi Germany was clearly even worse, both in general and specifically for Polish people. Had Germans actually fully realized their Generalplan Ost, there would be no Polish nation as we know it. Just a some fraction of it, as either slaves or a diaspora of survivals. Also, my one problem with this video is the assumption that Hitler intentionally let a lot of Poles escape the country at the beginning of the war, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the case. On the other hand Hungarians and Romanians were definitely intentionally letting the Polish soldiers escape the internment.
Wowww..AAMAZZING!!!!¡ ALL OF THEM!!!! "One way mission,but you knew we had to come"( The Abyss) That quote applies here as most likely all did not make it back. They knew this when they left. They are absolute HEROES!!!
Here's hoping Ukraine as of now won't need their own Silent Unseen attack group... that would only happen if they lost their nation and are forced to become a "free army" with no official nation. 11:03: You already said it earlier on. That, and the fact that he probably laughed at them for being cowards willing enough to abandon their homelands. Not sure if I'm a master of disguise like him and Sherlock Holmes, but I could. Barely, if possible. Germany was beaten. The Soviets are the real enemy, what with their occupation of the land for more than four decades... and even now, it's all happening again on a neighbor of Poland because a certain someone just had to avenge the failures of Communism and "making his home state great again" by trying to be macho and arrogant about it. That'll be paid for eventually, especially with his violent death if need be. Justice will be served, even if it means crossing many borders and even lines.
WW2 started in earnest when Germany AND USSR invaded Poland As fas as I know from history books (and I know little) NAZI Germany had had been punished, but what about the USSR?
Can we also just point out that the Polish were the only ones who made cavalry work in WW2? Also I feel like I should also point out how the Poles were done dirty by the allies? First off, Britain and France said they would invade Germany if the Germans invaded Poland, which would have ended the war right there if they'd gone through with it since all the German troops were in Poland, but they simply didn't, and just left their ally to die. Also second off, they basically tried to pedal the blame for the failure of operation Market Garden on the commander of the 1st Polish Independent Air Brigade, who while being in the battle were really put in a bad spot due to bad weather and bad intel where they couldn't do much to change the outcome. The commander of the unit(after saying exactly what was on his mind to the British) basically got put in a desk job the rest of the war, and his troops would have munitied if he hadn't visited them personally and ordered them to stop. The whole war was really just a complete mess, the Poles were done dirty from angle for much of the war, really their 4 big moments were when Polish mountain troops fought tooth and nail against German troops in Norway, although they eventually were forced to evacuate, when they spearheaded the final attack on Monte Cassino which had already mostly been evacuated by the Germans, the Warsaw uprising which failed and was basically spurred up by the Soviets as a way to get rid of western influence in the country, and the 1st Polish armored division which liberated much of the Netherlands and many of the troops later settled there after the war.(also honorable mention to the Polish destroyer Plawsky which signaled "i am a Pole" to the Bismarck before opening fire) So in the end, the Poles just kept getting beat down by circumstance and whatnot, and in the end were unable to save their own country, more or less their consolation prize was being able help liberate a few others. I can't even imagine how it would feel to not be able to do anything as you watch your countrymen fight and die for your country while you're stuck on the other side of the continent, fighting in some random foreign country. Major respect to the Poles, they went through so much o7
The French actually attacked the Saarland province and took ground really quickly, however without British reinforcements the offensive stalled and had to be cancelled.
The bulk of the German Army was involved in the Polish campaign. An aggressive attack in the West faced weak forces if the French had any military competence. Sadly the South Park nickname for the French proved apt.
There is one thing, that is almost totaly forgotten about that moment. Poland was not legaly alowed to partake in any ofensive action by the Verilles treaty. I read it, and tho my french is subpar, it get things across. By the letter of tha paper, Unless France do validate it, any military action outside of pasive defence is iligall. That is why, tho Poland could win, they where forced to go the dumb way. And when France did their part, it was to late to get things straight on their own. That is their sin. Ignored responsybility, that they themself chose to bare. And even if Brits wanted to do justice, theay had no say anyway.
