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One of the most important battles in world history is missing from this video. I mean the Battle of Warsaw on August 15, 1920, also known in Poland as the "Miracle on the Vistula" . Lenin's army tried to pass through Poland to bring communism to Western Europe ua-cam.com/video/P9Jd0vvMLW8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Kassendek
I also forgot about one Pole named Ignacy Łukasiewicz who invented the kerosene lamp and built the world's first oil refinery. He is considered the father of the world's oil industry. I don't have to explain how the dairy industry influenced the development of humanity
fun fact: Tolkien the creator of lord of the rings was inspired with battle of Vienna and he used scene of beatiful ride of Polish winged hussars cavalery by King Jan Sobieski command as the ride of the Rohirrim. highly recommended to watch it 😊
Some may argue that costs of dealing with January Uprising was that last straw that forced Russians to sell Alaska. Pioneering oil and nuclear industry may count as well. Even Alan Turing didn't start from scratch, as he had access to decrypting tech developed in PL.
Wedle historii polemiki Sobieski przybywając na pola bitwy przed Wiedniem nie dość że złamał ducha walki Imperium. Ponieważ polska armia budziła strach wśród arabów a liczyli oni że król polski nie pójdzie z pomocą swoim wrogom To Jeszcze sam poprowadził natarcie na tyle sprytnie że pozbawił wroga straży tylnej oraz armat które niszczyły mury Wiednia Jednym zdaniem złamał oblężenie i zmusił Turków do odwrotu i poddania
I would add 1683 (siege of Vienna, you know, when the Winged Hussars arrived ;) ) and 1920 when Poland stopped Russia from spreading communism into whole Europe :)
Exactly. That's what I thought will be included in those '5 moments'. My other thoughts were about oil and Łukasiewicz, Maria Skłodowska and her researches, the Pope, or invention of bulletproof vest. Btw. in video when fighting for Britain, only the pilots are mentioned, but there were other troops. Also war game changer were three Polish mathematicians who figured out how to break the Enigma's code.
More than 8 million passed through Poland, receiving food, medical care and accommodation. About 800,000 + about 1 million from before the war are left in Poland from the refugees. The remaining refugees went to the west, to the USA or returned to Ukraine. About 700 000 were taken into flats, houses, guest houses and hotels in the first days of the war. No one slept on the street, no one died of hunger or cold. Of course, there were and are Poles who do not want to help, but they are a minority. Bad people are everywhere, the important thing is that there are more of the good ones. 1939-45 To understand the price the Poles who helped the Jewish people had to pay. - Protecting a Jew for 4-5 years, you had to feed him, give him shelter, clothe him, wash him, keep him warm. - Food was only on ration cards for people who worked. Nazi rule - You don't work, you don't eat. So you had to share your own supplies or buy at several times higher prices on the black market. - There was no way to evacuate, Poland was surrounded by enemies on all sides. You would have to have a forged passport a lot of money and some forged documents, allowing you to cross several borders and travel on trains. Everything was controlled the whole of Europe and especially Poland was one huge labour camp. - If a Pole was caught helping Jews, all property, a flat, a house was taken, and the whole family was taken to Auschwitz or hanged or shot, along with any Jews found. - Countries like France or the Netherlands, the penalty for hiding a Jew was a fine, or imprisonment, not killing. Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, the liberator. His will was beyond his friends' minds. Thomas Jefferson He did everything to prevent Poland from being enslaved, but he also strived hard for freedom for Americans. In terms of his attitude towards slaves and Indians, he was far ahead of his time, supporting his beliefs with very specific actions. Tadeusz Kościuszko was born 275 years ago. When Black Lives Matter protesters began destroying the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument in Washington in 2020, it was hard to find a worse target. The statue of a white soldier in a strange outfit probably reminded them of some "white supremacist", but in fact Kościuszko was - for those times - an incredible liberal who wanted complete freedom not only for black slaves and Indians, but also for Polish serfs chained to the land, and also for the Jews (it was Kościuszko who gave consent during the 1794 uprising to form Berek Joselewicz's unit). For his services to the independence of the USA, Kościuszko was generously rewarded by Congress with a grant of land (250 hectares) and a high salary (in 1783, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the American army). Kościuszko wrote in his will that part of his estate would be used to buy out slaves belonging to several of his American friends, including, among others, to Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the USA. Kościuszko also clearly noted that this money should be spent on educating the freed people. “In his contacts with Thomas Jefferson, he insisted on the redemption and emancipation of slaves. Jefferson owned slaves and lived off their labor. Unlike him, Kościuszko was a man who took the well-known American proverb "put your money where your mouth is", which means "It's not enough to talk, you have to put money down". The Polish commander could have lived freely on his property in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus), but he decided to liberate the peasants who worked on his land, regardless of the costs incurred. Thomas Jefferson, who called Kościuszko "the purest son of freedom", did not fulfill the will of his Polish friend, thus breaking his own promise.
Bad people? Bro ur goverment literally called us friend of Putin and are still supporting facist/nazis groups Ur leader in Canada was cheering up Ukrainian facist Ur leaders wants to transport your cereal to our country which can destroy our economy + this cereal isn't even tested in EU so it can be poisoned Ur country hates Hungary even thought they are our best friends and they are mad at Ukraine because they took Hungarian flags out of land next to Slovakia where many Hungarians lived for years One of ur general said if Ukraine lose against Russia they will move their army to Hungary to make this ur new Ukraine state even thought Hungary is in NATO Who are you lying to? Why are u saying anything about hiding jews even thought ur country was like second most facist country during WW2 if we treat Ukraine back then as Ukrainian state (if not ur country exists for like 30 years) Why didn't u mention UPA OUN and Bandera which was the worst next to Hitler and Stalin to Polish civilians? Why Ukrainians never talk about what they did to Poles but u call Polish people bad people because they fight for history? They are mad bro. We are mad because of ur country never said sorry never paid for what u did and u calling Polish nationalist (not facist) bad people because they fight for truth?
Fredior probably wanted to say that despite the crimes committed against Poles by Ukrainians, Poles accepted Ukrainian refugees. Because Poles did not like Ukrainians, remembering what Ukrainians did to Poles@@SPAWN30670
As a Pole, I am touched and thank you for this film. I also recommend the story of Witold Pilecki - a captain in the Polish Army who volunteered at the German extermination camp Auschitz to collect intelligence information and try to establish a camp resistance movement among the prisoners. After the war, Pilecki was murdered by the communists... There were many WWII heroes, just like our heroes from previous eras. Thank you once again❤
We, Poles, are so strange that: 1. We apply the maxim: "a guest in the house, God in the house!" and "have a heart and look into the heart!" 2. Unlike the Russians and Germans, we "don't like" building camps (for refugees, concentration and... death). The elite who built the State of Israel (after World War II) were almost entirely Polish Jews (citizens of the Second Polish Republic), saved by Poles. For Poles, every person has the right to freedom. Poles have always abhorred imperialism! Poles know perfectly well that freedom is not given once and for all, that it has to be fought for. Regards
By the way, the beginning of the whole Zionistic movement is connected with the Katowice Conference in 1884 (Katowice is a city in Upper Silesia, after the WW I, regaining of Polish independence and the three Silesian Uprisings in the years 1919-1921, being a city of Poland). In Tel Aviv there's even a Katowice Street.
Napisałeś wiele prawdy,ale na pewno nie to ,że Polską rządzili Żydzi.Dzięki Polsce i panującej w niej wolności wyznaniowej Żydów było dużo,ale ich infiltracja polskiej gospodarki to dopiero XIX w.Poza tym Żydzi z Europy Środkowej to nie był element budujący Izrael,bo byli wśród nich głównie intelektualiści,a tam byli potrzebni ludzie nie bojący się ciężkiej pracy.Stąd tylu Żydów z Polski było Izraelem rozczarowanych.
I've been saying guys... You got to research Polish Haitians... Till this day theres a polish city in Haiti called "Cazale" where descendants of Poles live. Very distinctive people. Dark skin, blue eyes, light hair.
@@BB.Beyond.Borders Yes, the only difference is that heroes live there instead of descendants of war crimes. But since you brought the topic I recommend watching the show "Hunting Hitler".
I forgot to add that Cazale is a place in the middle of nowhere and it's hard to get to. There's Polish school, polish tradition and people there are really proud of their roots. Seems like the Polish government finally realized not too long ago that the town needs help and it's financing couple projects there like solar panels and better Internet access for school. There's a fundraiser going on for anyone whose interested in helping.
Something that I think needs to be addressed with the aiding Ukrainian refugee's is the that the history of Poland and Ukraine has not been that friendly particularly during WW2 Yet still Poland extends the hand of friendship
As for the Polish resentment towards all countries that should have helped Poland during World War II... there is a Polish "joke" on this subject. What do the colors on the Polish flag symbolize? White is honor. Red is the blood of Poles shed in its defense. And blue symbolizes loyal allies.
