Why did Germany remake Poland in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @theprofessional155
    @theprofessional155 8 місяців тому +129

    Josef Pilsudski who was later the leader of Poland lead Polish Legions in the Austro Hungarian Army because he hated the Russian empire more . However he was arrested by the Kaiser after he refused to bow to him . He hated monarchies especially the German and Russian one . This cause massive amounts of his troops to disobey the Germans .

    • @dominionofquebec10452
      @dominionofquebec10452 2 місяці тому +1

      yo

    • @rayh6118
      @rayh6118 2 місяці тому +2

      Bro went from explaining gta lore to history lores
      Sup man

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars 27 днів тому

      What kind of illogical claims which completely contradict historical truth! Yes, logically! The other way round. They have been betrayed not us! Yes, logically! Why should the allies care about the attacked ally. Defense alliances are completely useless! Yes, logically! Just because the allies do not act according to the alliance agreement is that no betrayal!

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars 27 днів тому

      Yes, logical! The attacked country was to blame for everything. Especially because Poland was attacked from two sides in 1939! Yes, logically! The rubble that Poland received was very well developed! Yes, logically! Blablabla are the arguments of very clever people!Yes, in summary, that is the logic from someone who deny historical reality!

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars 27 днів тому

      What kind of illogical claims which completely contradict historical truth!
      Yes, logically! The other way round. They have been betrayed not us!

  • @FilmSkylar
    @FilmSkylar 9 місяців тому +4291

    They restored Poland because they quote "felt like it".

    • @regabrielexv
      @regabrielexv 9 місяців тому +396

      "Felt cute, might conquer it later"

    • @BOZ_11
      @BOZ_11 9 місяців тому +90

      He clearly said that Russia and Germany wanted a smaller border between them.
      The same exact reason Mongolia has as much land as it does (keeps the Russian/Chinese border to its present minimum)

    • @FilmSkylar
      @FilmSkylar 9 місяців тому +18

      missed the joke

    • @The_whales
      @The_whales 9 місяців тому +13

      What could possibly go wrong?
      -famous last words until mid 1918

    • @suhnih4076
      @suhnih4076 9 місяців тому +3

      Heh

  • @GeorgeP1066
    @GeorgeP1066 9 місяців тому +1177

    Germany in 1916: We want Poland on the map of Europe!
    Germany in 1939: Not that much Poland...

    • @plrc4593
      @plrc4593 9 місяців тому +17

      *1939.

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому +20

      No, the painter was the first German leader who accepted Polish borders and anted an alliance against the USSR, this only stopped when Poland was guaranteed by France and Britain against Germany.

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому +10

      @@extrage3061
      .... so by your logic, why did France and Britain declare war on Germany if Germany attacked Poland before any guarantees were given to it?
      What happened is that Britaina and France gave their guarantees in march and the war started in september of the same year.
      Meaning that your entire comment is wrong.

    • @3st3st77
      @3st3st77 9 місяців тому +8

      @@Cyricist001 Need I remind you that we are talking about the same guy who wanted to form a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union guaranteeing their sphere of influence in Europe? And who claimed that he would only occupy German-speaking parts of Czechoslovakia and would forever stop expanding afterwards? He was not the most reliable person when it came to promises.

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому +9

      ​@@3st3st77
      For the love of God, those are some basic history textbook points you bring up that aren't even scratching the surface of the complexity behind them.
      AH was the first German leader to accept the new border between Wiemar Germany and Poland.
      AH was FAR more trustworthy than the British who have a long list of broken promises.
      1. Abandoned their Native allies to the Americans.
      2. Abandoned Prussia in the Seven years war.
      3. Promised Jerusalem to the Arabs and the Soviets during WW1 at the same time, then colonized the area with the French instead..
      4. Toppled the Greek government to pull them into WW1 in exchange for Ottoman territory, then didn't give any promised aid in taking the territory from the Turks.
      5. Persuaded the Armenians to rebel against the Ottomans, then left them to be slaughtered.
      6.Promised the East Adriatic to Italy for entering WW1, then didn't deliver.
      And this is only some of the betrayals before WW2, like leaving Poland to fight Germany on its own and then left them to the Soviets, promised to not extradite the Croats fleeing the Communist partisans if they surrendered to them and then had them handed over to the Communists, the guarantee that Hong Kong will have 50 years of self governance under China but when that was broken they didn't
      defend Hong Kong's independence.
      Germany only broke two treaties, the none aggression pact with the Soviets and the promise that they won't take the French fleet which was broken when Britain refused to surrender so when the Germans came the French scuttled their fleet.
      1. Britain offered more Czechoslovakian territory to Germany, AH refused and we have it black on white that the refusal infuriated Lord Halifax.
      2. After Czechoslovakia was partitioned, the president of Czechia went around European great powers begging for guarantees, nobody accepted,
      Hacha then went to Berlin and AH told him flat out, Germany will guaranty Czechia if they become a protectorate, Hacha didn't want it but accepted when no better alternative was there to protect his country. The British parliament discussed what happened to Czechia and the consensus was that AH didn't break any treaty because the whole thing was initiated by Czechia itself.
      3. AH courted Poland for an alliance, when Poland aligned itself with France and Britain (Germany's former enemies), AH needed an ally. The Brits were also pushing for a military alliance against Germany, but Stalin's demands were too steep so it went nowhere. Germany feeling encircled looked for any ally it could find so they approached Stalin, again, Stalin's demands were steep but Germany was out of options so they accepted. Germany tried once more negotiation with Poland, postponing the invasion for almost a week,, the negotiations failed and AH's generals told him to either invade now or forget the whole idea. The invasion happened at the start of September and when the Germans were dominating AH again offered peace and an alliance, which the Polish government refused because they trusted the Brits. Their response was and I quote "We would rather see Warsaw in rubble and under Soviet control than ally with Berlin".
      I guess they got their wish.
      Hell, AH tried to get the USSR to join the Axis in 1940 and Stalin had so high demand (the Balkans and Turkey) that the Germans were convinced that the Soviets demanded all that knowing it will be refused because they planed to invade Germany (there were millions of Soviet troops and tens of thousand of tanks concentrated on the German border in offensive positions with trains made for a western gauge.
      Every war Germany fought in WW2 was for one single reason, they felt threatened. They tried to negotiate and ally but when none of their peaceful moves made any headway, they decided that the preemptive strike was their best option before their enemies took the initiative.

