I prefer shippo because I got it from a smaller creator (primms hood cinema), and I'm a small reseller so I don't necessarily need a website. Time and place I suppose
To answer your question, no polish cavalry never charged German tanks with lances. They engaged an infantry column when German tanks suddenly appeared and engaged them, causing them to rout. They were ambushed by the tanks, they never engaged them.
Poland may have been easy to invade, but they put up one of the hardest resistance fights in history. The Polish resistance was one of the most well-organized and courageous ones in history. (Salutations from Magyarország.)
the first battle of ww2 was between the germans and the poles over a post office. the germans had too get tanks and artillery to win. yarnhub and the fat electrician both have great videos on it
@@andreysilva8418 ah yes, they fel in a matter of weeks just cause of political reasons xD While it is true that Britain promised aid, yet never did it was obvious considering Polands position and how fast they got rekt Doesn't help that in the years before they invaded their neighbors and had plans to conquer them.
Nope. Polish Cavalry never charged Panzers with lances and sabres. They were more like dragoons - they moved on horses but they fought like regular infantry.
Furthermore, they had excellent Bofors antiotank guns and locally built antitank rifles for the job of tank hunting. Result was Panzerwaffe sustaining heavy losses, over 600 tanks in 1939, of which over 200 were unable to be repaired, which reulted in delay of few months to attack in the West.
Napoleonic France and Napoleon actually helped establish temporarily Polish Duchy after our third partition of Poland. For that Napoleon is immortalized in Polish National anthem.
@@Hansalicious They weren't charging tanks with those rifles... They had to dismount to use them! Horses were used only to get in the position and then scoot away.
The thumbnail is crazy 💀 Edit: They changed it😔 Edit 2: lot of u were asking what thw og thumbnail was...so it was hitler sitting in front kf a monitor and was playing a game ig.. and on the screen there was poland with easy difficulty and uk with hard difficulty...so basically it was like hitler was selexting game modes 💀
@@Cinematic_Studios84USA would fit this description better, aa the only time it was invaded was back when britan was still considered a competent nation, as for Russia its been invaded left and right since the beggining of time...
August 1st, 1944 Poland rose up to fight for their independence from occupation. They tried to liberate themselves and show the world they were not a defeated nation but a bear in waiting. Despite their courage and tenacity, the uprising ended in defeat in October the same year. The world did not come to Poland's aid but the Polish people never forgot the brave warriors in the summer of 1944. So this refrain echoes their resistance and courage: Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła! Poland is not yet lost!
False. Polish cavalry charging German tanks with lances is iconic, it's largely a myth perpetuated by propaganda. While Polish cavalry units were indeed active in World War II, they were primarily equipped with anti-tank weapons like anti-tank rifles and grenades, not lances.
The answer is false, Poland didn't charge with lances and swords, they were actually decently equipped with a lot of modern weapons of the time, and some outdated weapons. Even though Poland was under equipped, the Poles still fought valiantly.
Fun Fact- Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of LEGO, was a supporter of the Denmark rebellion during WW2, sending grenades, rations, and other supplies to the rebels via shipping crates of LEGO.
@@juanatethejetdryer7580 that’s sadly because of subjects like that not being good for a company that sales toys to primarily kids. It’s why I like Cobi more. But Kirk was awesome!
False, Polish military officers weren't stupid enough to charge tanks. However Poland didn't have many tanks or aircraft. As a result, they were simply just overwhelmed.
Poland has repelled and defeated many of the nations you have mentioned, people assume they were weak because they have lost to many powers that attacked at once, they still put up a fight and a hard one. Their military was always quite strong, it’s just that many stole Polands credit, Poland has hardly any credit we can say during the Ottoman invasion where the attack was led by Jan Sobieski, a Polish king which the pope gave power to, today Peppe think Russia did all the heavy lifting by when they actually joined late and take the undefendes parts of the Ottoman Empire. I can write a whole book if you want
@PMC_Wanker_Group half of the non polish people don’t even know either, they just assume Poland was weak, I know he means what land is easiest to step on because of lack of mountains etc… but there’s people who take this differently and don’t even know history of Poland
@@Wladyslaw1440Exactly. Simple history needs to be a little more specific in there description of Poland's war history and the land being almost impossible to defend because there are people who can't or won't even try to read between the lines for that conclusion.
Napoleon was an ally of Poland I know he thought most of Europe but from our view he helped us get free from Russian Empire so we fought along side him
Just like with presenting Stepan Bandera as the hero of Ukraine, without any more context, and mentioning the nationality of his assassin like it really mattered. Where I can report the entire channel, because anti-Polish bias is really clear in their materials. What's next? "Polish" Death Camps?