@@michelleclarke8264 In fact Great Britain was invaded in the last 1000 years. In 1066 by Normans led by William the Conqueror and in 1688 by Dutch and German forces led by William III of Orange.
@@mecx7322 In 1688 William of Orange was invited by seven English Noblemen to be King of England to depose King James II. So that wasn't an invasion. We haven't been invaded since 1066, 958 years.
@@michelleclarke8264 To tell you the truth, you were lucky, at least once the weather helped you a little, other times it was poor decisions by Göring and the presence of Poles xD
I would add 2 events: The Battle of Warsaw 1920 when Poland kicked out soviets aiming in spreading communism in Europe (you have my recommendation of the video already) and the battle of Vienna 1683 when Polish Winged Hussars stopped muslim Ottomans from invading Europe. There is also strong basis to believe that Polish intelligence agents provided a lot of crucial data to the alliants during the WW2 but unfortunately our historians are blocked and refused for years to access the British archives to prove it.
If it wasn't for our Polish brothers and sisters WWII would have gone on longer, they had the Enigma machine which was smuggled into Britain, Bletchley Park where they deciphered the codes but the British took all the glory. 🇵🇱❤🇵🇱
The British initially invited Poles to participate in the celebrations, but sent an official notification to the communist authorities, who took over the rule in post-war Poland with the anointing of Moscow. No letter was sent to the representatives of the Polish Government in Exile, which until recently was the only partner of the Allies and a representative of the Polish Armed Forces fighting under British orders on the fronts of World War II. Despite protests from some British politicians and an attempt to invite representatives of the Polish Air Force, which fought so heroically during the Battle of Britain, the Polish Armed Forces had no official representation during the loudly celebrated London Victory Parade. Shortly before the parade, the British decided to send an invitation to the pilots of the 303rd Fighter Squadron, which was part of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain. It was planned to place them in RAF units, alongside other foreign pilots. However, as a gesture of solidarity, the "Kościuszko members" decided to unite with other representatives of the Polish Armed Forces in the West and refused to participate in the celebrations. - I deeply regret that none of the Polish troops who fought alongside us in so many battles and who shed their blood for a common cause were allowed to take part in the Victory Parade - said Winston Churchill, former prime minister and opposition leader, in 1946. He added that Britain will never forget their bravery and combat exploits at Tobruk, Narwik, Cassino and Arnhem. It was only in 2003 that British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized to Polish veterans for the attitude of his predecessors and the lack of invitation to the victory parade.
Z całym szacunkiem ale dzisiejsi ludzie nie mają nic wspólnego z tamtymi strasznymi wydarzeniami. With all due respect, but today's people have nothing to do with those terrible events.
Sorry I'm polish,so You get answer in polish.Od ponad 1000 lat Polska ma dwoch najgorszych wrogow ludzkosci za sasiadow,about 230mln.bandit's.Polakow jest 5 time's less.❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊.
Ulmowie - a blessed family - died because they tried to save Jewish children. And I really advise - watch our history before Poland was gone. You will understand us a bit more. U advise start from "potop" or "ogniem i mieczem" :)
And probably we will stick together beside the beliefs. We are fellow slavic people. I myself took 2 times a refugee family into my house. One woman with small baby - daddy stayed in the front. They moved in a week to family in Warsaw. Second time, a woman with her mother. She was about 70y old. And we could somewhat communicate, despite languge differences. They even cooked for us in thanking gesture. And refused to even, help them in some other way. In couple of days they moved to fellow Ukrainians in Wroclaw. We have fb/phone contact to this day.
Yeah, but The English wouldn't break The enigma code without Polish help, The Poles did It first and It is sad for The Poles that they are almost every time omitted when Enigma is mentioned...
@@aj7750 The Polish mathematicians did not break the codes which were changed every day by the Germans. The British did that. The Polish mathematicians worked out how the mechanical/electrical Enigma machine worked. The Polish mathematician have not been forgotten by the British. There are statues and memorials to those Poles at Bletchley Park which is now a preserved museum. When the story is told in Britain the Polish are always mentioned. Why do you think we would not have done what the Polish did ? We have excellent mathematicians, engineers and technicians in Britain. We have more Noble Prize winners per population than any Country in the World.
Zygalski, Różycki i Rejewski złamali kod już w 1932. W 1939 przekazali swoje informacje i polską "Enigmę" Brytyjczykom, aliantom, bo w Polsce w tym czasie było o wiele niebezpieczniej niż w Wielkiej Brytanii. Żeby ktoś dalej kontynuował ich prace i mógł walczyć z Niemcami. Przykre jest to, że Anglicy dopiero w 1999 przyznali, że Polacy mieli udział w odszyfrowaniu Enigmy. To nie był tylko Alan Turing, sam jego bratanek, Dermomt to przyznaje... Chodzi mi po prostu o uczciwość i nie pomijanie roli Polaków.
@@michelleclarke8264 Well, your intelligence had the info before the ww2 and they couldn't break/build Enigma. Besides even Gordon Welchman (the head of A.Turing's team) said they would not be able to do much without Poles giving them the know-how. Are there statues of Polish mathematics in Bletchley Park or just one for A. Turing? There is a plaque for Poles unveiled in 2002. Were Poles honoured in any of those movies about enigma? I remember it was a great news, when British government officially admitted the input of Polish mathematics into breaking the Enigma code and I think it was about year 2000, or during 90s the earliest, cause before we were behind an iron curtain ("thank you", Mr. Churchill), so they didn't have to bother.
As a Polnisch person i bin told from a yung age that if someone need help, you have to help. if u not helping the devil will win! we are all just Humans. Love from Poland to all nations and please STOP THE WARS!!!
@@BB.Beyond.BordersDuring IIWW 6 mln of Polish citizens were killed either by Germans or Russians. 3 mln of them were Polish Jews. 6 mln out of 35 mln population: in percentage highest losses among all nations.
3 million ethnic Poles. 6 million Polish citizens (of which the second 3 million, 90% were Polish Jews). When counting victims, some adopt a Nazi racial perspective. However, in Poland we remember all murdered and fallen citizens in the same way.
About the Ukraine, when the war started, in February 2022, almost all Polish were trying to help Ukrainians, not only the state, the government, but plenty of people with their own private resources as well. Plenty of people took the refugees, for more weeks, directly to their homes. Plenty of people were collecting money or making packages with necessary goods, like food, cosmetics and other products, to send them to Ukraine for those who stayed there. We were doing this, so collecting our private money or making packages, in our families, at work, at churches. The refugees received also a lot of help from the Polish state, like many social benefits. Children could freely attend Polish schools, refugees can use Polish healthcare system etc. Not mentioning about big military help.
Koniec filmu jest super !!! Polacy nie zostali zaproszeni na paradę zwycięstwa aby nie rozwścieczyć Stalina. Wiecie co ??? Właśnie to boli oj bardzo boli takie zachowanie Anglii która była o wiele silniejsza od Polski !!! WSTYD !!!
7 million Ukrainians came to Poland! not thousands, it would be as if Poland accepted the entire population of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. . Of course, as the war dragged on, most of them spread across Europe to the USA and Canada. Of these 7 million, approximately 1.5 million remained in Poland. It is true that no camps were established, ordinary people welcomed them into their homes if they had a place to host them, local government institutions took them in, paid for the hotel rental, hoteliers took them in at their own expense, in sports halls, etc., orphanages took in children from Ukrainian orphanages along with caregivers - we managed, as there is empathy in the nation. I have friends who took two families to their homes, furnished their rooms and ate meals together, and went with humanitarian aid to Ukraine at their own expense. All you need is willingness and empathy.
Some camps were established just after Russian invasion. One of them was located just south of Warszawa Wschodnia ( Warsaw East ) station and was active for about 5 months. It was sponsored by PAH ( Polish Humanitarian Action ), some Norwegian Refugee organisations and others. Tents were well equipped and heated, food and medical care was also provided.
@@mecx7322 These were only for the initial reception when 100 thousand refugees arrived daily so that they could rest, warm up, sleep and eat, while women walked dozens of kilometers with children in their arms and in addition in the frost. After regaining strength, they were relocated to hotels and private families or wherever they wanted to go. These were not camps for emigrants like in Western Europe!!!
@@mecx7322 These were not camps for emigrants in the sense of the Western Curie, but points where mothers with children could rest, eat something, sleep, warm up, because these mothers with children in their arms and luggage often walked 30 kilometers to the border in the frost and were physically and mentally exhausted, escaping from the war to a foreign country. From there they were directed throughout Poland or could decide where they wanted to go, whether to stay in Poland or to a specific country.
It has good and bad side, depending on situation. 😅 We hate helpless and powerless feeling, so we act the best we can to change the situation. And we are histericaly stubborn. So the fan of results is... wide. 😂 But I love who we are and how we are. ❤💪
You are such beautiful people guys❤ I must say I'm a proud Pole and so are you. You'll always find a home here, should you ever need it. Respect and thank you for everything you do! All the best!
But you don't know that after the war the British government ordered itself to pay for the planes, fuel and ammunition used by the Poles, even though they defended Great Britain. And Poles had to pay with gold deposited in Great Britain.