  • @danasadomaitis2149
    @danasadomaitis2149 9 місяців тому +6534

    Germany restored Poland in WW1, so they could invade it in WW2.
    Very clever move.

    • @BartlomiejDmowski
      @BartlomiejDmowski 9 місяців тому +170

      Made my day. I'm going to use it whenever some German "patriot" mumbles how Germany is so terrible now and it's all our fault

    • @PatRodak
      @PatRodak 9 місяців тому +55

      Masterful gambit sir

    • @Federalrepublicofsprout7263
      @Federalrepublicofsprout7263 9 місяців тому +254

      Germany made the Soviet Union so that the Nazis would have to fight a front in the East. Big brain moves

    • @suhnih4076
      @suhnih4076 9 місяців тому +4

      Lol oof

    • @NIDELLANEUM
      @NIDELLANEUM 9 місяців тому +48

      Amusing, I thought "I wonder how many comments do I have to scroll down before someone makes a joke about them invading Poland in WW2"
      Didn't even have to scroll

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 9 місяців тому +2050

    The green in the Polish flag represents unchanging borders.
    The blue represents reliable allies.

    • @marcromain64
      @marcromain64 9 місяців тому +90

      I see what you did there.

    • @LMB222
      @LMB222 9 місяців тому +14

      Jesus Christ of the colour palette, couldn't you have chosen a better pair? 😜

    • @sbiebaut7289
      @sbiebaut7289 9 місяців тому +88

      And the purple in the Polish flag its competent governments and leaders

    • @martinfiedler4317
      @martinfiedler4317 9 місяців тому +50

      You are writing nonsense, the Polish flag does not contain....
      OOOOOOOOOOH

    • @ell3655
      @ell3655 9 місяців тому +2

      But there’s no green or blue on the Polish flag? I think?

  • @Sweet_Pup_g
    @Sweet_Pup_g 9 місяців тому +2629

    Germany wanted a cute little buddy buffer state that they could eat when it grew up and stopped being cute.

    • @Account_abandoned-q7m
      @Account_abandoned-q7m 9 місяців тому +157

      me when the state I created to separate me from russia refuses to hand me danzig

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 9 місяців тому +30

      So, a livestock buffer state

    • @timmccarthy9917
      @timmccarthy9917 9 місяців тому +38

      In urban planning this is known as "extra-territorial jurisdiction", land banked for a future annexation.

    • @sciencefliestothemoon2305
      @sciencefliestothemoon2305 9 місяців тому +7

      but later adding Galicia would make a rather less little buddy buffer state...

    • @AdvancedGamer-
      @AdvancedGamer- 9 місяців тому

      @@Account_abandoned-q7m💀💀

  • @ElladanKenet
    @ElladanKenet 9 місяців тому +2268

    Germany: We want a Poland
    Germany 20 years later: We want a Poland. Again. Only this time it's actually ours.
    Poland: ...

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 9 місяців тому

      E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

    • @marcromain64
      @marcromain64 9 місяців тому +70

      By the way, Germany vehemently supported Poland's accession to the EU. That was also 20 years ago now.
      You know what that means... /s

    • @AFGuidesHD
      @AFGuidesHD 9 місяців тому +36

      You could say German-Polish relations were complicated. Funny moustache man actually wanted them as an ally. But completely fumbled his diplomacy playthrough by not inviting Poland to the Munich conference.

    • @AnimeSunglasses
      @AnimeSunglasses 9 місяців тому +29

      1944: Russia: "now WE want a Poland of our own!"
      Poles: "..."

    • @crafterrium8724
      @crafterrium8724 9 місяців тому

      @@AFGuidesHD bro bought 1 million subs lmaoo what a loser, also that's just dead wrong germany wanted danzig from the start

  • @krystina662
    @krystina662 9 місяців тому +637

    What is very interesting (and goes unnoticed) is that for centuries Polish - German (HRE) border was probably the most peaceful land border of Poland

    • @Osterochse
      @Osterochse 9 місяців тому +175

      yes, that is practically unknown to many people. The borders practically never shifted for 350 years until the division of Poland and when they did it happened usually in a more peaceful way. Poland was even in personal union with saxony for 66 years.

    • @somewhereelse1235
      @somewhereelse1235 9 місяців тому +114

      @@szabuowski8677The majority of those happened after the dissolution of the HRE. And while yes there were polish uprisings, those were also AFTER the first two partitions of Poland, when the Border had finally started to move after the ~350 years of peace.

    • @tutentyp6934
      @tutentyp6934 9 місяців тому +38

      Even better. Catholocism, a pillar of polish identity, got it's way into the kingdom with significant german support.

    • @tutentyp6934
      @tutentyp6934 9 місяців тому

      If we ignore the czech-polish wars which brought silesia into the HRE with subsequent german settlement/influence, then yea you're right.

    • @Osterochse
      @Osterochse 9 місяців тому +29

      @@szabuowski8677maybe I should have added the words "until the division of Poland". that was my bad. I was majorly referring to the times until 1772. They didn't shift a lot between 1385 and 1772.

  • @romas011
    @romas011 9 місяців тому +291

    1:20 I always thought it was weird, as a Lithuanian, that Germany would make the Lithuanian puppet state so large. I can get including cities like Vilnius (historical capital )and Grodno despite of large Polish populations due to proximity, but the southern regions were so far away from the core lands that they never, even at the height of the Grand Duchy, were lithuanian speaking. My guess was that to keep the Polish puppet state from getting too strong, but its just a hunch.

    • @dvv18
      @dvv18 9 місяців тому +45

      Despite what the romantic nationalism of the last 200 or so years tries to make us believe, it's never about trifling things like languages.

    • @datdude119
      @datdude119 9 місяців тому +86

      I think it was to separate Polish speaking populations as much as possible to make any revolt not just a German effort but a multi national one.

    • @romas011
      @romas011 9 місяців тому +47

      @@datdude119 thats a very good point. Another thought is that a lithuania of this size wouldnt be easily centralised, again making it more reliant on Germany.