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This video was published on 6th March 2022, and on 4th March 2022 the last Cichociemny member died at the age of 101. Major Aleksander Tarnawski aka 'Upłaz'. He was one of the 316 who jumped into occupied Poland. On the night of 16-17 April 1944 he took part in operation "Weller 12". He co-worked with Armia Krajowa (Home Army) in the Nowogródek district. May the memory of him and the rest of Silent Unseen live forever and remind us of their sacrifice. Cześć i Chwała bohaterom 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🕯️
O7
Salut! O7
Damn... talk about harsh timing.
@@michaelandreipalon359 true true
Rip
This is quite powerful as just a few days ago the last member of the Silent and Unseen passed away at the age of 101.
Rest in peace 😔
My mother's family was Polish-American. My greatgrandfather actually fought for Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. When war broke out one of my uncles went to Canada and enlisted in their forces. Another uncle went undercover as a volunteer to help the Polish resistance. He spoke Polish and English. He was given clothes that were not American made and gave up all his American ID. He was somehow flown or smuggled into Poland. He would have been executed by the Germans if he was caught. He somehow made it back to USA. Very patriotic family.
To be frank, many people who don't know their history have always underestimated the Poles. I was one of those people.... until I worked with them. Trust me; you don't want to get Poles mad at you.
Yep, they are definitely a tough bunch. Much respect to them!
Polish GROM are some of the best troops on the planet, they kicked ass in Baghdad.
After seeing this, I bloody well believe it...
Still, @@TheFront; I imagine regular Joe Pole in the corner shop is nowhere near as tough as these guys; after all, SOE training was nearly the equal of the SAS back then...
GROM, @@sometimesposting6779...?
Small correction. Soviets invaded on September 17th, not 27th as stated. Stalin (living up to ribbentrop-molotov pact) waited for exactly 2 weeks (as it was agreed) from the date france and uk declared war on germany (september 3rd). Hence 3+14, september 17th. Aside from this once again absolutely AWESOME vid. Tons of kudos and respect.
I was amazed to learn about the Polish OSS during WW2. Why is this not being taught to subsequent generations of youth?
Most history classes have to fly through multiple topics and give a simple test to see how well students can memorize places and events instead of actually learning about them.
Sadly,@@stankles7688, I can't argue with this; at all. This is especially so in the U.S and U.K in primary education; you only go into any level of detail in middle/high school(U.S), and secondary/grammar school(U.K.)
@@NobleKorhedron there’s a reason for it too. I hope this page covers it when the time comes. Ww2 there were dozens of operations like this that we have never heard of it doesn’t matter if you’re a casual historian or a seasoned one. Reason being is that everything has a classification point that expires after 100 years. When we hit the 100 year mark of WW2 all these historians and stuff are gonna get so much cool information about units operations that’s gonna be officially released. As for now we can only wait until that time comes
Respectfully @@Venom21211, you're assuming two things.
1. That the 100 year rule will continue to be observed...
2. That this channel, let alone UA-cam, will still exist in the period of 2039 - 2045.
Although, if you subscribe to a certain school of historiography, then WW2 dates from 1937 - 1945.
Why 1937? The Marco Polo incident, and the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. #MarcoPoloBridge #WW2
@@NobleKorhedron yeah I see what you’re saying. As for the 100 years for the documents to be unclassified I’m pretty sure only France and Russia don’t follow that
So many unsung heroes hidden by the supposed leaders who claimed all the glory but hidden from scrutiny. All these people deserve honor and recognition beyond what they get .