Decoding the Enigma by Poles. German-owned command coding machine. They largely contributed to the end of World War II, and I attribute this to the English.
Your post requires some correction: Poles had 1st version of Enigma broken even before the war. In the meantime, Germans had another, updated version, with additional rolls. This one wasn't initially broken by anyone, but after UK got the working version from an u-boat, polish mathematicians helped immensely with their expertise and were able to understand the way the updated enigma worked. However, actual breaking of the code was done by Alan Turing. But it needs to be said again - without Polish expertise and pre-war breaking of earlier enigma, I don't believe UK would be able to break it before 1945.
@@grash4435 Podaj przykład Polaków dokonujących zorganizowanych, zaplanowanych i przeprowadzonych z takim okrucieństwem mordów etnicznych. Potem możesz mówić o wstydzie.
Hi guys love your videos You need to learn about Battle of Monte Cassino - Allied forces tried to conquer it for few months and then they finaly realized that they have to give the main charge to the Poles. There was as well one extraordinary soldier `` Wojtek `` - check on Wojtek separately please Enjoy. You are welcome
As a phenomenologist, I can say that you do an excellent job of selecting and analyzing important issues from Polish history. Are you aware that you have perfectly mastered the phenomenological and hermeneutic method of analysis?
W Bitwie pod Hodowem, która rozegrała się 11 czerwca 1694 roku, 400 Polskich wojowników pokonało 40000 Tatarów! Tak, na 1 Polaka przypadało 100 tatarów i Polacy wygrali! Osiągnęli sukces o wiele większy niż 300 legendarnych Spartan pod Termopilami. Spartanie choć walczyli dzielnie to przegrali, a Polacy zwyciężyli w bitwie pozornie nie do wygrania.
I remember back when war started I gave some toys to ukrainian mother with 2 children, i just went to my basement and grabbed some of my old toys from back when i was a kid and picked up my old bike to then give it to them. They lived in spare rooms of somebody's home. So I guess if you multiply it by the number of Poles we come to conclusion that the real aid that was not recorded officially is huge, and Poles are amazing :D
Hi a wonderful couple! It's been a big pleasure to watch your videos. This video is just amazing. All what you show in this video is a reflection of your sensitive souls. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Toronto 🇨🇦, Canada.
The saddest thing is that our pilots who saved Britain received no help from our allies. Poland was abandoned and betrayed. and even after this situations we still are ready to help others.
Yes, Ukrainians live (lived) in polish people houses, eat our food, wear our clothes ect, on the border, we give them food, blankets, and even pads or medication. Politicians in Europe said after that poland collaborate with Russia.
I'm from Poland and i living 19 years in Netherland. Look for how much refugis took Netherland from other countrys. Germany , France ... too. 😎 Polish people are great. But every country have history and trauma. We all are just people who want have good and safe life. ❤️🌍🌎🌏❤️🌺🌞🍀
Important to note, there was a death penalty for helping jews in Poland. There was no death penalty for that in western europe. Despite this there were more poles helping jerws than any other country. That says something about us...
Hey, thank you for your content and thank you for speaking so well about my country in which I was born and which I love with all my heart and for which I would give my life at any time. I appreciate it Miro!!!!!!!
During the communist times, a lot of people were imprisoned, brutally tortured and murdered by the communists. Read for instance about Danuta "Inka" Siedzikówna (information accessible also in English), who was a 17 years old girl, imprisoned and murdered, shot by a firing squad, despite that she did never anything wrong (she was helping, as a nurse only, to members of underground anti-communist resistance, but she was helping even the wounded communists if they needed). Very famous are her last words in her letter from communist jail to her grandmother: "Tell my grandma, that I behaved like it should be" (she didn't betray anyone). And also later there were more events when the communists were sending the army to shoot to the civilians at the streets, like in 1956, in December 1970 or during martial law period since 1981. In December 1970 the communists introduced, just before Christmas, sudden increases of prices of basic food products. People started to protest. So they sent army to shoot to them, and to kill ordinary civil people. So it looked like that, in that times.
Witam wszystkich serdecznie na początku wybaczcie że nie piszę po angielsku ale chciałbym aby Państwo możliwie najwięcej mieli do czynienia z językiem polskim. Temat historii Polski jest z jednej strony bardzo trudny i cześć i chwała dla Państwa że chcecie podjąć i poznać historię Polski. Ja od siebie dodam że nie będę przytaczał ważnych momentów pozwolę sobie natomiast przytoczyć kilka cytatów które pozwolą poznać polskiego ducha. A więc zacznijmy od Napoleona Bonaparte który stwierdził "Jeśli czegoś nie da się zrobić zostawcie to Polakom" kolejny cytat właśnie po bitwie o Anglię sam głównodowodzący RAF-U powiedział "nigdy w historii tak wielu nie zawdzięczało tak wiele tak nielicznym" następny cytat który doskonale obrazuje polskiego ducha to: Bo my nie błagamy o wolność my o nią walczymy i na koniec taki trochę humorystyczny Polacy nie pytają ilu jest wrogów tylko gdzie oni są Pozdrawiam serdecznie i życzę miłego pobytu w Polsce
Poland has a 1,000-year tradition of freedom of speech. Poles are not afraid to say what they think. Sometimes they speak faster than they think. Polish words have less weight than in other languages. Poles who said they "hated" Ukrainians opened their homes to them. Poles who said they "hated" Jews saved them, risking the lives of their families. Poles who said they "hated" blacks died for their freedom. When judging Poles, you should not pay attention to their words, which can be emotional and exaggerated, but to their actions.
To complete the picture of the reception of Ukrainian families by Poles, I recommend reading the history of Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland in 1943. This is another of the forgotten stories that we Poles remember.
1920 - The Battle of Warsaw changed the fate of the world. Battle between the Red Army attacking Warsaw and northwest of it and the Polish Army grouped on the Vistula and Wieprz, the decisive battle of the Polish-Bolshevik war. One of the most important battles in the world. I'm surprised it's not in the top 5.
I answered the question. Poles opened houses for Ukrainian refugees. 🇵🇱 ❤️& 🇺🇦 ❤️. Godbless International Legion in Ukraine. Godbless lovely couple. All the best 👍 👌. Greetings 🇬🇧 🙏. Enjoy in lovely beautiful 🇵🇱 ❤️🇵🇱❤️🇵🇱❤️. Nice movie. Nice content. Powodzenia.
7:54 - Actually, Hungarians were insanely helpful to the Poles during WW2. For real, it is crazy. Even though Hungary and Poland were on the opposing teams (Poland was in the Allies, and Hungary was in the Axis), Hungary refused to allow German Armies to enter Poland through their borders, and then took in many refugees. There was even a Polish Culture Institute in Budapest (Idk if it still is there) that Germans wanted to be closes, but Hungary again refused. Hungarians also provided unparalleled help during the Polish-Soviet war, and fought alongside Poles and against Germans in the Warsaw Uprising (even though Hungary and Germany were still allies).
listening to you guys reminds me of a south african co-worker (I'm a polish person living in London). I loved her accent, helped her learn the ropes (I was kind of like her supervisor) and even tho I've left long ago, we're stil on friendly terms, and we talk from time to time :) Lieneke, you're the best and I'm sorry I'm such a depressed recluse ^^'
To nie jest tak że nie chowamy urazy .Zadra jest ciągle w sercu , ale pokazujemy mimo wszystko że mamy współczucie dla innych . Tak są Polacy którzy nie chcieli pomagać ,ale mimo sprzeciwu przyjeli tych ludzi życie ciężko doświadczyło Polskę i Polaków
1. Ukrainian refugees. First part of that crisis had started at 2014, when after protests, and antyprotests agression, prorussian president Janukovych fled to Russia, and Russia took Crimea. Than war at Donbas (eastern Ukraine) had started. So when refugees crisis in 2015 had started, in Poland there were already almost 1 mln of Ukrainians (usually they were looking for job - war was lokal, but it's impact on Ukrainian economy was strong). So now You know why Polish didn't wan't refugees and other imigrants from Africa and Asia in 2015. In 2023, at first Polish invaded Ukrainian refugees to their homes - and that is why there were no refugees camps. We aren't talking about thousands, but over 1 mln people. Yes population is split between rightwing and leftwing, but most of rightwing remembers from our history what does it mean "russian invasion". 2. II world war. At first You have to understand not only what plan German had for Jewish people but also for Polish people. They decided that Polish lands will became part of Germany with only Germans living there. So Polish also - in German plan - were sentenced to death. 3 mln of Polish Jews died - everybody knows that, but Germans Killed 5,5 mln of Polish citizens (not only Jews). During accupation they were seeking any reason to kill. So In France for helping Jewish people they had to pay high fine. In Poland whole family, that tried to save Jews were killed. But Polish Underground Country made separate organisation: Żegota, only for saving Jews. 4. In fact communism in Poland was since arriving of the Red Army at 1944-45. For western people the begining of changes was fall of the Berlin Wall. OK, that was a symbol. But it was in early november of 1989 mounths after Polish Round Table and elections. 6. I think that it was another moment when Polish changed a history. Just after I world war, Red Army was advancing west. In Germany (that just lost war) there were strong support for communism. So Soviets decided, that they go to western Europe "through dead body of Poland". At the Battle of Warsaw they were defeated by Polish army, that was smaller. During that war French send to Poland few light tanks and same military advisors. Stronger support we had from Hungary: tons of ammunition.