    • @8Hshan
      @8Hshan 9 місяців тому +3

      @@dvv18 Yeah, and then Yugoslavia happens. Not fun.

    • @Osterochse
      @Osterochse 9 місяців тому +3

      fascinating that they wanted to create a state like this, yes. but at the end of th day it is just power politics anyway.

  • @nickmacarius3012
    @nickmacarius3012 9 місяців тому +902

    It is a well known fact that a strong empire survives on a healthy diet of Poland.

    • @gerwaltspodnovigradu5508
      @gerwaltspodnovigradu5508 9 місяців тому +40

      Yeah, especially russians who were fighting against countless Polish rebelions destabilizating their already pretty divided country

    • @Comrade-Mostafa
      @Comrade-Mostafa 9 місяців тому +4

      😂😂😂...truly smart bro🎉🎉🎉

    • @Lucasrocha-pl1ll
      @Lucasrocha-pl1ll 9 місяців тому +14

      ​@@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508well the russian empire wasnt a strong empire about that time

    • @gerwaltspodnovigradu5508
      @gerwaltspodnovigradu5508 9 місяців тому +16

      @@Lucasrocha-pl1ll well austrians weren't either, but russians were stronger than austrians and literally only other strong country there was germany

    • @dtikvxcdgjbv7975
      @dtikvxcdgjbv7975 9 місяців тому +1

      Well, it is all the Sejm. 😂

  • @idk-fw1pc
    @idk-fw1pc 9 місяців тому +1780

    Rare moment of historical Germany wanting Poland to exist.

    • @mixererunio1757
      @mixererunio1757 9 місяців тому +129

      Moments when Poland wanted Germany to exist are even rarer. Nonexistent even.

    • @amadiohastruck4331
      @amadiohastruck4331 9 місяців тому

      ​@mixererunio1757Shhhh, they might call you a fashy

    • @edwinhuang9244
      @edwinhuang9244 9 місяців тому +12

      *Poland would not be fully independent of Germany

    • @rangar6853
      @rangar6853 9 місяців тому +20

      Rare moment of historical Germany when forgoten why Poland shouldn't exist in first place*

    • @sthgamer_
      @sthgamer_ 9 місяців тому +2

      Trololo

  • @karolklepek-lm7dz
    @karolklepek-lm7dz 9 місяців тому +1117

    It's often overlooked how WW1 was technically a civil war for Poland. Although it technically didn't exist, there were Poles both on the side of the Central Powers and the Entente fighting each other.

    • @Tudor_Rusan
      @Tudor_Rusan 9 місяців тому +153

      This was the case for Romanians as well, and Austria-Hungary made significant efforts to make sure none of the ethnic Romanians drafted from Transylvania actually fought in the region.

    • @ryangosling9275
      @ryangosling9275 9 місяців тому +60

      Instead of civil war, it was more like a bets, who would win WWI and grant Poland independence for your sacrifice

    • @mixererunio1757
      @mixererunio1757 9 місяців тому +58

      Yes, that is extremely sad and overlooked time in Polish history. More Poles died fighting in WW1, than in WW2 (in actual battles). And you need to combine that with the rest of civilian deaths, occupation, famine and spanish flu after the war.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 9 місяців тому +13

      Damn. I never thought about it that way. Which make sense why the Soviets and Nazis invading Independent Poland is what officially triggered World War 2.

    • @KonradofKrakow
      @KonradofKrakow 9 місяців тому +35

      I have heard that some Polish unitis realising they are facing other Polish units would secretly agree to shoot in the air to avoid harming eachother.

  • @mhdld9287
    @mhdld9287 9 місяців тому +262

    Germany in ww1 : we want a Poland
    Germany in ww2 : we want Poland

    • @tronKriz
      @tronKriz 9 місяців тому +11

      Funny how one letter changes everything

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому +2

      Yes but actually no. AH was the first chancellor that agreed to the Polish border, he courted Poland for years for an alliance and that stopped when Poland was guaranteed by France and Britain against Germany.

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus 8 місяців тому

      ​@@tronKrizone literal iota makes all the difference, a universe worth: homoousios vs homoiousios ☦️

    • @camarofish344
      @camarofish344 6 місяців тому

      Germany in ww3: we poland

    • @AAAA-lt9hq
      @AAAA-lt9hq 4 місяці тому

      Did Germany say a Poland? They meant all Poland. Sorry for the mistake.

  • @jlshel42
    @jlshel42 9 місяців тому +637

    I wanted a Poland for Christmas one year

    • @gustykraken
      @gustykraken 9 місяців тому +1

      U get it?

    • @davesy6969
      @davesy6969 9 місяців тому +7

      You would only play with the box it came in. 🎁

    • @joaolucasfraga9147
      @joaolucasfraga9147 9 місяців тому +58

      Everybody wants a Poland, until they grow. A Poland is COMMITMENT, people! You can't just have one for Christmas and then dump it on the side of the road like so many other Polands!

    • @suhnih4076
      @suhnih4076 9 місяців тому

      Same

    • @jlshel42
      @jlshel42 9 місяців тому +7

      @@gustykraken Mom said only gifts that fit under the tree

  • @Marconius6
    @Marconius6 9 місяців тому +134

    "Congratulations, you are being liberated. Please do not resist."

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 9 місяців тому +13

      And we resisted 😉
      Especially here in Poznań.

    • @talesferreiralimadossantos8806
      @talesferreiralimadossantos8806 9 місяців тому

      ​@@amadeosendiulo2137How's life there now? Do you still have German influence?

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 9 місяців тому +8

      @@talesferreiralimadossantos8806 The region is richer than the east, the railway network is denser (although it suffered because of the rise of the car popularity too). Poznań is quite progressive, there are queer spaces in the centre and the pride parade called ‘Equality March’ happens yearly not as a protest anymore.
      We have some German architecture and even infrastructure. The linguistic influence of German on the regional dialect has faded away in everyday speech. Apart from Polish, English and Russian/Ukrainian are the most common languages in the city.
      Interestingly, you could find places with a German minority and German as an official language in southern Poland, way further from Germany.