Denmark capitulated to Germany very quickly because they realised that the reich saw Denmark as ethnically aryan, and allowed them to self-govern during the 2nd world war rather than having a puppet state. This allowed the Danes to more successfully aid the Jews, and slow down and hinder the deportation of Danish Jews to labor and death camps right under Germany's nose, as well as saving the lives of many Danish soldiers that may have died it fruitless initial fighting, and used those resources later on in more useful ways. There is a movie called "The Resistance Banker" about it all.
4:03 yeah poland has a lot of Sabaton songs about them Winged Hussars 40:1 Uprising Aces in Exile (mentioned) Inmate 4859 Attack of the Dead Men (took place in poland)
"Poland's not letting it slide for a third time!" "Strongest army in Europe" I'm from Poland, and I'd honestly love to see if we're all bark and no bite or actually something.
Hard to see such without an actual war yup, just look at Russia. On paper they were so strong and scary and NATOs counterpart and now...well..they are just a paper ball that cant even win against one backwards country. (not trying to insult Ukraine but they are not a nation equal to others in terms of development and yet Russia cant even take them out)
@PMC_Wanker_Group When you put it like that, only Russia and Ukraine have any experience in a modern conventional war. Both European countries, incidentally..
@@kochamplacki-yd5ud Thats not hard considering there were no heavier tanks, german armor did not became great until late in the war but its about tactics and how they have been used which was revolutionary Also please never imagine they shot that from a horse, they would fly off and break their arm.
@@Freezefort So why video mentioned most easy country to invade as Poland? As they fought bravely in history, they fought nazis and soviets from very first days and they are strong and prepared now as well?
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rr true, i don't understand why he picked poland only for it's geography and the memes around it, like any country in africa rn is either harder or as hard to take over as poland
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rr It's about the geographical and political location of poland which made us prime targets for invasion. Again do you actually watch the video before commenting? Poland was torn apart time after time, its just an unlucky position to be in.
4:10 in September 1939, Polish Uhlans made a charge against the dismounted 76th Infantry Regiment. However, the Polish cavalry was repelled by German armored vehicles, firing from the bushes, and forced to retreat (check: Charge at Krojanty).
Have, and have in adequate quantities with trained crew/replacements and supplies are very different. Poland had hands down the best AT rifle of the war, but prevailing factors and geography were simply insurmountable.
@@Dr.LightMarker5613 that's true history showed that Poland is strong we defeat USSR in Polish bolshewik war. Lance do boju szable w dłoń bolszewika goń goń goń
@@mikoajlewicki1450 Mordo. Mordeczko. To z szablami to stary mit sowiecki, prawie każdy wie Ale polska siła militarna nie była naprawdę niczym silnym, nawet przeciętnym Tp7 była niezłym cackiem Ale jak my mieliśmy ich tylko 132 egzemplarze rozsiane po kraju to niewiele dały Sam Wermacht dla porównania to ponad 1000 panzer II I to w 39. Nasza armia miała archaiczne podejście, mix broni między całkiem całkiem, a gówno takie po francuski demobil I wojenny. Jedyna broń jaka w sumie z sukcesem użyliśmy to wz 35, jednak nadal bo polskie wojsko archaicznym stylem się uczyło miała ograniczona, choć znaczną efektywność.
Portraing Poland as being ,,Conquered by all nations" is not true at all. Poland Won most of those wars. The teutonic order for example was defeated by Poland. I thought you had some better knowledge or Better sources to use when making those kinds of videos. Poland was erased from the map 2 times. in 1775 and in 1939. In the 17th century for example, Poland was one of europes strongest nations, defeating the ottomans, russians (reaching moscow in 1610, holding it for 2 years) and swedes. Poland WAS NOT conquered Many times. I'm not even gonna talk about the Polish cavalry charing at german tanks in ww2... It did not happen.
You forgot that Europe and Russia did team up against Poland and the Polish Commonwealth 1-2 times. Why do you think it’s a fraction of what it used to be? Every country has had losses. It‘s just the way it is. No country has gone undefeated.
@@Sundevil17 On TH-cam we're able to do A/B testing which changes the thumbnail automatically for us until the best thumbnail is chosen (typically the one that gets the most clicks), it's quite a useful tool for helping us understand what you all love to see in Simple History thumbnails for when our thumbnail artists make our next one!
As a Pole, I felt a bit offended because we weren't the easiest, Wizna itself was impregnable... and here's the cover :|. And I can say more but my english is not perfect and I don t know so someone read it what I say here...
to say we were done dirty in the video is a understatement, there was no mention of our people fighing after the country itself has fallen. even mentioning something like division 303 would be nice.