Well, this is only for the most recent years, because the Polish made so many more awesome things, like the winged Hussars of the XVII century, that saved Vienna from the Otoman Empire.
I'm more right wing type of guy. I know the history of XX very well. I was so happy that we took those poor people. I'm not a rich guy, rather the opposite, I'm sick, I can't work but I've sent so much money I could, I was even buying toys for kids. Thinking that some Ukrainian kid got a teddy bear from me warms my heart. Sadly there is a lot of people who are just stupid, are saying and spreading bad shit, but they are little, good people - we are many. We support and we pray for Ukraine. Greetings from Subcarpathia, Poland.
Wah gwaan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Job Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x) One Love !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I appreciate that you like my country so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On September 8, 1610, Żółkiewski led Polish troops into Moscow, where he ruled for two years. He went down in history as the only person to do so. During this period, Moscow was under foreign rule and no one ever managed to repeat this feat.
Watching your films and reactions to Polish history, culture, achievements, and food :) you don't realize that you are Polish :) For me you are Polish and that's all :)
Actually that photo has even deeper meaning than this. You can see there an armored vehicle with a group of soldiers standing in front of "Moskwa" ("Moscow") cinema in Warsaw, played "Apocalypse Now" movie...
14:17 - Pay attention to this photo. It was taken in front of a cinema showing Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now", the day after martial law was declared.
It's coming from a Polish..we can be stubbron, we can be sarcastic, we can be negative, we can be sad, angry and unhappy..but we always help those who need help and ourselves in real hard times. We're just like Severus Snape.
Sorry if I missed that in comment... Most of us-Polish people adding the Vienna fight... But I think as much as Ottomans' Empire to be stopped in Viena, " The Meracle at Vistula River" is same (or even more) important for todays' Europe. The Poles army stopped the komunizm- stopped RED army to stepped to Europe.
With reference to the brave Poles who came across to the UK and fought as valliantly as us Scots......we both were Royally shafted as is the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon Monarchies. The Scots were the main military vanguard in most wars of the British Empire, as we are indeed as humble and fierce as the Polish military. More Scots died per capita, than the English, in all battles wars. The Scots are an ancient Celt culture and the Englush are Saxons who invaded after the Romans slinked away, in AD 400. Our Royal Family, is actually called, 'Sax-Coburg', of the Goethe line of Saxon hegemony. They had to change their name to Windsor, when the German Zeppelins bombed London, in the First World War, otherwise they feared civil war. And in Scotland, we were, and still are the focus of Special Operation military training, and this was where the Polish Military trained in the Special Services and Paratroops. And at the end of the war, thousands of you settled in Scotland, and I schooled with Poles, had my Polish neighbours (Mr Komisky), and worked beside you, (G Poltorak). However, few of you, or us Scots, got the recognition we deserved....and why? Because the blood-ties with the Royal Prussian Saxons and Russian Romanov cousins, would never permit, mere serf, foot-soldiers, to rise above their station in life. Since I was born in the 1950s, I know well, that my direct ancestors died and were badly injured, fighting for our monarchy, from China in the 1840s, to Gallipol in 1915....and we now know, that it was all in vain.....because we sacrificed our proud and ancient warrior cultures, to the beaurocratic swamp of that 'multicultural' EU, in the guise of the 'Politically Correct', dilution of our individual identities and unique proud cultures. It is in adversity that we recognise who we are and what we have always stood for. It did not begin with Feudalism, enforced by our kingly land owners. It began, 12,000 years ago. Let's not dilute our boundaries any further....Eh?
It is worth mentioning that: 1. In the battle of Vienna in 1683, the Polish King - Jan III Sobieski and his hussar cavalry - stopped the Ottoman invasion of Europe and saved its Christian identity. After that battle the Ottoman Empire never recovered. If the Polish king failed we would live in a Muslim identity 2. Polish mathematicians broke the Enigma code during WWII. Sourcing the original Enigma machine by the Polish Resistance Movement was critical for Western allies in decoding German code. 3. Polish soldiers conquered the Monte Cassino monastery during WWII when several allied armies gave up and failed. The Monastery was critically important as it was located on a big mountain (sleave) in Italy (Goole it and see how big and steep it is). German forces mounted big cannons on top of the mountain to fire transport and communication ways of Western armies. Polish soldiers were fighting in all the most important battles of the WWII in Europe. Despite these achievements (and many more), the Polish army representatives were NOT ALLOWED to participate in the VICTORY PARADE after WWII. Why? Mr Roosevelt (who had a friendly attitude toward Stalin) and Mr Churchill (who could not resist his American counterpart) agreed to Stalin's demand that Poles can not march arm-to-arm with victorious armies (Stalin hated Poles as a nation). That has BROKEN HEARTS OF MANY. It was a stab in the back of thousands of Polish soldiers who "fought for our freedom and your freedom" (their motto) and sacrificed thousands of souls on foreign soil. I wonder, what kind of history Western pupils are being taught in their schools? Should they know about it or not? If you do not do your homework, history is likely to repeat itself...
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One of the most important battles in world history is missing from this video. I mean the Battle of Warsaw on August 15, 1920, also known in Poland as the "Miracle on the Vistula" . Lenin's army tried to pass through Poland to bring communism to Western Europe ua-cam.com/video/P9Jd0vvMLW8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Kassendek
I also forgot about one Pole named Ignacy Łukasiewicz who invented the kerosene lamp and built the world's first oil refinery. He is considered the father of the world's oil industry. I don't have to explain how the dairy industry influenced the development of humanity
fun fact: Tolkien the creator of lord of the rings was inspired with battle of Vienna and he used scene of beatiful ride of Polish winged hussars cavalery by King Jan Sobieski command as the ride of the Rohirrim. highly recommended to watch it 😊
Oh! I have forgotten to tell you. I still love your comments in a beautiful South African accent. ❤❤
Guys ! I admire you for your knowledge about 🇵🇱 Poland. You are an excellent example for young generation of people.
1683- Battle of Vienna, The Polish army resisted the Ottoman army, protecting Europe from the invasion of foreign culture and religion
Correct; what is missing apart from the Battle of Vienna is the 1920 victory against the Soviets, when Poland practically saved Europe 🥰
That was not only polish army, Sobieski was leading thats it.
Some may argue that costs of dealing with January Uprising was that last straw that forced Russians to sell Alaska. Pioneering oil and nuclear industry may count as well. Even Alan Turing didn't start from scratch, as he had access to decrypting tech developed in PL.
@@mieszamkolanembigosa może nie ale
Wedle historii polemiki
Sobieski przybywając na pola bitwy przed Wiedniem nie dość że złamał ducha walki Imperium. Ponieważ polska armia budziła strach wśród arabów a liczyli oni że król polski nie pójdzie z pomocą swoim wrogom
To Jeszcze sam poprowadził natarcie na tyle sprytnie że pozbawił wroga straży tylnej oraz armat które niszczyły mury Wiednia
Jednym zdaniem złamał oblężenie i zmusił Turków do odwrotu i poddania
I am a Brit living in Poland with my Polish wife. Great to see you both!
I would add 1683 (siege of Vienna, you know, when the Winged Hussars arrived ;) ) and 1920 when Poland stopped Russia from spreading communism into whole Europe :)
Wow awesome!🤗
@@BB.Beyond.Borders - you may want to find some materials about those two pivotal events 🙂
Exactly. That's what I thought will be included in those '5 moments'. My other thoughts were about oil and Łukasiewicz, Maria Skłodowska and her researches, the Pope, or invention of bulletproof vest.
Btw. in video when fighting for Britain, only the pilots are mentioned, but there were other troops. Also war game changer were three Polish mathematicians who figured out how to break the Enigma's code.
Also Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 .
@@leszek2499 I think you didn't read my comment xD
Poland always helps others, but if Poland do needs a help nobody answer
More than 8 million passed through Poland, receiving food, medical care and accommodation. About 800,000 + about 1 million from before the war are left in Poland from the refugees. The remaining refugees went to the west, to the USA or returned to Ukraine. About 700 000 were taken into flats, houses, guest houses and hotels in the first days of the war. No one slept on the street, no one died of hunger or cold.
Of course, there were and are Poles who do not want to help, but they are a minority. Bad people are everywhere, the important thing is that there are more of the good ones.
1939-45
To understand the price the Poles who helped the Jewish people had to pay.
- Protecting a Jew for 4-5 years, you had to feed him, give him shelter, clothe him, wash him, keep him warm.