    • @Argacyan
      @Argacyan 9 місяців тому +5

      @@amadeosendiulo2137 The German minority you mention resides in Upper Silesia. While the area of Oppeln is farther away from current-day Germany, the areas of Silesia inhabited by Germans or Germanic people (referring to people speaking a Germanic language, but not nationally German such as Austrians & Swedes etc) used to extend up to that area before the end of WW2.

    • @MinusTheRogue
      @MinusTheRogue 8 місяців тому

      “Kurwa”

  • @BCrane-ej4iq
    @BCrane-ej4iq 9 місяців тому +130

    So, basically…
    Wilhelm II: “Wanna make Nicky angry?”
    Franz Joseph: “Yeah”
    Nicholas II: *cries in Yekaterinburg*

    • @NicolasHaufe
      @NicolasHaufe 9 місяців тому +11

      🤓 actually it by the time poland was created it would Karl I because Franz Joseph died in 1916

    • @BCrane-ej4iq
      @BCrane-ej4iq 9 місяців тому +16

      @@NicolasHaufe So you’re saying…
      Will II: “Charlie, wanna make Nicky Angry?”
      Karl I: “Bet”
      Nicholas II: *screams at Ipatiev House*

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 9 місяців тому +10

      To be fair, Nicolas II also promised to restore Polish Kingdom, on a little less harsh conditions as the Germans - and for the exact same reason.
      Yet another reason that pollitical leaders on all sides eventually gained interest in restoring Poland was to keep Poles fighting and supporting the ,,right" side, after historical propaganda campaign on both sides didn't work.

    • @diegoyqulki
      @diegoyqulki 9 місяців тому +3

      I hate you Willy 🤬
      Nicky-Rusian Empire 1916

  • @II__argo__II
    @II__argo__II 9 місяців тому +217

    its funny because in my Victoria 3 Prussia campaign I did the exact same thing for the exact same reasons, and I had no idea that it happened irl until now

    • @niono1587
      @niono1587 9 місяців тому +91

      ye its very fun in video games when you end up reverse engineering things that happened in real life because it just makes sense.

    • @Comrade-Mostafa
      @Comrade-Mostafa 9 місяців тому

      @niono1587
      Yes, especially when in any case france will do some revolution no matter what it would result!
      Sometimes, they become communist or even fa*sit.
      This is so realistic, dude...😅😂😂😂🎉

    • @palchum1185
      @palchum1185 9 місяців тому +12

      Vic3 sucks

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 9 місяців тому

      Then why are you "participating" in this conversation? ​@@palchum1185

    • @cl8804
      @cl8804 9 місяців тому

      gay af

  • @azDanqs
    @azDanqs 9 місяців тому +182

    1939: "Your services are no longer required"

    • @Lucas_07-PL
      @Lucas_07-PL 9 місяців тому +31

      1945: "Likewise"

    • @sakkra93
      @sakkra93 4 місяці тому +2

      Germany, 1939: "Your services are no longer required by the Reich. Poland is, by my authority, dissolved. Terminated."

    • @ThePreciseClimber
      @ThePreciseClimber 4 місяці тому +1

      Poland: "You expect us to yield?"
      Hitler: "No, I expect you to die."

  • @MustacheCashStash125
    @MustacheCashStash125 9 місяців тому +786

    Because James Bissonette wanted to use Poland as a place to exile his enemies

    • @paulcowlishaw
      @paulcowlishaw 9 місяців тому +7

      Who

    • @TransKidsMafia
      @TransKidsMafia 9 місяців тому +3

      Please be kind to trans kids
      my newborn is trans

    • @Aragorn-87
      @Aragorn-87 9 місяців тому +43

      @@paulcowlishawA patreon who gets mentioned in the end of every video

    • @toldiaraber
      @toldiaraber 9 місяців тому +53

      Sadly Kelly Moneymaker had no intentions of reviving Poland as it would weaken his alliance with Sky Shapal and thus .. war

    • @_nobodyxi
      @_nobodyxi 9 місяців тому +13

      As they deserved
      Viva la Bisonette

  • @Federalrepublicofsprout7263
    @Federalrepublicofsprout7263 9 місяців тому +31

    Finally, Ive been waiting for Poland lore!

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 9 місяців тому

      So what you should look for is the 10/11th century CE.

  • @thearbiter3351
    @thearbiter3351 9 місяців тому +52

    You know it's a good day when History Matters posts German politics

  • @colindaniels945
    @colindaniels945 9 місяців тому +36

    Similar to the proposed Bulgaria that was created in the Treaty Of San Stefano, except in this case the proposed Bulgaria was a Russian puppet state meant to give Russia access to the Mediterranean.
    As I figured, Germany created/recreated Poland as a puppet/rump state.

  • @BS-vx8dg
    @BS-vx8dg 9 місяців тому +4

    I really love HM videos, but I usually already know 90% of the content. This time I really learned a lot! Thanks!

  • @elmartin_es
    @elmartin_es 9 місяців тому +185

    Germany 30 years later: You no longer need to exist

    • @bartosz1320
      @bartosz1320 9 місяців тому +7

      Poland after ww2: "still D.R.E starts playing" Guess who's back

    • @luigi7720
      @luigi7720 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@bartosz1320as a Russian puppet 😂😂😂

    • @bartosz1320
      @bartosz1320 9 місяців тому +8

      @@luigi7720 Poland in 1989: "without me starts playing" Guess who's back, back again

    • @Todietipso
      @Todietipso 9 місяців тому +1

      Germany 110 years later: Actually, can you also take Saxony with you?

    • @LMB222
      @LMB222 9 місяців тому

      ​@@Todietipsosadly your joke went over the heads of most here… 😐
      Poland can also take Sachsen-Anhalt, and especially Meklemburg.

  • @kubus0024
    @kubus0024 9 місяців тому +20

    0:07 It would be coller if there was written on the grave "We'll be back"

  • @jabber1990
    @jabber1990 9 місяців тому +72

    when Germany has its own version of Sikes-Picot...and actually fullfills its end of the bargain

    • @douglasboyle6544
      @douglasboyle6544 9 місяців тому +6

      Not enough straight lines 😊

    • @Hadar1991
      @Hadar1991 9 місяців тому +12

      No, they did not. Germany promised a Polish state, but they refused to say what borders they would have. So for the whole time Polish government did not know what exactly territory they were governing. When the war was nearing to end there was series of uprising which started establishing who controls what. And this basically destroy foreign relation between all those new emerging states because there were multiple example when two or more governments toughs they controlled territory X.