The title is easiest *country* not easiest people. He's really only talking about geographical and diplomatic realities, not the people themselves, so no need to feel offended.
Two corrections on Vatican City: 1) It's not what remains of the Papal States but an original creation made to give the Pope a measure of political independence. To claim continuity with the Papal States would mean opening a can of worms neither Italy nor the Vatican want to deal with. 2) To invade the Vatican you need to get through Italy first.
@@ewanminchinton Unlike Jordan they are oil-rich and can use that as leverage for protection from a much more powerful country, Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and the outcry it caused serves a great example
The British invasion of Iceland must've looked like a Monty Python sketch let loose from the BBC studios.😆 "Hello, we're British, and we'll be taking over your country now...! There will be no-more of this "We're Iceland--we're independent" rubbish... just "God Save The Queen" and a spot of tea with your breakfast, which shall be baked beans served atop a pan-fried egg, with a small side of Spam!"😉
But they did attempt a false flag operation lying to claim that 2 missiles launched from Ukraine into Poland, which resulted in the death of a polish farmer, were actually launched by and from Russia. So as to draw the west further into their unwinnable futile internecine conflict. The flailing gestures of a hopelessly drowning society choking on its own greed, lust, avarice, & hatred. Also, Ukraine has never been an American state or even a territory and is of absolutely ZERO strategic value or military importance to the worlds largest empire (U.S.), it's citizens, or any of its interests whatsoever.
@@AldrinGaldo Are you having an episode of psychosis, Aldrin? Just because they said the word "popes" doesnt mean they're an atheist, and even if they were, why would it matter to you? You don't know them personally, and them possibly being atheist wouldn't change your life one bit. They're living their life, you are living your. Believe in what you want to believe, but don't act like everyone should do what you want them to do.
They didn’t but there was a false report of polish cavalry attack German tanks after journalists saw the dead bodies of horse and cavalrymen in the battle of krojanty
Could you make a video about the "natural resource curse" and examples of it? (i.e. countries with lots of natural resources sound like they would be rich on paper but the conflicts caused by insane amounts of money to be made just from the land can doom these nations to be poor and unstable)
It would be more interesting to see a realistic assessment of what countries are most easy to invade today - taking into account geopolitics and treaties, and excluding those currently at war.
Costa Rica: Meh, violence. Vatican: 🎶FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF THE LORD, FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY🎶 Denmark: *I SURRENDER!!!!* Iceland: Uh, right this way. Sorry to keep you waiting. Poland: 🎶THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED🎶
Change the thumpnail, it is very insulting for poles - especialy because poles were very brave soldiers during the whole period of WWII, even when poland lost the war!
The danes also made fierce resistance at the border, but was pushed back, the strength of the german armed forces was way too much. But I'd rather have them surrender, than being destroyed by Germany. Besides, the spirit of the country had been broken since the bloody war in 1864 (Infamous in Denmark)
Cry us a river baby boy, now go watch MLP and turn off the internet if you wanna play the special snowflake. Nobody cares, your brave poles invaded other countries before WW2 in wars of aggression.
@@Damian.84 I still see the insulting thumpnail against polish people: a dead polish soldier with a white flag, while the germans go through the polish border without expecting resistance. Again, although germany had military advantage over poland in some points, poland had still fiercly resist while the german attack on poland and in the rest WW2 period. So the qonquest of polish land was not so easy for the germans like shown falsly on the thumbnail.
Your thumbnail artist needs to be fired. Put France up there instead. Even with British help they folded almost immediately. Poland held off Germany and the ussr by themselves for over a month
Poland has often been seen as the butt of many jokes due to how many times it's been invaded. In spite of this, the Polish have to be some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen. After all, when your nation is so often in the crosshairs of other invading nations, that also means you have a *_LOT_* of experience fighting those other nations.
It's the same with France as with Poland. In the West people focus on the worst last 300 years of Polish history before 1945, but don't take into account earlier times, when Poland was rising power also sometimes invading others or just bringing war to the territory of enemy. With France they make jokes about white flags (in Poland those jokes were also there), because they focus on 1871 and 1940, while France was one of the most succesful military of Europe for centuries.
In Costa Rica we have a defense treaty with both US and Canada, and the latter has been the most eager to help; they have extended their offers to help, most famously with the Invasion of Nicaragua of Isla Calero in 2004. We have been tried to invade in the 70s, and it failed terribly. Also, we do have active police standing, but a lot of specialized units, the main problem would be size; the police/person ratio is very low, compared with other countries.