- Food was only on ration cards for people who worked. Nazi rule - You don't work, you don't eat. So you had to share your own supplies or buy at several times higher prices on the black market.
- There was no way to evacuate, Poland was surrounded by enemies on all sides. You would have to have a forged passport a lot of money and some forged documents, allowing you to cross several borders and travel on trains. Everything was controlled the whole of Europe and especially Poland was one huge labour camp.
- If a Pole was caught helping Jews, all property, a flat, a house was taken, and the whole family was taken to Auschwitz or hanged or shot, along with any Jews found.
- Countries like France or the Netherlands, the penalty for hiding a Jew was a fine, or imprisonment, not killing.
Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, the liberator. His will was beyond his friends' minds.
Thomas Jefferson
He did everything to prevent Poland from being enslaved, but he also strived hard for freedom for Americans. In terms of his attitude towards slaves and Indians, he was far ahead of his time, supporting his beliefs with very specific actions. Tadeusz Kościuszko was born 275 years ago.
When Black Lives Matter protesters began destroying the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument in Washington in 2020, it was hard to find a worse target. The statue of a white soldier in a strange outfit probably reminded them of some "white supremacist", but in fact Kościuszko was - for those times - an incredible liberal who wanted complete freedom not only for black slaves and Indians, but also for Polish serfs chained to the land, and also for the Jews (it was Kościuszko who gave consent during the 1794 uprising to form Berek Joselewicz's unit).
For his services to the independence of the USA, Kościuszko was generously rewarded by Congress with a grant of land (250 hectares) and a high salary (in 1783, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the American army). Kościuszko wrote in his will that part of his estate would be used to buy out slaves belonging to several of his American friends, including, among others, to Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the USA. Kościuszko also clearly noted that this money should be spent on educating the freed people.
“In his contacts with Thomas Jefferson, he insisted on the redemption and emancipation of slaves. Jefferson owned slaves and lived off their labor. Unlike him, Kościuszko was a man who took the well-known American proverb "put your money where your mouth is", which means "It's not enough to talk, you have to put money down". The Polish commander could have lived freely on his property in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus), but he decided to liberate the peasants who worked on his land, regardless of the costs incurred.
Thomas Jefferson, who called Kościuszko "the purest son of freedom", did not fulfill the will of his Polish friend, thus breaking his own promise.
Wow thank you for this ❤
Bad people? Bro ur goverment literally called us friend of Putin and are still supporting facist/nazis groups
Ur leader in Canada was cheering up Ukrainian facist
Ur leaders wants to transport your cereal to our country which can destroy our economy + this cereal isn't even tested in EU so it can be poisoned
Ur country hates Hungary even thought they are our best friends and they are mad at Ukraine because they took Hungarian flags out of land next to Slovakia where many Hungarians lived for years
One of ur general said if Ukraine lose against Russia they will move their army to Hungary to make this ur new Ukraine state even thought Hungary is in NATO
Who are you lying to?
Why are u saying anything about hiding jews even thought ur country was like second most facist country during WW2 if we treat Ukraine back then as Ukrainian state (if not ur country exists for like 30 years)
Why didn't u mention UPA OUN and Bandera which was the worst next to Hitler and Stalin to Polish civilians? Why Ukrainians never talk about what they did to Poles but u call Polish people bad people because they fight for history? They are mad bro. We are mad because of ur country never said sorry never paid for what u did and u calling Polish nationalist (not facist) bad people because they fight for truth?
what about WOŁYŃ??
@@Fredior what about WOŁYŃ??
Fredior probably wanted to say that despite the crimes committed against Poles by Ukrainians, Poles accepted Ukrainian refugees. Because Poles did not like Ukrainians, remembering what Ukrainians did to Poles@@SPAWN30670
As a Pole, I am touched and thank you for this film. I also recommend the story of Witold Pilecki - a captain in the Polish Army who volunteered at the German extermination camp Auschitz to collect intelligence information and try to establish a camp resistance movement among the prisoners. After the war, Pilecki was murdered by the communists... There were many WWII heroes, just like our heroes from previous eras. Thank you once again❤
We, Poles, are so strange that:
1. We apply the maxim: "a guest in the house, God in the house!" and "have a heart and look into the heart!"
2. Unlike the Russians and Germans, we "don't like" building camps (for refugees, concentration and... death).
The elite who built the State of Israel (after World War II) were almost entirely Polish Jews (citizens of the Second Polish Republic), saved by Poles.
For Poles, every person has the right to freedom.
Poles have always abhorred imperialism!
Poles know perfectly well that freedom is not given once and for all, that it has to be fought for.
Regards
By the way, the beginning of the whole Zionistic movement is connected with the Katowice Conference in 1884 (Katowice is a city in Upper Silesia, after the WW I, regaining of Polish independence and the three Silesian Uprisings in the years 1919-1921, being a city of Poland). In Tel Aviv there's even a Katowice Street.
This is true but it was during the time of the great wars. The new generations are unlikely to be the same.
Napisałeś wiele prawdy,ale na pewno nie to ,że Polską rządzili Żydzi.Dzięki Polsce i panującej w niej wolności wyznaniowej Żydów było dużo,ale ich infiltracja polskiej gospodarki to dopiero XIX w.Poza tym Żydzi z Europy Środkowej to nie był element budujący Izrael,bo byli wśród nich głównie intelektualiści,a tam byli potrzebni ludzie nie bojący się ciężkiej pracy.Stąd tylu Żydów z Polski było Izraelem rozczarowanych.
I mało brakowało, żeby w Izraelu językiem urzędowym był ....... język polski. Pozdrawiam
I've been saying guys... You got to research Polish Haitians... Till this day theres a polish city in Haiti called "Cazale" where descendants of Poles live. Very distinctive people. Dark skin, blue eyes, light hair.
It’s like the German city in Argentina 👀👀👀
@@BB.Beyond.Borders Yes, the only difference is that heroes live there instead of descendants of war crimes. But since you brought the topic I recommend watching the show "Hunting Hitler".
I forgot to add that Cazale is a place in the middle of nowhere and it's hard to get to. There's Polish school, polish tradition and people there are really proud of their roots. Seems like the Polish government finally realized not too long ago that the town needs help and it's financing couple projects there like solar panels and better Internet access for school. There's a fundraiser going on for anyone whose interested in helping.
@@DE480FC Polish men on Haiti where slaughtered by orhter people because they where peacefull and WHITE...
This is so because the Poles supported Haiti in their independence because of our own history. The Poles fight for freedom not self interest
I'm proud of being POLISH ❤🇵🇱❤🇵🇱
5th generation Polish American here, thanks so much for this video, the world needs to know about Polish history!
Something that I think needs to be addressed with the aiding Ukrainian refugee's is the that the history of Poland and Ukraine has not been that friendly particularly during WW2 Yet still Poland extends the hand of friendship
As for the Polish resentment towards all countries that should have helped Poland during World War II... there is a Polish "joke" on this subject.
What do the colors on the Polish flag symbolize? White is honor. Red is the blood of Poles shed in its defense. And blue symbolizes loyal allies.
Poland never had loyal allies
Even today
@@tagartv89 That's why there is no blue in polish flag :)
@@tagartv89 Only Hungary we can call as friendly and loyal :) They did as much as they could to help, and more than once.
@@mroczny_kruk by becoming putin's puppet :D
@@mroczny_kruk Iran and Romanian too
Poles' motto.
For our freedom and yours
In last 1000 years Poland had 97 wars and lost only 8 of them.
In the last 1000 years Great Britain has fought numerous wars, (nobody 'wins' in war), but never been invaded.
@@michelleclarke8264 In fact Great Britain was invaded in the last 1000 years. In 1066 by Normans led by William the Conqueror and in 1688 by Dutch and German forces led by William III of Orange.
@@mecx7322 In 1688 William of Orange was invited by seven English Noblemen to be King of England to depose King James II. So that wasn't an invasion. We haven't been invaded since 1066, 958 years.
@@michelleclarke8264 To tell you the truth, you were lucky, at least once the weather helped you a little, other times it was poor decisions by Göring and the presence of Poles xD
@@konradadamczyk5755 The weather helped the Germans too but we had invented radar and had fantastic pilots in the Royal Air Force.
As a Polish American Canadian I can not tell you how much your video touched my heart. My family fought for Poland, England and America. Thank you.
you are 1 and a half of a human then 😂
The world is "sick" and the "spark" that will heal it will come from Poland.
"We don't ask for freedom We fight for it ". For your freedom and ours - thats who We are and we die like this. Niech Źyje Polska 🇵🇱
I would add 2 events: The Battle of Warsaw 1920 when Poland kicked out soviets aiming in spreading communism in Europe (you have my recommendation of the video already) and the battle of Vienna 1683 when Polish Winged Hussars stopped muslim Ottomans from invading Europe.
There is also strong basis to believe that Polish intelligence agents provided a lot of crucial data to the alliants during the WW2 but unfortunately our historians are blocked and refused for years to access the British archives to prove it.
Wow thanks for sharing!!!