    • @dwarow2508
      @dwarow2508 9 місяців тому +2

      It did not actually fullfil the bargain but sure

  • @galatheumbreon6862
    @galatheumbreon6862 9 місяців тому +46

    It was mostly because Germany and to some extent Austria wanted to win over the Poles in support of the war effort and so promised them a independent state with large parts of the Polish speaking lands of the Russian empire. Basically to keep the Poles loyal so they don't try to revolt and possibly break away

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому

      No, the Central powers really wanted buffer states with Russia, Poland wasn't the only one that was supposed to be made from the Brest-Litovsk agreement. They would be puppet states, but the Soviets and American did the same thing, it's politics as usual.

  • @AlInGaP_Diode
    @AlInGaP_Diode 9 місяців тому +4

    I love how everyone once in a while I'll just be watching a bunch of these and all of a sudden I realize the latest one I clicked on happened to be brand new

  • @tukaes6651
    @tukaes6651 9 місяців тому +19

    All pro-central powers sentiments in Poland were killed by the central powers themselves. In February 1918 in treaty of Brest Germany and Austria transferred Chełm land from former Congress Poland to Ukrainian State.
    In protest Polish government led by Jan Kucharzewski resigned, and all Poles serving in Austrian military administration also resigned.
    Polish members of Austrian parliament moved to opposittion what prevented budget adoption and led to the parliamentary crisis in Austria.
    Also Polish auxiliary corp led by col Haller deserted from Austrian command.
    In Kraków officials decorated their dogs with Austrian orders and medals.

  • @Maxfromohio2155
    @Maxfromohio2155 8 місяців тому +5

    Everyone talks about James bisonette but nobody talks about how there’s a guy who is spinning three plates and he’s been spinning them for a couple years at this point

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank you and have a great weekend, HM!

  • @FuneFox
    @FuneFox 9 місяців тому +19

    2:05 Note that the Entente didn't promise all this land. Poland fought Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine for the eastern part, and the west wasn't happy about Poland's "invasion". You should make a video about the Polish-Bolshevik war, it's pretty interesting.

    • @deepconnectome
      @deepconnectome 9 місяців тому

      Every single problem we have since 1900s is because of bolshevics.

  • @kannonspendstoomuchtime
    @kannonspendstoomuchtime 9 місяців тому +23

    Gotta love history videos man!

  • @kubazielinski1943
    @kubazielinski1943 9 місяців тому +150

    Very important topic in Polish history is that we, the Poles, tend to ignore nowadays the fact of the Kingdom of Poland even existing despite it being responsible for basically creating Poland from nothing. Official historical narrative is that on 11.11.1918 we "got independence" but for some reason no one asks the question how exactly did it happen, it's like: *snap of fingers* boom Poland exists now. It's funny in its own way but primarily sad.

    • @The1Asher
      @The1Asher 9 місяців тому +8

      Most of people that created Poland have been exterminated in PRL. I am not sure of what we you are talking about. In Polish you say I did something or Poles did something.

    • @OrkosUA
      @OrkosUA 9 місяців тому +21

      History classes in every country usually omit uncomfortable facts like this one.

    • @lukaszprotas
      @lukaszprotas 9 місяців тому +3

      Try telling in school that we in Poland should celebrate 7.10.18 as intependent day, not the 11.11. On 7.10 Regency Council declared polish independence. Tell us how it went xD

    • @bunkol294
      @bunkol294 9 місяців тому +11

      This is being taught in Polish schools, the problem is that praising Kingdom of Poland for polish independence would make as much sense as doing the same for Hans Frank's GG, KoP was artficial state created to trick Polish people into fighting alongside central powers, Germans didnt care about existence of Polish state and even wanted to carve half of its territories most notably northern Mazovia and Łódzkie, deport all Poles from there and settle those places with Germans.

    • @OrkosUA
      @OrkosUA 9 місяців тому +1

      @@bunkol294 still denying its role in the preparing Polish for independence is just weird.

  • @zayedbinimran957
    @zayedbinimran957 9 місяців тому +23

    The plan to annex the polish strip was only a suggestion and it was never really implemented and i dont think the plan was seriously considered.

    • @leris7697
      @leris7697 9 місяців тому

      It was the favored plan by Ludendorff and Hindenburg, who by 1918 were the de facto dictators of Germany

    • @talesferreiralimadossantos8806
      @talesferreiralimadossantos8806 9 місяців тому

      Yeah, what would be the point of creating a Polish state, transfer Poles to there, but also annex a strip of land to populate with Germans?

    • @zayedbinimran957
      @zayedbinimran957 9 місяців тому

      @@talesferreiralimadossantos8806 buffer.

    • @leris7697
      @leris7697 9 місяців тому +8

      @@talesferreiralimadossantos8806 Genocide, mostly. They weren't Nazis obviously but the Imperial German government still had pretty much the same opinions on the Polish that the Nazis did. There are letters from Bismarck from I believe the 1880s which expressed his desire for the total annihilation of the Polish people.

    • @ak-od7mf
      @ak-od7mf 9 місяців тому +1

      @@leris7697 The Kaiser most likely never wanted any new land, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine had been proven problematic enough, and at the end of the war theyd rather just want to be surrounded by somewhat friendly and calm neighbouring states and its not like the Poles were a united people either, some of them would rather join Germany than be part of a new Polish state.
      It was a very tricky score to settle.

  • @dwarow2508
    @dwarow2508 9 місяців тому +6

    The eastern borders Poland would receive based on the Entente's proposal were not the 1921 border you showed in your video. It was actually along the Curzon line which is more similar to the 1945 border. The Entente also did not really aprove of Poland's new 1921 borders until they realised that they could not beat the Soviets militarily

  • @vattghern257
    @vattghern257 9 місяців тому +61

    As a Pole I appreciate the using of polish 'nie' instead of 'no' ; in fun fact no
    xD

    • @susiduo3438
      @susiduo3438 9 місяців тому +14

      Nie means never in German which makes it even funnier imo.