Love to the polish veterans of ww2 and their families love Poland 🇵🇱 🇵🇱🇵🇱 from Canada 🇨🇦
AMAZING I HAD STUDYING WW2 FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS THANKS FOR THE INTRO ABOUT SILENT UNSEEN COMMANDOS, HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR IDEA ABOUT THEM
Great material! Please make more about Polish involvement during WWII
Poland's worst enemy? Geography. Being caught between Germany and Russia has not been good for them historically.
Man, a month ago I would be over the moon with joy seeing this video.
Now I can't really be that happy or excited about anything with brand new brutal war raging just east of Poland but it is still great to see it.
BTW a little channel called Galahad Historytelling recently started a very good series specifically about the Polish forces in exile, currently covering the Norwegian and French campaigns in 1940. It could certainly use some more views.
Like always great video but there is small mistake in 1:35. Soviets invaded Poland on September 17, not September 27.
Did Russia invade Ukraine in 2022 or 2014?
War takes a minute homie
There is an old story in my family, who were from Prussian Silesia, but because of Jewish family links, the family was torn apart during the German annexation of what was then Poland. However, some family members were reported to survive the Nazi camps only to die in Soviet ones instead. The branches of the family that had emigrated several generations prior (the first of the family had actually fled the turmoil of the mid 1800's, followed later by others of the family) are the only surviving branches. The rest were killed between the Nazis and the Soviets - and as a result, there has been longstanding hatred by members of my family of Nazism, socialism and communism. In the area, we also have several Estonian, Finnish and Latvian refugees (well, they were refugees, now they are senior citizens, the ones still with us) who fled the end of the war, who all share similar views of the two big powers of Eastern Europe at the time: One end of the horseshoe is as evil as the other (in describing the left and right of politics)!
right across the lake from where i lived in Poland.
Stories worthy of films.
there's many of those but many are so ridiculous they could go to "trust me dude" tab
and basically have no official source
Can you please do a video on Operation Most III or Operation Wildhorn III when the Cichociemni captured a downed V1 Flying Bomb near the village of Sarnaki. They managed to smuggle it out of Poland with an Allied plane right under the German’s noses. For more info you might want to check out The Secret Army by General Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski.
my grandfather was a Lieutenant in the secret army :) he died fighting in that war.
When we hit the 100 year mark of ww2 and all the classified documents of that era become unclassified and we get all sorts of neat info about operations and secret stuff I hope this page covers it
1:07 There is one thing, that is almost totaly forgotten about that moment. Poland was not legaly alowed to partake in any ofensive action by the Verilles treaty. I read it, and tho my french is subpar, it get things across. By the letter of tha paper, Unless France do validate it, any military action outside of pasive defence is iligall. That is why, tho Poland could win, they where forced to go the dumb way. And when France did their part, it was to late to get things straight on their own.
Really hate such lenient treaties. Makes things far more easier for the aggressors a.k.a. the most likely bad guys of the war.
I mean tbf Poland did engage in several offensive wars after the treaty of Versailles
@@Kevc00 yes. Aganist agresive rouge state, that legaly did not exist.
@@jozefkozon4520 I mean Ukraine and Lithuania fought against the Poles for independence.
@@Kevc00 Yes, and no. It is more complicated and full of loopholes.
By comon sence it is correct statement.
By the letter of law and political warp spagetti, it is not. Legality is shity thing to get intoo.
proud to be Polish
We must be proud of achieving things thru hard work.
That's why I'm proud of every person born abroad that got our nationality. They deserved it because they worked to get it and they can be proud of their effort. As we, the people born with that nationality should be proud of them too. Because in this way they show us that our nationality has value, that being a citizen of our country means something and we should make some effort to deserve it too before feel any proud. 🏴☠
@@caniconcananas7687i was born in the US to a Polish family. We were all steel mill workers, our people know hard work 💪
"Because we do not beg for Freedom. We fight for it!" - Witold Urbanowicz of 303 Kosciuszko Squadron
Your knowledge is beyond awesome. I am truelly impressed and greatfull for you making these vids. Ps: Although there are some vids allready, I would love your version/thoughts/vid about Polish Thermopyle, the Battle at Wizna 7-10.09.1939.