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I prefer shippo because I got it from a smaller creator (primms hood cinema), and I'm a small reseller so I don't necessarily need a website. Time and place I suppose
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4:14 True
To answer your question, no polish cavalry never charged German tanks with lances. They engaged an infantry column when German tanks suddenly appeared and engaged them, causing them to rout. They were ambushed by the tanks, they never engaged them.
Poland may have been easy to invade, but they put up one of the hardest resistance fights in history. The Polish resistance was one of the most well-organized and courageous ones in history.
(Salutations from Magyarország.)
Biggest polish problem during commonwealth was political anyway
@@andreysilva8418 Half true, even today USA would not stand so many wars.
@PMC_Wanker_Groupreport this bot for hate speech
the first battle of ww2 was between the germans and the poles over a post office. the germans had too get tanks and artillery to win. yarnhub and the fat electrician both have great videos on it
@@andreysilva8418
ah yes, they fel in a matter of weeks just cause of political reasons xD While it is true that Britain promised aid, yet never did it was obvious considering Polands position and how fast they got rekt
Doesn't help that in the years before they invaded their neighbors and had plans to conquer them.
Nope. Polish Cavalry never charged Panzers with lances and sabres. They were more like dragoons - they moved on horses but they fought like regular infantry.
but if they did they would win right?
Polish cavalry is the only one kind who was not crushed to the end of campaign. They were very effective especially with mobile tank hunters.
dismounted infantry not regular infantry
Furthermore, they had excellent Bofors antiotank guns and locally built antitank rifles for the job of tank hunting.
Result was Panzerwaffe sustaining heavy losses, over 600 tanks in 1939, of which over 200 were unable to be repaired, which reulted in delay of few months to attack in the West.
Polish cavalry in ww2 used grenades to kill tanks.
Poland’s not letting it slide for a third time. The speed bump has teeth now.
Teeth? Try f**king a cheese grater surface - you'll lose the entire undercarriage!
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@@bamacopeland4372 god i can't remember the name of the channel but grandpa buff does
*🎶THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED🎶*
Napoleonic France and Napoleon actually helped establish temporarily Polish Duchy after our third partition of Poland. For that Napoleon is immortalized in Polish National anthem.
Also false, Polish cavalery do not charge German tanks in II world war.
What a waste of Napoleon’s time
@@miedzianydanielek5202 They did. But the thing is, they had anti-tank rifles.
@@Hansalicious They weren't charging tanks with those rifles... They had to dismount to use them! Horses were used only to get in the position and then scoot away.
That was a puppet state but whatever
The thumbnail is crazy 💀
Edit: They changed it😔
Edit 2: lot of u were asking what thw og thumbnail was...so it was hitler sitting in front kf a monitor and was playing a game ig.. and on the screen there was poland with easy difficulty and uk with hard difficulty...so basically it was like hitler was selexting game modes 💀
Impossible: Soviet Union
@@Cinematic_Studios84USA would fit this description better, aa the only time it was invaded was back when britan was still considered a competent nation, as for Russia its been invaded left and right since the beggining of time...
@@Gloverfield is that a Gardevoir pfp
@@Cinematic_Studios84 Yes... Your point?
@@Gloverfield if anyone sees my previous comment repeat after me
August 1st, 1944
Poland rose up to fight for their independence from occupation. They tried to liberate themselves and show the world they were not a defeated nation but a bear in waiting. Despite their courage and tenacity, the uprising ended in defeat in October the same year. The world did not come to Poland's aid but the Polish people never forgot the brave warriors in the summer of 1944. So this refrain echoes their resistance and courage:
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła!
Poland is not yet lost!
There was no chance at all for poland to liberate themselves with warsaw uprising. Stalin already owned Poland after Teheran
Russia Stronger!
False. Polish cavalry charging German tanks with lances is iconic, it's largely a myth perpetuated by propaganda. While Polish cavalry units were indeed active in World War II, they were primarily equipped with anti-tank weapons like anti-tank rifles and grenades, not lances.
The answer is false, Poland didn't charge with lances and swords, they were actually decently equipped with a lot of modern weapons of the time, and some outdated weapons. Even though Poland was under equipped, the Poles still fought valiantly.
Fun Fact- Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of LEGO, was a supporter of the Denmark rebellion during WW2, sending grenades, rations, and other supplies to the rebels via shipping crates of LEGO.
Cool, I never heard of that. That was way back when they were making wooden toys.
Pretty based of Kirk
Even more based, after WW2, he was part of the local militia.
I’m suprised LEGO doesn’t allow licensed sets based off of modern war, especially since its founder was a part of the military.