Yeah. These battles belong to the most important in battles in the history of Europe, not only Poland.
If it wasn't for our Polish brothers and sisters WWII would have gone on longer, they had the Enigma machine which was smuggled into Britain, Bletchley Park where they deciphered the codes but the British took all the glory.
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The British initially invited Poles to participate in the celebrations, but sent an official notification to the communist authorities, who took over the rule in post-war Poland with the anointing of Moscow. No letter was sent to the representatives of the Polish Government in Exile, which until recently was the only partner of the Allies and a representative of the Polish Armed Forces fighting under British orders on the fronts of World War II. Despite protests from some British politicians and an attempt to invite representatives of the Polish Air Force, which fought so heroically during the Battle of Britain, the Polish Armed Forces had no official representation during the loudly celebrated London Victory Parade. Shortly before the parade, the British decided to send an invitation to the pilots of the 303rd Fighter Squadron, which was part of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain. It was planned to place them in RAF units, alongside other foreign pilots. However, as a gesture of solidarity, the "Kościuszko members" decided to unite with other representatives of the Polish Armed Forces in the West and refused to participate in the celebrations.
- I deeply regret that none of the Polish troops who fought alongside us in so many battles and who shed their blood for a common cause were allowed to take part in the Victory Parade - said Winston Churchill, former prime minister and opposition leader, in 1946. He added that Britain will never forget their bravery and combat exploits at Tobruk, Narwik, Cassino and Arnhem.
It was only in 2003 that British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized to Polish veterans for the attitude of his predecessors and the lack of invitation to the victory parade.
"Allies " sold Poland out to kiss stalins ass. Simple, no iffs or buts..Simple
Thanks guys for showing good and positive side of polish people. What our government for years can't do it. love Poland.
Im impressed of your knowledge now about Poland and Polish people. You deserve a medal 🥇
My family was slaughtered in the Wołyń genocide done by Ukrainians (my granny escaped as a child). Yet we took A family in to our home.
Z całym szacunkiem ale dzisiejsi ludzie nie mają nic wspólnego z tamtymi strasznymi wydarzeniami.
With all due respect, but today's people have nothing to do with those terrible events.
Yes, Poles are very brave. What is our advantage is also our disadvantage, because it is difficult for us to get along with each other.
Sorry I'm polish,so You get answer in polish.Od ponad 1000 lat Polska ma dwoch najgorszych wrogow ludzkosci za sasiadow,about 230mln.bandit's.Polakow jest 5 time's less.❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊.
Ulmowie - a blessed family - died because they tried to save Jewish children. And I really advise - watch our history before Poland was gone. You will understand us a bit more. U advise start from "potop" or "ogniem i mieczem" :)
As far as I remember in the first wave after the start of the war, more than3.6 million people arrived in Poland. And not a few tens of thousands :)
And probably we will stick together beside the beliefs. We are fellow slavic people. I myself took 2 times a refugee family into my house. One woman with small baby - daddy stayed in the front. They moved in a week to family in Warsaw. Second time, a woman with her mother. She was about 70y old. And we could somewhat communicate, despite languge differences. They even cooked for us in thanking gesture. And refused to even, help them in some other way. In couple of days they moved to fellow Ukrainians in Wroclaw. We have fb/phone contact to this day.
Break enigma code during ww2 save milions of lives
That was done by Alan Turin and his team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park
Yeah, but The English wouldn't break The enigma code without Polish help, The Poles did It first and It is sad for The Poles that they are almost every time omitted when Enigma is mentioned...
@@aj7750 The Polish mathematicians did not break the codes which were changed every day by the Germans. The British did that. The Polish mathematicians worked out how the mechanical/electrical Enigma machine worked. The Polish mathematician have not been forgotten by the British. There are statues and memorials to those Poles at Bletchley Park which is now a preserved museum. When the story is told in Britain the Polish are always mentioned. Why do you think we would not have done what the Polish did ? We have excellent mathematicians, engineers and technicians in Britain. We have more Noble Prize winners per population than any Country in the World.
Zygalski, Różycki i Rejewski złamali kod już w 1932. W 1939 przekazali swoje informacje i polską "Enigmę" Brytyjczykom, aliantom, bo w Polsce w tym czasie było o wiele niebezpieczniej niż w Wielkiej Brytanii. Żeby ktoś dalej kontynuował ich prace i mógł walczyć z Niemcami. Przykre jest to, że Anglicy dopiero w 1999 przyznali, że Polacy mieli udział w odszyfrowaniu Enigmy. To nie był tylko Alan Turing, sam jego bratanek, Dermomt to przyznaje... Chodzi mi po prostu o uczciwość i nie pomijanie roli Polaków.
@@michelleclarke8264 Well, your intelligence had the info before the ww2 and they couldn't break/build Enigma. Besides even Gordon Welchman (the head of A.Turing's team) said they would not be able to do much without Poles giving them the know-how.
Are there statues of Polish mathematics in Bletchley Park or just one for A. Turing? There is a plaque for Poles unveiled in 2002. Were Poles honoured in any of those movies about enigma? I remember it was a great news, when British government officially admitted the input of Polish mathematics into breaking the Enigma code and I think it was about year 2000, or during 90s the earliest, cause before we were behind an iron curtain ("thank you", Mr. Churchill), so they didn't have to bother.
As a Polnisch person i bin told from a yung age that if someone need help, you have to help. if u not helping the devil will win! we are all just Humans. Love from Poland to all nations and please STOP THE WARS!!!
because we don't beg for freedom we fight for it
Hundred of thousands?!
How about millions.
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NOT 3.000.000 Poles died during german occupation of Poland only over 6.000.000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@@BB.Beyond.BordersDuring IIWW 6 mln of Polish citizens were killed either by Germans or Russians. 3 mln of them were Polish Jews. 6 mln out of 35 mln population: in percentage highest losses among all nations.
3 million ethnic Poles. 6 million Polish citizens (of which the second 3 million, 90% were Polish Jews). When counting victims, some adopt a Nazi racial perspective. However, in Poland we remember all murdered and fallen citizens in the same way.
All together.Include polish Jew's,about 6mln.
About the Ukraine, when the war started, in February 2022, almost all Polish were trying to help Ukrainians, not only the state, the government, but plenty of people with their own private resources as well. Plenty of people took the refugees, for more weeks, directly to their homes. Plenty of people were collecting money or making packages with necessary goods, like food, cosmetics and other products, to send them to Ukraine for those who stayed there. We were doing this, so collecting our private money or making packages, in our families, at work, at churches. The refugees received also a lot of help from the Polish state, like many social benefits. Children could freely attend Polish schools, refugees can use Polish healthcare system etc. Not mentioning about big military help.
"Tylko prawda Nas może wyzwolić" - Only the truth can set us free! And a truth is hard, you just have to be a human. Greatings from Poland!
Koniec filmu jest super !!! Polacy nie zostali zaproszeni na paradę zwycięstwa aby nie rozwścieczyć Stalina. Wiecie co ??? Właśnie to boli oj bardzo boli takie zachowanie Anglii która była o wiele silniejsza od Polski !!! WSTYD !!!
This girl speaks Polish very well with such a sweet accent😗
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7 million Ukrainians came to Poland! not thousands, it would be as if Poland accepted the entire population of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. . Of course, as the war dragged on, most of them spread across Europe to the USA and Canada. Of these 7 million, approximately 1.5 million remained in Poland. It is true that no camps were established, ordinary people welcomed them into their homes if they had a place to host them, local government institutions took them in, paid for the hotel rental, hoteliers took them in at their own expense, in sports halls, etc., orphanages took in children from Ukrainian orphanages along with caregivers - we managed, as there is empathy in the nation. I have friends who took two families to their homes, furnished their rooms and ate meals together, and went with humanitarian aid to Ukraine at their own expense. All you need is willingness and empathy.
That is amazing 😳
Some camps were established just after Russian invasion. One of them was located just south of Warszawa Wschodnia ( Warsaw East ) station and was active for about 5 months. It was sponsored by PAH ( Polish Humanitarian Action ), some Norwegian Refugee organisations and others. Tents were well equipped and heated, food and medical care was also provided.
@@mecx7322 These were only for the initial reception when 100 thousand refugees arrived daily so that they could rest, warm up, sleep and eat, while women walked dozens of kilometers with children in their arms and in addition in the frost. After regaining strength, they were relocated to hotels and private families or wherever they wanted to go. These were not camps for emigrants like in Western Europe!!!
@@mecx7322 These were not camps for emigrants in the sense of the Western Curie, but points where mothers with children could rest, eat something, sleep, warm up, because these mothers with children in their arms and luggage often walked 30 kilometers to the border in the frost and were physically and mentally exhausted, escaping from the war to a foreign country. From there they were directed throughout Poland or could decide where they wanted to go, whether to stay in Poland or to a specific country.