Big kudos and thanx!
They believed that the British and French Army would come to save them. Mister Zelensky might want to watch this video 🤔
Never trust the British at all. Only trust the French to surrender
@@thebossman9176 All the blame is on France tho. When WWI ended france recived right to decide legality of any conflict by their lonesome. (Read the treaty). Brits had no right, but to talk.
Please explain how the British or French could get to Poland!
@Dominic Glisinski Through tar Baltic under attack from U boats, Warships and aircraft! Your insane!
@Dominic Glisinski the question is how to get british/french to poland... but the question isn't if they will get killed attempting it, preventing them from getting there anyway? You been smoking some good shit, if we attempted that you would probably now be a nazi, exterminated or soviet. I think you owe us a thanks rather than trying to complain that we didn't commit mass suicide.
This video exceeded anything you have dome before. Superb.
The anti-Soviet war in Eastern Europe (1945-1960) has been completely erased from history books
Wow gonna look for documentation on this guy Gora, 200 battles and victorious in nearly all of them? This guy is a military genius and worth studying.
its funny when people in fb were reacting negatively on poland supporting ukraine in arms whereas they should be one negotiating/broker peace. poles dont forget the brutal atrocities by stalin's russian during ww2
gigachad poles
100%
I wonder what would have happened if they led the way for a full airborne drop by the 1st Polish airborne. I guess we will never know because they were wasted by Montgomery and browning at market garden.
I wondered about this and came to conclusion that they would still loose. Only a potion would land alive with no heavy equipment. Aircraft losses would be high, germans would likely continued to fight
What would be the result? Soviet would have it easier to cross the vistula
That last sentence in this video it's like asking do you want to be shot in the left foot or the right foot
Polish courage!
Cheers for the video as always everyone. Wondering if you could do a video on old mate Charles Upham, the VC and bar recipient? Would be mad appreciated
Great suggestion!
@@TheFront Thanks, cheers! Just trying to bring up some more awareness of the kiwis. Want to let more people know about the stories, yk?
Regardless, keep up the stellar work
I am proud to have Polish blood in my veins
Adolf Pilch "Góra" (Mountain) later changed into "Dolina" (Valley) was my grandfather's commander and he was a real badass. They were called "The partisans of three forests" and literally everybody hated them. I would like to describe their story because not too many people know about it, and it is ready movie script for Hollywood (Defiance with Daniel Craig sais part of their story, but Polish story was partly taken into Jewish narrative).
1) At the beginning they were fighting against Germans arm with arm with Russians and Jewish (it was described in movie Defiance with Daniel Craig, in fact the story should have been related in battles to Poles, not to Jews), but when on Christmas 1943 Russian killed almost all members of headquarters they HAD TO ask Bielarusian police (cooperating with Germans) for equipment to survive. At that time they had to fight against Russians (Russians had hated them for that even after WWII ended). They were staying in Naliboki Forest at that time.
2) Bielaruisan troops gave them an "iron letter" allowing them to arrive in Warsaw. In June 1944, when Russian started to move West (Bagration operation) partisans started to move towards Warsaw, but a real jeopardy were Ukrainian colaborators, because they were murdering all Poles at that time. Thay managed to cross the bridge over Vistula River (it was very difficult, because thay were wearing Polish uniforms, but it turned out the Polish commander knew German commander of the batalion watching the bridge from WWI - they were serving the same batallion for Kaiser)
3) When 1000 Polish soldiers, wearing Polish uniforms came to Kampinos forest 3 days before Warsaw Uprising in 1944 it a sensation. And Polish authorities started to ask "How did You manage to cross 1000 km untouched, with full equipment, hospital and other military facilites?". Adolf Pilch was accused for traitery. New commander was sent from Warsaw which was a diseaster (partisans knew how to fight in the woods, but their abilities were low in urban combat). In one attack in the city they were decimated.