@@juanatethejetdryer7580 that’s sadly because of subjects like that not being good for a company that sales toys to primarily kids. It’s why I like Cobi more. But Kirk was awesome!
the polish cavalry DIDNT raid german tanks in WW2.
I mean they didn't rush them head on but they did use them to quickly ambush germans using anti-tank rifles
@@GeneralGrievous_CIS They did. fun fact german soldiers reported how the cavalry would charge tanks... and get slaughtered
Russia will always win
@@waefawawrgaw2835 what does that have to do with the video..?
False, Polish military officers weren't stupid enough to charge tanks. However Poland didn't have many tanks or aircraft. As a result, they were simply just overwhelmed.
Also in terms of tanks and aircraft, Polish fighter planes were not as modern as German ones, and Poland didn't have its equivalent of Panzer IV.
@@rosyjsko-ukrainskitroll87 We had something slightly more troublesome for the Wermacht, the 9TP.
@@shinoku250_gaming Which was never produced.
@@rosyjsko-ukrainskitroll87co ty piszesz za głupoty?
Te czołgi były wyprodukowane ale nie zdążyliśmy ich użyć
Oh you think the country that kills illegal immigrants is easy to invade?
Btw. You forgot Żółkiewski entering Moscow. We Poles took it long before Napoleon.
and held it for 2 years too
Poland has repelled and defeated many of the nations you have mentioned, people assume they were weak because they have lost to many powers that attacked at once, they still put up a fight and a hard one. Their military was always quite strong, it’s just that many stole Polands credit, Poland has hardly any credit we can say during the Ottoman invasion where the attack was led by Jan Sobieski, a Polish king which the pope gave power to, today Peppe think Russia did all the heavy lifting by when they actually joined late and take the undefendes parts of the Ottoman Empire. I can write a whole book if you want
Whole book on back of a postage stamp..
@@outofturn331 if you want I can give you one, give me a year and I’ll explain
@PMC_Wanker_Group half of the non polish people don’t even know either, they just assume Poland was weak, I know he means what land is easiest to step on because of lack of mountains etc… but there’s people who take this differently and don’t even know history of Poland
@@Wladyslaw1440Exactly. Simple history needs to be a little more specific in there description of Poland's war history and the land being almost impossible to defend because there are people who can't or won't even try to read between the lines for that conclusion.
I think simple history is referring to their geography
Napoleon was an ally of Poland I know he thought most of Europe but from our view he helped us get free from Russian Empire so we fought along side him
Napoleon 🙏 Poniatowski
3:09 they did Poland dirty with this💀
Dawg was that the Half life fast zombie sound?
Well unfortunately it’s very true lol
Just like with presenting Stepan Bandera as the hero of Ukraine, without any more context, and mentioning the nationality of his assassin like it really mattered.
Where I can report the entire channel, because anti-Polish bias is really clear in their materials. What's next? "Polish" Death Camps?
LOL
0:43 was the moment WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED
To be fair us Poles fought back
we fogut back a lot, + there were also forces such as Division 303.
Denmark capitulated to Germany very quickly because they realised that the reich saw Denmark as ethnically aryan, and allowed them to self-govern during the 2nd world war rather than having a puppet state. This allowed the Danes to more successfully aid the Jews, and slow down and hinder the deportation of Danish Jews to labor and death camps right under Germany's nose, as well as saving the lives of many Danish soldiers that may have died it fruitless initial fighting, and used those resources later on in more useful ways. There is a movie called "The Resistance Banker" about it all.
3:58 Polandball from Countryballs has his cameo in the video
lol
4:03 yeah poland has a lot of Sabaton songs about them
Winged Hussars
40:1
Uprising
Aces in Exile (mentioned)
Inmate 4859
Attack of the Dead Men (took place in poland)
They should make one about Polish aggression before WW2 taking territory from their neighbors. Man Poland is soo innocent hahaha
@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemiremember what happened 123 years before what poland did in 1920's those were our lands
Combat skill is now measured by how many songs you have written about you?
a lot of Poles also took part in the "Attack of the Dead Men" as it's called
@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi Czechoslovakia was reasonable tho.... they took Zaolzie from us in 1920, so WE took it back 18 years later
"Poland's not letting it slide for a third time!"
"Strongest army in Europe"
I'm from Poland, and I'd honestly love to see if we're all bark and no bite or actually something.
Hard to see such without an actual war yup, just look at Russia. On paper they were so strong and scary and NATOs counterpart and now...well..they are just a paper ball that cant even win against one backwards country.
(not trying to insult Ukraine but they are not a nation equal to others in terms of development and yet Russia cant even take them out)
Watch 1919-1922, they had some bite
Be careful what you wish for. I hope we won't have to find out.