We have a genetic capacity for great and heroic deeds. Sometimes I have the impression that the greater the chaos and danger, the better we act ;)
It’s in your DNA
It has good and bad side, depending on situation. 😅 We hate helpless and powerless feeling, so we act the best we can to change the situation. And we are histericaly stubborn. So the fan of results is... wide. 😂 But I love who we are and how we are. ❤💪
You are such beautiful people guys❤ I must say I'm a proud Pole and so are you. You'll always find a home here, should you ever need it. Respect and thank you for everything you do! All the best!
But you don't know that after the war the British government ordered itself to pay for the planes, fuel and ammunition used by the Poles, even though they defended Great Britain. And Poles had to pay with gold deposited in Great Britain.
To akurat jest komunistyczny kit. Nie powtarzaj zasłyszanych od dziadka pzpeerowca bzdur.
Decoding the Enigma by Poles. German-owned command coding machine. They largely contributed to the end of World War II, and I attribute this to the English.
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Your post requires some correction: Poles had 1st version of Enigma broken even before the war. In the meantime, Germans had another, updated version, with additional rolls. This one wasn't initially broken by anyone, but after UK got the working version from an u-boat, polish mathematicians helped immensely with their expertise and were able to understand the way the updated enigma worked. However, actual breaking of the code was done by Alan Turing. But it needs to be said again - without Polish expertise and pre-war breaking of earlier enigma, I don't believe UK would be able to break it before 1945.
Poland super & biutyfull
And we have been helping Ukrainians despite Volhynia genocide 1943.
Każdy kraj ma karty history zabrudzone krwią my też. Tylko o tym się nie mówi. BO WSTYD.
No country helps its enemy except Poland. And always ends up screwed.
@@grash4435 Podaj przykład Polaków dokonujących zorganizowanych, zaplanowanych i przeprowadzonych z takim okrucieństwem mordów etnicznych. Potem możesz mówić o wstydzie.
Hi guys
love your videos
You need to learn about Battle of Monte Cassino - Allied forces tried to conquer it for few months and then they finaly realized that they have to give the main charge to the Poles.
There was as well one extraordinary soldier `` Wojtek `` - check on Wojtek separately please
Enjoy.
You are welcome
As a phenomenologist, I can say that you do an excellent job of selecting and analyzing important issues from Polish history. Are you aware that you have perfectly mastered the phenomenological and hermeneutic method of analysis?
It has been initially around 2 mln refuges, most of them they has been hosted all around Poland in our homes
Simply amazing ❤️
I love you people . Thank you !!! 😊❤❤❤❤❤
Lubie was :)
We like you because you watching our videos!❤️
In fact, there were 16 Polish air squadrons in the UK - 10 fighter squadrons, 4 bomber squadrons and 2 others
watch series "legendy Polskie" from allegro (Polish Legends)
Genialne to jest. Mieli zrobić wersję do kin ale upadło po wykupie allegro :/
W Bitwie pod Hodowem, która rozegrała się 11 czerwca 1694 roku, 400 Polskich wojowników pokonało 40000 Tatarów! Tak, na 1 Polaka przypadało 100 tatarów i Polacy wygrali! Osiągnęli sukces o wiele większy niż 300 legendarnych Spartan pod Termopilami. Spartanie choć walczyli dzielnie to przegrali, a Polacy zwyciężyli w bitwie pozornie nie do wygrania.
Jaden husar byl wtedy wart wiecej od kozackiej wioski😮.
I remember back when war started I gave some toys to ukrainian mother with 2 children, i just went to my basement and grabbed some of my old toys from back when i was a kid and picked up my old bike to then give it to them. They lived in spare rooms of somebody's home. So I guess if you multiply it by the number of Poles we come to conclusion that the real aid that was not recorded officially is huge, and Poles are amazing :D
... freedom, equality, fraternity - this is our heritage from the Polish nobility and enlightened monarchs.
Amazing Polish History / Saint of Auschwitz
Amazing Polish History / Warning to those visiting Auschwitz 🇵🇱👍🇵🇱
♥ from Poland for making these kind of videos!
Hi a wonderful couple! It's been a big pleasure to watch your videos. This video is just amazing. All what you show in this video is a reflection of your sensitive souls. Thanks a lot.
Greetings from Toronto 🇨🇦, Canada.
Aaaw thank you so much for the kind words ❤️
The saddest thing is that our pilots who saved Britain received no help from our allies. Poland was abandoned and betrayed. and even after this situations we still are ready to help others.
Bardzo ładnie mówi Pani po Polsku. Myślę że ktoś z Pani rodziny pochodzi z Polski 🙃
Nice reaction video. Thank you.
Dobra robota ,dzięki i pozdrawiam
Yes, Ukrainians live (lived) in polish people houses, eat our food, wear our clothes ect, on the border, we give them food, blankets, and even pads or medication. Politicians in Europe said after that poland collaborate with Russia.
Well done 👏
God bless i visited like 27 countries already.
Good luck 👍
I'm from Poland and i living 19 years in Netherland. Look for how much refugis took Netherland from other countrys. Germany , France ... too.
😎 Polish people are great. But every country have history and trauma. We all are just people who want have good and safe life. ❤️🌍🌎🌏❤️🌺🌞🍀
Welkome Poland
Thank you guys.
Important to note, there was a death penalty for helping jews in Poland. There was no death penalty for that in western europe. Despite this there were more poles helping jerws than any other country. That says something about us...
Hey, thank you for your content and thank you for speaking so well about my country in which I was born and which I love with all my heart and for which I would give my life at any time. I appreciate it
Miro!!!!!!!
Dziękuję 🙂
During the communist times, a lot of people were imprisoned, brutally tortured and murdered by the communists. Read for instance about Danuta "Inka" Siedzikówna (information accessible also in English), who was a 17 years old girl, imprisoned and murdered, shot by a firing squad, despite that she did never anything wrong (she was helping, as a nurse only, to members of underground anti-communist resistance, but she was helping even the wounded communists if they needed). Very famous are her last words in her letter from communist jail to her grandmother: "Tell my grandma, that I behaved like it should be" (she didn't betray anyone). And also later there were more events when the communists were sending the army to shoot to the civilians at the streets, like in 1956, in December 1970 or during martial law period since 1981. In December 1970 the communists introduced, just before Christmas, sudden increases of prices of basic food products. People started to protest. So they sent army to shoot to them, and to kill ordinary civil people. So it looked like that, in that times.
Witam wszystkich serdecznie na początku wybaczcie że nie piszę po angielsku ale chciałbym aby Państwo możliwie najwięcej mieli do czynienia z językiem polskim. Temat historii Polski jest z jednej strony bardzo trudny i cześć i chwała dla Państwa że chcecie podjąć i poznać historię Polski. Ja od siebie dodam że nie będę przytaczał ważnych momentów pozwolę sobie natomiast przytoczyć kilka cytatów które pozwolą poznać polskiego ducha. A więc zacznijmy od Napoleona Bonaparte który stwierdził "Jeśli czegoś nie da się zrobić zostawcie to Polakom" kolejny cytat właśnie po bitwie o Anglię sam głównodowodzący RAF-U powiedział "nigdy w historii tak wielu nie zawdzięczało tak wiele tak nielicznym" następny cytat który doskonale obrazuje polskiego ducha to: Bo my nie błagamy o wolność my o nią walczymy i na koniec taki trochę humorystyczny Polacy nie pytają ilu jest wrogów tylko gdzie oni są
Pozdrawiam serdecznie i życzę miłego pobytu w Polsce
Dziękuję.
Poland has a 1,000-year tradition of freedom of speech. Poles are not afraid to say what they think. Sometimes they speak faster than they think. Polish words have less weight than in other languages. Poles who said they "hated" Ukrainians opened their homes to them. Poles who said they "hated" Jews saved them, risking the lives of their families. Poles who said they "hated" blacks died for their freedom. When judging Poles, you should not pay attention to their words, which can be emotional and exaggerated, but to their actions.
To complete the picture of the reception of Ukrainian families by Poles, I recommend reading the history of Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland in 1943. This is another of the forgotten stories that we Poles remember.
1920 - The Battle of Warsaw changed the fate of the world. Battle between the Red Army attacking Warsaw and northwest of it and the Polish Army grouped on the Vistula and Wieprz, the decisive battle of the Polish-Bolshevik war. One of the most important battles in the world. I'm surprised it's not in the top 5.
I answered the question. Poles opened houses for Ukrainian refugees. 🇵🇱 ❤️& 🇺🇦 ❤️. Godbless International Legion in Ukraine. Godbless lovely couple. All the best 👍 👌. Greetings 🇬🇧 🙏. Enjoy in lovely beautiful 🇵🇱 ❤️🇵🇱❤️🇵🇱❤️. Nice movie. Nice content. Powodzenia.
Ah yes. New vid. Looking forward to Wrocław vids.