4) Truskaw was one of a few real victories during Warsaw Uprising, they not only were fighting communist Russians but also nazi Russians from SS-RONA. Adolf Pilch knew, that after the war there will no mercy for him, that is why he had to escape.
5) New commander made many mistakes, one of them was chaotic retreat in September 1944, the brigade was decimated in Jaktorów, and my grandfather, together with 80 other cavalery soldiers managed to escape to third forest called Świętokrzyski Forest. But this is another story
Always like how you tell amazing stories while bashing “casual historians” in the title
Gotta do what you gotta do 🤷♂️
I think the reason Hitler allowed so many poles to escape the country in 1939 was that it was convenient. As part of general plan ost the poles were always meant to be exterminated, enslaved, forcefully germanized or expelled from the country. As such by them willingly leaving the country, it just made the Nazis eventual goals easier to achieve. Adding to this Hitler was assured of victory so in his eyes they didn't have to worry about them fighting Germany in the future.
To answer the question at the end: despite how horrible the Soviet Union was (especially under Stalin), Nazi Germany was clearly even worse, both in general and specifically for Polish people. Had Germans actually fully realized their Generalplan Ost, there would be no Polish nation as we know it. Just a some fraction of it, as either slaves or a diaspora of survivals.
Also, my one problem with this video is the assumption that Hitler intentionally let a lot of Poles escape the country at the beginning of the war, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the case.
On the other hand Hungarians and Romanians were definitely intentionally letting the Polish soldiers escape the internment.
I wish there was a military unit called "Silent but deadly"!
What methods of attack do they specialise in? 😂
@@TheFront they'd use chemical and biological weapons. The most popular method of executing enemies would be "Dutch Oven".
Anyone else remember the song “uprising” about the Warsaw uprising by sabaton?
Could you do a video about the Finnish kaukopartiotoiminta during the Continuation war?
Wowww..AAMAZZING!!!!¡
ALL OF THEM!!!!
"One way mission,but you knew we had to come"( The Abyss)
That quote applies here as most likely all did not make it back. They knew this when they left. They are absolute HEROES!!!
My great uncle was part of this unit he was called Antony Żychiewicz
I guess in the end it was the Yalta Conference who did the worst......
It's impressive how much Poles can remember their history. Here in the USA, there are people who don't know who fought in our own Civil War...
This man is a true badass
Could you do a video on the Sri Lankan Civil War?
Thank you.
DAMN CHADS
Ghost of Poland 👻
@@xinjiangstan1233 Hello :)
@@xinjiangstan1233 Except he is a Hindu.Although Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are all dharmic religion
It is totally annoying to use modern European maps for a WW2 story.
Here's hoping Ukraine as of now won't need their own Silent Unseen attack group... that would only happen if they lost their nation and are forced to become a "free army" with no official nation.
11:03: You already said it earlier on. That, and the fact that he probably laughed at them for being cowards willing enough to abandon their homelands.
Not sure if I'm a master of disguise like him and Sherlock Holmes, but I could. Barely, if possible.
Germany was beaten. The Soviets are the real enemy, what with their occupation of the land for more than four decades... and even now, it's all happening again on a neighbor of Poland because a certain someone just had to avenge the failures of Communism and "making his home state great again" by trying to be macho and arrogant about it.
That'll be paid for eventually, especially with his violent death if need be. Justice will be served, even if it means crossing many borders and even lines.
Soviets invaded Poland on September 17th
WW2 started in earnest when Germany AND USSR invaded Poland
As fas as I know from history books (and I know little) NAZI Germany had had been punished, but what about the USSR?
Polish GROM (one of the best special forces) relate to them "Home Army Silent Unseen Paratroopers GROM Military Unit"
Fascinating stuff. More effective than SOE or the OSS. Who but the Poles?