@PMC_Wanker_Group When you put it like that, only Russia and Ukraine have any experience in a modern conventional war. Both European countries, incidentally..
As a filipino that would be a good netflix show
I like the sense of humor simple history has developed
🎉@@Simplehistory
3:09 Being an animator for simple history must be so fun.
20:47 i love the throwback to the old videos. Not gonna lie you guys need to make a second channel using that type of animation.
They actually charged with anti tank rifles
who?
@@justacat2 Polish cavalry had anti tanks rifles who could break breakthrough German tank armore
@@kochamplacki-yd5ud And Bofors anti-tank cannons.
@@kochamplacki-yd5ud oh okay
@@kochamplacki-yd5ud
Thats not hard considering there were no heavier tanks, german armor did not became great until late in the war but its about tactics and how they have been used which was revolutionary
Also please never imagine they shot that from a horse, they would fly off and break their arm.
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I loved how precise the uniforms of the army and the police was!
This is why I love this channel, keep up the good work.
Polands modern military is actually one of the stronest in Europe today
yeah
did you even watch the video?
@@Freezefort So why video mentioned most easy country to invade as Poland? As they fought bravely in history, they fought nazis and soviets from very first days and they are strong and prepared now as well?
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rr true, i don't understand why he picked poland only for it's geography and the memes around it, like any country in africa rn is either harder or as hard to take over as poland
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rr It's about the geographical and political location of poland which made us prime targets for invasion. Again do you actually watch the video before commenting? Poland was torn apart time after time, its just an unlucky position to be in.
"Ferb we know what we are doing today"
-Phineas
There was a time the swedes marched across frozen water from the Danish mainland to Copenhagen.
This was know as the march across the belts
I think I heard a quote somewhere on modern day poland.
"Poland will have its borders, even if its on the last map humanity ever draws."
4:10 in September 1939, Polish Uhlans made a charge against the dismounted 76th Infantry Regiment. However, the Polish cavalry was repelled by German armored vehicles, firing from the bushes, and forced to retreat (check: Charge at Krojanty).
4:17 Polish Cavalry infact did NOT charge panzers with their lances
4:12 false that was a soviet propaganda to show how 2 Rzeczpospolita was weak. But it is false. Poland had many strong tanks like tp 7
Have, and have in adequate quantities with trained crew/replacements and supplies are very different. Poland had hands down the best AT rifle of the war, but prevailing factors and geography were simply insurmountable.
@@Dr.LightMarker5613 that's true history showed that Poland is strong we defeat USSR in Polish bolshewik war. Lance do boju szable w dłoń bolszewika goń goń goń
@@mikoajlewicki1450
Man I wonder why nobody wanted to help you guys in WW2 after you took territories from your neighbors years before haha
@@mikoajlewicki1450
Mordo. Mordeczko.
To z szablami to stary mit sowiecki, prawie każdy wie
Ale polska siła militarna nie była naprawdę niczym silnym, nawet przeciętnym
Tp7 była niezłym cackiem
Ale jak my mieliśmy ich tylko 132 egzemplarze rozsiane po kraju to niewiele dały
Sam Wermacht dla porównania to ponad 1000 panzer II I to w 39.
Nasza armia miała archaiczne podejście, mix broni między całkiem całkiem, a gówno takie po francuski demobil I wojenny.
Jedyna broń jaka w sumie z sukcesem użyliśmy to wz 35, jednak nadal bo polskie wojsko archaicznym stylem się uczyło miała ograniczona, choć znaczną efektywność.
@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemiI would type many things but its not worth arguing with an idiot
Portraing Poland as being ,,Conquered by all nations" is not true at all. Poland Won most of those wars. The teutonic order for example was defeated by Poland. I thought you had some better knowledge or Better sources to use when making those kinds of videos. Poland was erased from the map 2 times. in 1775 and in 1939. In the 17th century for example, Poland was one of europes strongest nations, defeating the ottomans, russians (reaching moscow in 1610, holding it for 2 years) and swedes. Poland WAS NOT conquered Many times. I'm not even gonna talk about the Polish cavalry charing at german tanks in ww2... It did not happen.
Poland was erased from the map in 1795, not 1775.
You forgot that Europe and Russia did team up against Poland and the Polish Commonwealth 1-2 times. Why do you think it’s a fraction of what it used to be? Every country has had losses. It‘s just the way it is. No country has gone undefeated.
Mentioning Poland but not the Baltics, who were overtaken without even a fight two times.
VERY NICE for learning about WW2
15:23 ah yes, Belarus, NATO member
Didn't know we joined it already.