    • @maras3naraz
      @maras3naraz 9 місяців тому +3

      And polish money as well

  • @Earthhistory11
    @Earthhistory11 8 місяців тому +1

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:00 *Germany and Austria-Hungary, historically hostile to Poland, sought to restore Poland during WWI, mainly to counter Russian threats and shorten their border for defense.*
    00:55 *Germany wanted a Polish state as a buffer against Russia, to deport potentially rebellious Polish population, and to enhance its dominance in Europe, intending to control Poland's economy, railroads, and military.*
    02:04 *Despite promises, the German-offered Polish state was not well-received by Poles, leading to unrest and eventually declaration of independence when Germany started losing the war.*
    Made with HARPA AI

  • @theaxxorite9415
    @theaxxorite9415 9 місяців тому +140

    James bissonete payed a goodwill price for them to do that

    • @paulcowlishaw
      @paulcowlishaw 9 місяців тому

      Who

    • @SGNL05
      @SGNL05 9 місяців тому +10

      No, it was Kelly Moneymaker.

    • @crogersMX
      @crogersMX 9 місяців тому +1

      James Castañeda stopped funding this long ago.

  • @MichaelSmith-ij2ut
    @MichaelSmith-ij2ut 9 місяців тому +9

    As a maker of Poles myself, this really intrigued me

    • @steve1978ger
      @steve1978ger 9 місяців тому +4

      May I ask what kind of Poles you make?

  • @dceufan
    @dceufan 5 місяців тому +14

    0:13 - yes .. that eternal question , why? 😂

  • @foot-school
    @foot-school 9 місяців тому +9

    During World War One, Poland was divided and occupied by three major powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. The region had been partitioned between these empires in the late 18th century and had ceased to exist as a sovereign state. However, during World War One, various Polish political factions and military units fought on different sides of the conflict.

    • @ewdsfghnrefdvgbgnmj
      @ewdsfghnrefdvgbgnmj 9 місяців тому +1

      Germany only occupied the areas of Posen and West Prussia from Poland. Russia and Austria had the most. (In the German Empire only lived 3 Millionen poles)

    • @dwarow2508
      @dwarow2508 9 місяців тому

      Russia until 1814 only had Russian land under control, not Polish land. It was only after the Napoleonic Wars when the Poles sided with the French during the invasion of Russia that the Russians decided to turn the remaining Polish state into a puppet with a very high degree of autonomy

    • @masterexploder9668
      @masterexploder9668 4 місяці тому

      At first the split was more even (though Austria missed 2nd partition, too bad for them). Russia got a bigger part of the cake after Napoleonic Wars as they were big contributors to Napoleon's downfall, courtesy of that disastrous winter campaign, while Prussia and especially Austria got demolished quite a lot in early years. Russia actually wanted even more, but Britain put a stop to it, as always on the mission to keep "balance". With all of that said, German part was the most developed of all partitions.

    • @Adixeeel
      @Adixeeel 3 місяці тому

      Weź se przeczytaj historię niemcy okupuwały całą dzisiejszą polskę przez krotki czas

  • @exclibrion
    @exclibrion 8 місяців тому +6

    Also, they wanted to create a polish batalion that would fill the conscription needs of the German Empire. They estimated 1 milion poles would be able to fight in german army but that backfired because the polish troops didn't want to fight for the germans and after the polish comitte was abolished by the germans they all turned against Germany. That's why the polish state in 1918 already had a national army.

  • @GeluTavi
    @GeluTavi 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for making this video, much appreciated.

  • @vazeyo
    @vazeyo 9 місяців тому +9

    Nice detail that Germanys, Polands and Austria-Hungarys colours are the same as the current German flag.
    (Black, Red and Gold/Yellow)

    • @The1Asher
      @The1Asher 9 місяців тому

      1+1=2, 4-2=2 and this is exactly as 4*2/4 so you are a Russian troll.

  • @karoel123
    @karoel123 9 місяців тому +5

    woah! I am a Pole that love history but I never heard of it! I didn't thought that I will find something here about Poland that I don't know about

    • @kodor1146
      @kodor1146 8 місяців тому

      You didn´t know that the Germans were the founders of the Polish nation state O_o The Germans even printed the first Polish money.

  • @munchnerkindl7480
    @munchnerkindl7480 9 місяців тому +3

    Nice video.👍

  • @muhammadhabibieamiro3639
    @muhammadhabibieamiro3639 9 місяців тому +2

    Another amazing video

  • @orazdhl6542
    @orazdhl6542 9 місяців тому +3

    history matters is the best way to learn history honestly

  • @danimalplanet18
    @danimalplanet18 6 місяців тому

    In just under 3 minutes, this says more and also more accurately than numerous stories, movies or documentaries dedicated to this topic. I'm a half-Dutch/half-Polish historian and deep into this particular topic and genuinly impressed by how much info was crammed into these 165 seconds. In Poland, they tend to glorify the restoration of the country, which is why a lot of modern interpretation of that time is heavily biased, coloured or even inaccurate. But this is clean, direct, funny and most importantly, it's correct. Well done!

  • @jeremykraenzlein5975
    @jeremykraenzlein5975 9 місяців тому +17

    I have heard of Polish people celebrating the birth of modern Poland on November 11, 1918, corresponding to the Treaty of Versailles. Apparently they considered the German puppet state described in this video to be Poland in name only.

    • @kingapieninska5809
      @kingapieninska5809 4 місяці тому

      Not Poland in name because it was in fact Poland governed by Polish. The independence given by Germans was very limited and didn't grant us all of former western territories. That's why after 11.11.1918, when Piłsudski becomes sole governor of Poland, uprisings in Upper Poland and Silesia occur. Then, we go on war with Soviets to secure our eastern border (btw Piłsudski didn't want bigger Poland but Ukrainian and Belarussian independent states as buffer zones against Russians, Treaty of Riga made it impossible). In the meantime, we take Vilnius from Lithuanians in a tricky way after they refuse our alliance proposal (they had their reasons though). So Piłsudski's plan wasn't fulfilled and we end up being gang-banged by Germans and Russians in 1939.