Can we also just point out that the Polish were the only ones who made cavalry work in WW2?
Also I feel like I should also point out how the Poles were done dirty by the allies? First off, Britain and France said they would invade Germany if the Germans invaded Poland, which would have ended the war right there if they'd gone through with it since all the German troops were in Poland, but they simply didn't, and just left their ally to die.
Also second off, they basically tried to pedal the blame for the failure of operation Market Garden on the commander of the 1st Polish Independent Air Brigade, who while being in the battle were really put in a bad spot due to bad weather and bad intel where they couldn't do much to change the outcome. The commander of the unit(after saying exactly what was on his mind to the British) basically got put in a desk job the rest of the war, and his troops would have munitied if he hadn't visited them personally and ordered them to stop.
The whole war was really just a complete mess, the Poles were done dirty from angle for much of the war, really their 4 big moments were when Polish mountain troops fought tooth and nail against German troops in Norway, although they eventually were forced to evacuate, when they spearheaded the final attack on Monte Cassino which had already mostly been evacuated by the Germans, the Warsaw uprising which failed and was basically spurred up by the Soviets as a way to get rid of western influence in the country, and the 1st Polish armored division which liberated much of the Netherlands and many of the troops later settled there after the war.(also honorable mention to the Polish destroyer Plawsky which signaled "i am a Pole" to the Bismarck before opening fire)
So in the end, the Poles just kept getting beat down by circumstance and whatnot, and in the end were unable to save their own country, more or less their consolation prize was being able help liberate a few others. I can't even imagine how it would feel to not be able to do anything as you watch your countrymen fight and die for your country while you're stuck on the other side of the continent, fighting in some random foreign country. Major respect to the Poles, they went through so much o7
Polish maths & cryto analysts broke an early form of enigma in1939, gave info to brits who used it at bletchly park.
@@ravarga4631 yep, that too. And they also didn't say a word of what they'd done to the nazis when they were captured and eventually killed
You forgot about squadron 303 which Wally saved a lot of lives in britain
@@tymeksamol8943 ah yeah then too, right
Great video today thanks and let's hope that they get some like that in Ukraine
Hmm, so there really was a Spanish concentration camp... mayhaps this should be worth checking upon, even if it's not damning.
Lalo and Nacho in the thumbnail
Poland....always betrayed but never fray
whyd you change the way you presented your voice?? I like YOUR voice
God bless the Poles
Cicho-silent Ciemni-darkness or dark. So not Silent Unseen but rather Silent-Darkened or Dark.
they were brave dudes the poles
The British and the French were in no position to rescue Poland at that time sadly.
The French actually attacked the Saarland province and took ground really quickly, however without British reinforcements the offensive stalled and had to be cancelled.
@@FormerlyMako not stalled, they faced very little opposition.
Then their politicians ordered them to return to the Maginot.
@@thelordofcringe Sounds about right.
The bulk of the German Army was involved in the Polish campaign. An aggressive attack in the West faced weak forces if the French had any military competence. Sadly the South Park nickname for the French proved apt.
There is one thing, that is almost totaly forgotten about that moment. Poland was not legaly alowed to partake in any ofensive action by the Verilles treaty. I read it, and tho my french is subpar, it get things across. By the letter of tha paper, Unless France do validate it, any military action outside of pasive defence is iligall. That is why, tho Poland could win, they where forced to go the dumb way. And when France did their part, it was to late to get things straight on their own.
That is their sin. Ignored responsybility, that they themself chose to bare. And even if Brits wanted to do justice, theay had no say anyway.
Poland is the only country that conquered Russia 1612 occupied Moscow for 2 years
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I would translated the "Cichociemni" as "The dark and silent" or "Silent darks" ,but whatever
Sildari would work as well. LOL
the Men and Women of the unit? Hmmm. sound as if there were equal numbers of each... didn't see many women in the vid, though.
What's the matter. Can't pronounce the name?
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