Neither did i. And i am from Poland :D
Hello! comrade NATO member
Also the map shows northern ireland gained independence?
@@Spino2722 Wouldn't that be a great news?
@@prymus141that would be beautiful news
Here before they change the thumbnail
I saved it
lol they always change the thumbnail
@@Sundevil17 On TH-cam we're able to do A/B testing which changes the thumbnail automatically for us until the best thumbnail is chosen (typically the one that gets the most clicks), it's quite a useful tool for helping us understand what you all love to see in Simple History thumbnails for when our thumbnail artists make our next one!
@@Simplehistory ayo got a reply from the propaganda man himself
guess what...
Ireland would be easy to invade, but to hold on to, thats a different story
As a Pole, I felt a bit offended because we weren't the easiest, Wizna itself was impregnable... and here's the cover :|.
And I can say more but my english is not perfect and I don t know so someone read it what I say here...
to say we were done dirty in the video is a understatement, there was no mention of our people fighing after the country itself has fallen. even mentioning something like division 303 would be nice.
The title is easiest *country* not easiest people. He's really only talking about geographical and diplomatic realities, not the people themselves, so no need to feel offended.
Danke für die info 😏
Piss off
the map you use for Poland is the new map of Poland you should have used the old map of Poland
There’s also no Kaliningrad
0:12 coolest way to show how poland was invaded
Polish Cavalry charged agaist tank was myth
Two corrections on Vatican City:
1) It's not what remains of the Papal States but an original creation made to give the Pope a measure of political independence. To claim continuity with the Papal States would mean opening a can of worms neither Italy nor the Vatican want to deal with.
2) To invade the Vatican you need to get through Italy first.
Simple History already mentioned your point number two.
@@jamesofficial6829 Not in this video.
Were all joking too much
Poland had to Hold 3 biggest armies in the world AT ONCE
Very helpful! Ill be taking notes.
Jordan out of the Middle Eastern nations has to be the easiest to invade imo; no great man power, no natural borders, weak military, etc.
what about bahrain qatar or kuwait there tiny
@@ewanminchinton Unlike Jordan they are oil-rich and can use that as leverage for protection from a much more powerful country, Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and the outcry it caused serves a great example
They have some special forces contest so they had to have some armed forces.
Just build a dam on their river and the country is yours
@@ewanminchintonOman?
Went from Poland to Iceland for the thumbnail :skull:
Thanks for the ideas!
The British invasion of Iceland must've looked like a Monty Python sketch let loose from the BBC studios.😆
"Hello, we're British, and we'll be taking over your country now...! There will be no-more of this "We're Iceland--we're independent" rubbish... just "God Save The Queen" and a spot of tea with your breakfast, which shall be baked beans served atop a pan-fried egg, with a small side of Spam!"😉
2:14 Kaliningrad is it’s the fishes and the Caspian Sea finally realized its strive to nation-hood
Also corsica went underwater
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Iceland can't be invaded by plagues, from what I learned
13:41 When you lack gold in Civilization and can only tech up your troops halfway.
4:04 Nah they made it Polandball really dirty 💀
Just to be clear: Ukraine never invaded poland, as is shown in 1:10
But RUSSIA did
And ukraine was with russia in the ussr.
But they did attempt a false flag operation lying to claim that 2 missiles launched from Ukraine into Poland, which resulted in the death of a polish farmer, were actually launched by and from Russia. So as to draw the west further into their unwinnable futile internecine conflict. The flailing gestures of a hopelessly drowning society choking on its own greed, lust, avarice, & hatred. Also, Ukraine has never been an American state or even a territory and is of absolutely ZERO strategic value or military importance to the worlds largest empire (U.S.), it's citizens, or any of its interests whatsoever.
Not the walking meme 💀💀💀 2:50
The reference to Sabaton makes it better! 🤘
0:30 is crazy
Womp womp atheist.
The fact that belgium wasn't on the list 🤣 wev've been invaded 12 times as to my counting
Number one: zanzibar
War: 31 whole minutes
As a german i am taking notes right now. Thanks.
Haha genau das wollte ich gerade schreiben😂 grüße aus Berlin
Me, a polish person: *Shivers*
Keep up the work. Simple history 😊
2:15 kaliningrad says peace yall
Kaliningrad: "screw this world now i am part of baltic sea"
Pretty great stuff
the SG at 3:45 made me chuckle
0:27 not the popes fleeing😂
It's like the Archer episode
Atheist.
@@indianheadlogan atheist.