  • @iknowuare4716
    @iknowuare4716 9 місяців тому

    Another great video. Humorous at times and informative.

  • @raidang
    @raidang 9 місяців тому +6

    The video quality improvement alot

  • @h12-p3j
    @h12-p3j 9 місяців тому +2

    Would you consider doing videos on the Swiss or Swedish nuclear weapons programs? It seems they both got pretty extensively far into it but scrapped them as the cold war came to an end. Really interesting stuff personally

  • @sakkra93
    @sakkra93 9 місяців тому +6

    Another interesting puppet of Germany was the "United Baltic Duchy", a kind of pseudo-Teutonic Order State with a German nobility and consisting of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as having a cool black and white Nordic Cross flag. This state was the successor of another short-lived German puppet state called the "Duchy of Courland and Semigallia" (not to confused with the earlier Polish vassal of the same name).

    • @The1Asher
      @The1Asher 9 місяців тому

      OMG so Christian cross that is used all over Europe and is the symbol of Catholic church is Teutonic? Jesus. Please write to Putin who is the head of Orthodox Church immediately.

  • @OrangeSheepPlayz
    @OrangeSheepPlayz 9 місяців тому +1

    Another great video!

  • @mikoajp.5890
    @mikoajp.5890 9 місяців тому +4

    It is important to mention - to us Poles at least - that what you drew as post-WWI borders proposed by the entente was not what the entente had in mind. Whole Greater Poland area was initially omitted and it took an uprising with several months of actual fighting to become part of Poland sanctioned by the treaty of Versailles. So yeah, Prussians/Germans were very correct with their worries of potentially rebellious people. Cheers from former festung Posen.

  • @dceufan
    @dceufan 5 місяців тому +3

    0:45 - wasn’t he the man with the deform right arm?

  • @geo.m1639
    @geo.m1639 9 місяців тому +3

    Can you do a video on why there was no coalition against Cromwell like what happened to Napoleon

  • @HitmanConan
    @HitmanConan 9 місяців тому +1

    It's like one of those movies where a bully loses his favorite target and creates a new one, but the new target gets too strong...

  • @TheGawron666
    @TheGawron666 9 місяців тому +6

    The best thing is that the Entente didn't want an independent Poland either, they preferred Poland in union with Russia, like before, and if it was going to be independent it shouldn't be too big so as not to offend Russia

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 9 місяців тому +2

      That was the plan of Eastern Entante (excluding Japanese, they were cool). Western Entante didn't get involved in Polish matters for long time, mainly because they saw them as insignificant - that was, until the formation of gen. Haller's Blue Army in France in 1917.

    • @JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc
      @JamesDelanoMcCarthysecondacc 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Admiral45-10Entente

  • @trujustice924
    @trujustice924 9 місяців тому +1

    This week in questions we didn't know we needed to ask but are really curious about. 😁

  • @no.6660
    @no.6660 9 місяців тому +7

    Day 3 of asking him to finish the English/British history series

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228 9 місяців тому +2

    Good video.

  • @YairElChivo
    @YairElChivo 9 місяців тому +22

    Never clicked fast than ever

  • @stalhandske9649
    @stalhandske9649 9 місяців тому +2

    Vassal feeding saves time and admin points you would need to use to core annexed provinces.

  • @EdwardJr2000
    @EdwardJr2000 8 місяців тому +3

    Actually after the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in short Poland-Lithuania) was carved up, Russia didn't actually annex it but created retained the Kingdom of Poland, which it finally annexed a few years before WW1. The Emperor of Russia was the King of Poland.

    • @Werty715_25
      @Werty715_25 8 місяців тому +2

      It got annexed 50 years before WW1, not a few years.

  • @saadSulimanAyob
    @saadSulimanAyob 9 місяців тому +2

    Possible History needs to watch this video

  • @OsamasStory
    @OsamasStory 9 місяців тому +7

    0:07 I always felt bad for Poland 🇵🇱 because that happened to them 😢 love from Makkah.

  • @kremlkritiker2158
    @kremlkritiker2158 9 місяців тому

    Very interesting thanks for the video.

  • @UnreliableAdvice4all
    @UnreliableAdvice4all 9 місяців тому +12

    "I have gotten the greatest return on investment in history!"
    -James Bissonette (probably)

  • @thegamerator10
    @thegamerator10 9 місяців тому +2

    It's still wild to think that for a time, the United States and Poland-Lithuania existed together.

  • @emsauce75
    @emsauce75 9 місяців тому +3

    Woooo! History!

  • @travelchoice89
    @travelchoice89 9 місяців тому +1

    the historical context behind Germany's actions in World War One through this insightful animated documentary. 📜🌍

  • @Didyouknowthatiexist
    @Didyouknowthatiexist 9 місяців тому +7

    Because James bissonette wants to carve out a kingdom for himself

  • @davidh.4944
    @davidh.4944 9 місяців тому

    What did the video call the Latvian territory at 1:18? "...act as a buffer state, along with Lithuania and ???..."
    Ekkoland? I can't seem to find any name like that in my searches.

    • @Bistle00
      @Bistle00 9 місяців тому +3

      Courland

    • @davidh.4944
      @davidh.4944 9 місяців тому

      @@Bistle00Thank you very much.

  • @LambdaCreates
    @LambdaCreates 6 місяців тому +5

    1:46 Oh my god... that... THE GENERAL GOUVERNMENT POLAND FROM THE NEW ORDER HOI4 MOD!!!

  • @baobeast
    @baobeast 9 місяців тому

    What is the name of the state north of Lithuania that was named at 1:18? The subtitles says Corland but I have never heard of that state. If I am not mistaking, that land is modern day Latvia.