Coming soon 👀👀👀❤️
7:54 - Actually, Hungarians were insanely helpful to the Poles during WW2. For real, it is crazy. Even though Hungary and Poland were on the opposing teams (Poland was in the Allies, and Hungary was in the Axis), Hungary refused to allow German Armies to enter Poland through their borders, and then took in many refugees. There was even a Polish Culture Institute in Budapest (Idk if it still is there) that Germans wanted to be closes, but Hungary again refused. Hungarians also provided unparalleled help during the Polish-Soviet war, and fought alongside Poles and against Germans in the Warsaw Uprising (even though Hungary and Germany were still allies).
listening to you guys reminds me of a south african co-worker (I'm a polish person living in London). I loved her accent, helped her learn the ropes (I was kind of like her supervisor) and even tho I've left long ago, we're stil on friendly terms, and we talk from time to time :) Lieneke, you're the best and I'm sorry I'm such a depressed recluse ^^'
To nie jest tak że nie chowamy urazy .Zadra jest ciągle w sercu , ale pokazujemy mimo wszystko że mamy współczucie dla innych . Tak są Polacy którzy nie chcieli pomagać ,ale mimo sprzeciwu przyjeli tych ludzi życie ciężko doświadczyło Polskę i Polaków
1. Ukrainian refugees. First part of that crisis had started at 2014, when after protests, and antyprotests agression, prorussian president Janukovych fled to Russia, and Russia took Crimea. Than war at Donbas (eastern Ukraine) had started. So when refugees crisis in 2015 had started, in Poland there were already almost 1 mln of Ukrainians (usually they were looking for job - war was lokal, but it's impact on Ukrainian economy was strong). So now You know why Polish didn't wan't refugees and other imigrants from Africa and Asia in 2015. In 2023, at first Polish invaded Ukrainian refugees to their homes - and that is why there were no refugees camps. We aren't talking about thousands, but over 1 mln people. Yes population is split between rightwing and leftwing, but most of rightwing remembers from our history what does it mean "russian invasion".
2. II world war. At first You have to understand not only what plan German had for Jewish people but also for Polish people. They decided that Polish lands will became part of Germany with only Germans living there. So Polish also - in German plan - were sentenced to death. 3 mln of Polish Jews died - everybody knows that, but Germans Killed 5,5 mln of Polish citizens (not only Jews). During accupation they were seeking any reason to kill. So In France for helping Jewish people they had to pay high fine. In Poland whole family, that tried to save Jews were killed. But Polish Underground Country made separate organisation: Żegota, only for saving Jews.
4. In fact communism in Poland was since arriving of the Red Army at 1944-45. For western people the begining of changes was fall of the Berlin Wall. OK, that was a symbol. But it was in early november of 1989 mounths after Polish Round Table and elections.
6. I think that it was another moment when Polish changed a history. Just after I world war, Red Army was advancing west. In Germany (that just lost war) there were strong support for communism. So Soviets decided, that they go to western Europe "through dead body of Poland". At the Battle of Warsaw they were defeated by Polish army, that was smaller. During that war French send to Poland few light tanks and same military advisors. Stronger support we had from Hungary: tons of ammunition.
Poland Poles never beg for freedom Poles fight for freedom
Well, this is only for the most recent years, because the Polish made so many more awesome things, like the winged Hussars of the XVII century, that saved Vienna from the Otoman Empire.
I'm more right wing type of guy. I know the history of XX very well. I was so happy that we took those poor people. I'm not a rich guy, rather the opposite, I'm sick, I can't work but I've sent so much money I could, I was even buying toys for kids. Thinking that some Ukrainian kid got a teddy bear from me warms my heart. Sadly there is a lot of people who are just stupid, are saying and spreading bad shit, but they are little, good people - we are many. We support and we pray for Ukraine. Greetings from Subcarpathia, Poland.
Wah gwaan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Job Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x) One Love !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I appreciate that you like my country so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for watching ❤️
I still know how many Polish people RPA took after and during WWll 😍
On September 8, 1610, Żółkiewski led Polish troops into Moscow, where he ruled for two years. He went down in history as the only person to do so. During this period, Moscow was under foreign rule and no one ever managed to repeat this feat.
If a refugee wants to work, he will support himself. If not, it is just ballast for the country he came to.
Watching your films and reactions to Polish history, culture, achievements, and food :) you don't realize that you are Polish :)
For me you are Polish and that's all :)
Maybe our ancestors are?👀
Thank u 4 u SERVICE !!! U got a tike 😊
14:17During martial law in Poland 🇵🇱 1981they were playing at the cinema: "Apocalypse Now." I was a newborn then.
Actually that photo has even deeper meaning than this.
You can see there an armored vehicle with a group of soldiers standing in front of "Moskwa" ("Moscow") cinema in Warsaw, played "Apocalypse Now" movie...
I would like to give you a hug when see you in Wroclaw but… working in Falklands islands and watching you from there
Brakuje tu wojny polsko-bolszewickiej i bitwy pod Wiedniem.
W obu przypadkach, gdyby nie zwycięstwo Polaków, Europa wyglądała by inaczej.
Jest takie przysłowie zdobądź serce Polaka zdobędziesz oddanie narodu
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain - An 80th Anniversary Tribute ua-cam.com/video/2lhoytCWsEY/v-deo.html
Thanks for sharing
14:17 - Pay attention to this photo. It was taken in front of a cinema showing Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now", the day after martial law was declared.
It's coming from a Polish..we can be stubbron, we can be sarcastic, we can be negative, we can be sad, angry and unhappy..but we always help those who need help and ourselves in real hard times. We're just like Severus Snape.
Fajna z Was para 👍👏👏👏🇵🇱🇪🇺
Also battle of Grunwald 1410 when Poland, Lithuania and Czechia beats Teutonic Order (currently Germany, Lichtenstein, Austria)
Sorry if I missed that in comment...
Most of us-Polish people adding the Vienna fight...
But I think as much as Ottomans' Empire to be stopped in Viena, " The Meracle at Vistula River" is same (or even more) important for todays' Europe.
The Poles army stopped the komunizm- stopped RED army to stepped to Europe.
With reference to the brave Poles who came across to the UK and fought as valliantly as us Scots......we both were Royally shafted as is the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon Monarchies. The Scots were the main military vanguard in most wars of the British Empire, as we are indeed as humble and fierce as the Polish military.
More Scots died per capita, than the English, in all battles wars. The Scots are an ancient Celt culture and the Englush are Saxons who invaded after the Romans slinked away, in AD 400.
Our Royal Family, is actually called, 'Sax-Coburg', of the Goethe line of Saxon hegemony. They had to change their name to Windsor, when the German Zeppelins bombed London, in the First World War, otherwise they feared civil war.
And in Scotland, we were, and still are the focus of Special Operation military training, and this was where the Polish Military trained in the Special Services and Paratroops. And at the end of the war, thousands of you settled in Scotland, and I schooled with Poles, had my Polish neighbours (Mr Komisky), and worked beside you, (G Poltorak).
However, few of you, or us Scots, got the recognition we deserved....and why?
Because the blood-ties with the Royal Prussian Saxons and Russian Romanov cousins, would never permit, mere serf, foot-soldiers, to rise above their station in life.
Since I was born in the 1950s, I know well, that my direct ancestors died and were badly injured, fighting for our monarchy, from China in the 1840s, to Gallipol in 1915....and we now know, that it was all in vain.....because we sacrificed our proud and ancient warrior cultures, to the beaurocratic swamp of that 'multicultural' EU, in the guise of the 'Politically Correct', dilution of our individual identities and unique proud cultures.
It is in adversity that we recognise who we are and what we have always stood for.
It did not begin with Feudalism, enforced by our kingly land owners.
It began, 12,000 years ago.
Let's not dilute our boundaries any further....Eh?
It is worth mentioning that: 1. In the battle of Vienna in 1683, the Polish King - Jan III Sobieski and his hussar cavalry - stopped the Ottoman invasion of Europe and saved its Christian identity. After that battle the Ottoman Empire never recovered. If the Polish king failed we would live in a Muslim identity 2. Polish mathematicians broke the Enigma code during WWII. Sourcing the original Enigma machine by the Polish Resistance Movement was critical for Western allies in decoding German code. 3. Polish soldiers conquered the Monte Cassino monastery during WWII when several allied armies gave up and failed. The Monastery was critically important as it was located on a big mountain (sleave) in Italy (Goole it and see how big and steep it is). German forces mounted big cannons on top of the mountain to fire transport and communication ways of Western armies. Polish soldiers were fighting in all the most important battles of the WWII in Europe. Despite these achievements (and many more), the Polish army representatives were NOT ALLOWED to participate in the VICTORY PARADE after WWII. Why? Mr Roosevelt (who had a friendly attitude toward Stalin) and Mr Churchill (who could not resist his American counterpart) agreed to Stalin's demand that Poles can not march arm-to-arm with victorious armies (Stalin hated Poles as a nation). That has BROKEN HEARTS OF MANY. It was a stab in the back of thousands of Polish soldiers who "fought for our freedom and your freedom" (their motto) and sacrificed thousands of souls on foreign soil. I wonder, what kind of history Western pupils are being taught in their schools? Should they know about it or not? If you do not do your homework, history is likely to repeat itself...