@@AldrinGaldo Are you having an episode of psychosis, Aldrin? Just because they said the word "popes" doesnt mean they're an atheist, and even if they were, why would it matter to you? You don't know them personally, and them possibly being atheist wouldn't change your life one bit. They're living their life, you are living your. Believe in what you want to believe, but don't act like everyone should do what you want them to do.
Luv Chris's narrations! The new one he does with Slapped Ham Mysteries is good too! 👍
Thank you very much! 🥰
False the polish did not send the cavalry at tanks.
They didn’t but there was a false report of polish cavalry attack German tanks after journalists saw the dead bodies of horse and cavalrymen in the battle of krojanty
You used a shape of modern Poland to depict a WW2 "hydraulic press".
9:13 Said NYPD, showed LAPD. Heh,
The pope running is 14:27 very funny 😂
2:50 Dr. Livesey walking meme mentioned 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
0:24 One day? Bro 5-6 hours is years less than one day.
Can’t wait for more historical content!
They changed the thumbnail 😂
Danke für die Tipps!
Could you make a video about the "natural resource curse" and examples of it? (i.e. countries with lots of natural resources sound like they would be rich on paper but the conflicts caused by insane amounts of money to be made just from the land can doom these nations to be poor and unstable)
Respect to the Poles for fighting against several armies on a vulnerable terrain
At least 🇮🇸 can brag that they won agense the UK 3 Times in the cod war
Call Of Duty💀
No Poland regularly used small tanks to kill panzers not cavalry
1:33 French dude looks more like a Prussian
Sabbaton rules. Great reference! Love u guys!
The Huns, Napoleon, and Hitler doing the Mr. Lively walk is legendary
It would be more interesting to see a realistic assessment of what countries are most easy to invade today - taking into account geopolitics and treaties, and excluding those currently at war.
Russian proverb:
Optimist learns English. Pessimist learns Chinese. Realist learns handling AK.
Poland has something to learn.
Costa Rica: Meh, violence.
Vatican: 🎶FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF THE LORD, FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY🎶
Denmark: *I SURRENDER!!!!*
Iceland: Uh, right this way. Sorry to keep you waiting.
Poland: 🎶THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED🎶
Change the thumpnail, it is very insulting for poles - especialy because poles were very brave soldiers during the whole period of WWII, even when poland lost the war!
The danes also made fierce resistance at the border, but was pushed back, the strength of the german armed forces was way too much. But I'd rather have them surrender, than being destroyed by Germany.
Besides, the spirit of the country had been broken since the bloody war in 1864 (Infamous in Denmark)
Cry us a river baby boy, now go watch MLP and turn off the internet if you wanna play the special snowflake. Nobody cares, your brave poles invaded other countries before WW2 in wars of aggression.
What was the thumbnail bc now it only shows the reich attacking vikings lol?
@@Damian.84 I still see the insulting thumpnail against polish people: a dead polish soldier with a white flag, while the germans go through the polish border without expecting resistance.
Again, although germany had military advantage over poland in some points, poland had still fiercly resist while the german attack on poland and in the rest WW2 period. So the qonquest of polish land was not so easy for the germans like shown falsly on the thumbnail.
Nice tutorial! 👍👍
Your thumbnail artist needs to be fired.
Put France up there instead. Even with British help they folded almost immediately. Poland held off Germany and the ussr by themselves for over a month
Cope
The fact you say polish cavalry raided german tanks already speaks what type of sources you used
German propaganda.
Poland has often been seen as the butt of many jokes due to how many times it's been invaded. In spite of this, the Polish have to be some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen.
After all, when your nation is so often in the crosshairs of other invading nations, that also means you have a *_LOT_* of experience fighting those other nations.
It's the same with France as with Poland. In the West people focus on the worst last 300 years of Polish history before 1945, but don't take into account earlier times, when Poland was rising power also sometimes invading others or just bringing war to the territory of enemy. With France they make jokes about white flags (in Poland those jokes were also there), because they focus on 1871 and 1940, while France was one of the most succesful military of Europe for centuries.
Poland have strong military in own terms, problem is in geography
Poland got absolutely violated in this one 😂
THAT THUMNNAIL IS WILD
Missinformation. Also the thumbnail is disrespectfull to Polish people.
It's not xD
In Costa Rica we have a defense treaty with both US and Canada, and the latter has been the most eager to help; they have extended their offers to help, most famously with the Invasion of Nicaragua of Isla Calero in 2004.
We have been tried to invade in the 70s, and it failed terribly.
Also, we do have active police standing, but a lot of specialized units, the main problem would be size; the police/person ratio is very low, compared with other countries.
The polish cavalry charged german troops and was pushed back by armored cars. The panzers arrived later, so the answer is false.
Why would they have Lances, It’s The 20th Century.