    • @Ekvitarius
      @Ekvitarius 9 місяців тому +2

      I think it’s supposed to be Courland, a region of Latvia

    • @Sceptonic
      @Sceptonic 9 місяців тому

      ​@@Ekvitariuscorrect

  • @Wertzuio
    @Wertzuio 9 місяців тому +6

    what history class leaves out:
    (they only teach kids about germans using gas and flamethrowers)

    • @suchlimk
      @suchlimk 9 місяців тому +6

      because they did use gas and flamethrowers, and even in this video its said that they only wanted Poland as a vassal state dependent on germany

    • @kodor1146
      @kodor1146 8 місяців тому

      @@suchlimk "because they did use gas and flamethrowers,"
      As did anybody.
      " and even in this video its said that they only wanted Poland as a vassal state dependent on germany"
      Nevertheless the Germans were the founders of Poland. They even printed the first Polish money. The right of self determination of peoples is used to be atrributed to Woodrow Wilson but the actual inventors were the Germans.

    • @Suksass
      @Suksass 4 місяці тому

      ​@kodor1146 No they were not. Germans wanted a vassal. Poland also predates Germany and Germanic Prussia, the layer of whom helped destroy it.

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations 9 місяців тому

    Fascinating!

  • @Toumahitoedits
    @Toumahitoedits 9 місяців тому +7

    As a Kaiserreich fan this is too accurate lmao

  • @DasWarVorbestimmt
    @DasWarVorbestimmt 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing this piece of history. Despite being german, I never heard of it before. Provably because school tends to focus on the western front of WWI.

  • @asierescobal1248
    @asierescobal1248 9 місяців тому +3

    If you want more precise information about the topic, I suggest you two videos: The Kingdom of Poland during WW1 and The Occupation of Poland in WW1 both from Sir Manatee channel

  • @CAProductions051
    @CAProductions051 9 місяців тому +2

    I get this video in my recommendations right as I finish watching a video about the Western Front of WW1.

  • @andrewrogers3067
    @andrewrogers3067 9 місяців тому +4

    I’ve played HOI4 so much that 1:21 I was confused why the borders looked like that and not like Lithuania and the United Baltic Duchy

  • @thomasjgallagher924
    @thomasjgallagher924 9 місяців тому +1

    The great thing about the brevity of each installment is that the hasty end begets another video. Poland "getting" all those lands after the war came with additional wars. 11.11.18 was not the end of war in the "other half" of Europe. There were years of nastiness to go, flirts with communism... generally confusing times.

  • @tagus100
    @tagus100 9 місяців тому +11

    James Bisonette cast the deciding vote to create a new Polish state.

  • @kogutkrulkur8325
    @kogutkrulkur8325 8 місяців тому +4

    That's exactly why Polish nationalists supported the Tsar and Russia, because they saw that Poland could have at least some autonomy and wouldn't be ethnically cleansed under it. While Germany really just wanted a place where they could throw out Western Poles to make some liebensraum.

    • @someguy7881
      @someguy7881 8 місяців тому

      Russian Russified us. We didnt like them, and polish nationalists supported multiple sides. Piłsudski, was at firet pro Central powers, Dmowski was at first pro Entante. There were multiple sides during the WW1

    • @kogutkrulkur8325
      @kogutkrulkur8325 8 місяців тому +1

      It doesn't really matter what sides they were debating, in the end ND chose the Tsar and Duma. Noone claims because they had any love for Russia, but because it was a better option than Prussia. Russia was quite worse (less effective) at imposing their culture than Germany, mostly because the Polish territories under Russia were a somewhat autonomous region, the Kingdom of Poland, and also which was quite important for the Tsardom, while the territories under Prussia had no autonomy and weren't relatively nowhere as important.

  • @SmilingShadow-fz3jt
    @SmilingShadow-fz3jt 2 місяці тому +2

    A HUGE reason omitted in this commentary: Germans released Piłsudski from prison to once again fight Russians. German Communist Revolution of 1918-1919 was in full swing and Bolsheviks were coming to save their German comrades from losing. Germany wanted a buffer state and Piłsudski to stop Bolsheviks. Poles did stop Bolsheviks but used the whole situation to recreated a truly independent Poland. Poland also saved Western Europe from Communism. If, aided by Soviets, German Communist won the Revolution, this would be a very different world now…

  • @ByzantineCalvinist
    @ByzantineCalvinist 9 місяців тому +2

    Newly independent Poland did not acquire its extensive eastern territories until its 1920-21 war with Russia.

  • @galanopouloc
    @galanopouloc 9 місяців тому

    The narrator: _casually mentions Poland along with talking Silesia at the expense of Vienna._
    Me: *THIS IS A CERTIFIED PRUSSIAN CLASSIC*

  • @alecsmith3448
    @alecsmith3448 9 місяців тому +3

    Have buffer states ever actually functioned as buffers?

  • @VisualBasic6
    @VisualBasic6 8 місяців тому

    I feel bad. I searched for "spinning three plates" to find a video of someone who cut a clip of you saying this with your channel's name in the title because I forgot what it was.
    But hey, at least it worked 😂

  • @sw0rdf1sh2326
    @sw0rdf1sh2326 9 місяців тому +10

    I appreciate this channel for highlighting how Europeans fought over the same small strips of land for over 900 years. While simultaneously calling Africans and others warring, savage tribes

    • @Cyricist001
      @Cyricist001 9 місяців тому

      Europeans aren't calling Africans savages for fighting wars, it's a plethora of reasons from how they fight, to cannibalism to wide spread grapes etc

  • @rayrocher6887
    @rayrocher6887 9 місяців тому +1

    I do like these info reports

  • @amadeosendiulo2137
    @amadeosendiulo2137 9 місяців тому +4

    It would be a Polish state without the core of Poland: Poznań and Gniezno.

  • @TheBlasphemite
    @TheBlasphemite 5 місяців тому +1

    among the alternative timelines out there, german victory in ww1 is one of the most interesting in my opinion.

  • @Serling
    @Serling 9 місяців тому +4

    I love when you say "But fun fact, no"

  • @justindems7436
    @justindems7436 9 місяців тому +2

    Why did Belgium get Eupen-Malmedy?

  • @nikoking825
    @nikoking825 9 місяців тому +3

    And see, for all the post war German bitching about Poland after 1918, Poland was actually advantageous to Germany. It was a buffer to the new, scary USSR and would have been easy pickings for German ecconomic investment.
    And Germany's clever idea of invasion in 1939 resulted in Germany losing a lot more land in 1945.