Right how many Irish know their native gaelic language, how many Scottish does their also and are independent totally?they are under UK dominium and speak english now mostly
Polish is such a difficult and beautiful language, I'm a little jealous to narive speakers, making first baby steps in leaning it. You're incredibly lucky to just know it!
The story I heard was that while the rest of Europe noticed Jewish communities were being kinda spared from the plague and decided that meant they must be behind it, leading to Very Bad Things, Poland decided to ask what they were doing that made them survive so well (lots of washing, quarantine, that sort of thing) and adopt that across their country. Not sure how true that ultimately is but it's a nice tale to tell.
@@obscureoccultist9158 I am friends with an entire Austrian family and trust me, they completely oppose the idea that Austrians are Germans. This is the common belief within their country now, too.
Yes, that's why Poles know exactly what Russian "Salvation and de-nazification" means. For us it meant: - invasion, occupation, camps, deportations to Siberia, mass displacement, plunder, loss of sovereignty and decades of dependence and exploitation by the Soviets. Decades have passed... and seems that Russia has not changed its Modus Operandi.
Yes, but West disgustingly whitewashes Nazi sentinemnts of Ukraine. Same style like Russian whitewash Soviet Union. It's disgusting, but more disgusting is fact that "polish" government, do absolutely nothing.
wasnt that Communism? and now we are introducing large scale communism/socialism in the EU. Poland is still resisting it, but perhaps they will eventually succumb to the EU bureaucracy
@@dominikdrabek4733 I would say it was Nazi Germany/Germans. But are introducing Naziism in the eu? The reason I made that comparison is because now socialism is en vogue again in the EU. I cannot say the same about Naziism
Poland, Polish langage and civilization, and Polish people are very very résilient. Both have my utmost respect and i'd like to visit Poland once. Amitiés de France.
Witaj. Francja w latach 80-tych, w stanie wojennym w Polsce, dała mi godne życie. Była dla mnie odskocznią do lepszej egzystencji. Dziś mieszkam w Polsce, ale wdzięczna będę Francji do końca swojego życia. Pozdrawiam z Warszawy wszystkich Francuzów.♥
..... You mean declaring war and preparing to fight to the bitter end, if necessary alone is pretending you never met them?! Did you want them to wave a magic wand?
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Dont you relize that at this date there are maybe 4 countries that would be able to hold on their own against another superpower?? As for war with a European Nation if it was 1 on 1 it could end either way.
@@nighthowk117 No. I meant the European Union as a whole. At least Poland would have some chance given that they'd only be invaded from the west and maybe the north and southwest this time
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Well Poland would still do better then if it happened to any other country in Europe mabe UK and Swiss would do nearly as good but I doubt it, also unlike Poland in Situations where Poland would Win against odds those two dont stand a chance without the Geographics around them. There is Liteerally no country in the WOrld that would be able to win against such an Attack so that kind of Argument is basicall Pointless.
@@pyroman2918 ''British and French went to war for Poland in 1939'' maybe on paper but they didn't do shit until the Germans destroyed Poland and were at the gates of Paris. By that time it was too late for either France or Poland. RLL said in the video that Poland is safe because of NATO by in reality most Poles know that when the time comes, nobody will be there to protect Poland. In 1939 the French and the British were supposed to crash Germany in the case of an attack, instead they waited. They betrayed us just like they betrayed Czechoslovakia and I'm sure they would do this again.
@@kacperwoch4368 and after the war they surrendered poland and other nations of the eastern bloc to stalin. some allies. in the end if you have no might, you have no allies, just potential owners and conquerors, ready to take everything you have for themselves rather than trading with you. such is nature of the beast, might makes right. poland needs to acquire more might to defend itself from future invaders, whether they're foreign or formerly allied traitors.
@@nooooplease7060 Polish people speak English really well. Every polish school teaches English from elementary to college. And English is obligatory. Only boomers dont because they were taught russian
Should be so much higher.....there was 10 million people in France in Roman times. Europeans have suffered enormous population loss over the last 2 centuries.
Nice video, however during 1569-1795 it wasn't just Poland but Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth - i.e. the union of two countries. Lithuania actually had a larger land area than Poland before the union and Polish access to the Black Sea was granted through Lithuania (The Grand Duthy of Lithuania at that time).
@@wholelottamin Yep. Unfortunately, the Poles got the taste of imperialism in their mouths and tried to slowly turn their neighbour Lithuanians, Ukrainian, Belarus peoples etc. into poles. To be fair though that's pretty much what every large state did at the time.
@@sirgalahad2 It was in no way comparable to other empires. A lot of the these people who were polonised weren't forced but it was through convenience. There was some inequality within the commonwealth but what country even is truly equal?
Squatting Slav actually the part under Russian occupation called Kingdom of Poland kept its army, judiciary system and personal freedoms and parliament (yet rarely called for gathering), only after the November uprising in 1830all of it was lost.
@Squatting Slav I was talking about emperor sending off his share of Vienna loot, offered by John III Sobieski, to the bottom of warehouse with description "bleak and in bad taste".
Love to all countries... Disgust to all governments. It's heartbreaking to learn how governments force citizens into war because someone has something they want to take
People choose government's behaviour. If government chooses people's behaviour - people have made a mistake in past (or are just not developed enough yet).
Just in case if anyone was wondering, the line "Poland is not yet lost", is a line from our national anthem, the anthem starts with "Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, kiedy my żyjemy!", which means "Poland is not yet lost , for as long as we're alive!". I think it's a particularly amazing quote, summarising the polish history quite well.
If I were german emperor I'd have sent all poles to a colony and named it new Poland- preferably Africa.- Tanzania or something. Only poles will live there.
@@noone3272 1st thing good luck sending "all Poles". You're saying that like if it was easy. 2nd thing, That wasn't what they wanted to do. They wanted to capture Poland and germanize the people there. 3rd thing, they would have to own the terrain in africa to send the poles to.
@@nazywajmniev I know but that's what caused resentment among poles. That's why I said send all poles to Africa- Germany had colonies bigger than Poland and more resourceful . I know its costly but Germany was one of the 3 biggest economies then . In the long run itd be beneficial for Germany. Ofcourse Germany would help develop the new colony of Poland- it should be easier as it'd be from the beginning. No offense meant but it's just a what if I was German leader scenario.
Poland is one badass country seriously throughout history it took beating after beating and just kept getting back up. Love to my Polish brothers and sisters from the United States
Lalvon Zelpharr not really. Was just there and it is a beautiful country with very friendly citizens. Don’t try to fool anyone with your rhetoric on Muslims taking over.
@@Lalvon_Zelpharr well actually they are the only country who isn't getting invaded. They are the only ones who dont allow refugees and 90% of the population is Roman Catholic
Of course it is not yet lost, neither was it ever lost or will it ever be, as long as the spirit lives! Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Portugalii(your next neighbour in the list of countries)! 🇵🇱🇵🇹
Poland's flat terrain was a blessing during it's peak. Seeing as Poland had one of the best and most developed cavalry forces in the world. It was even capable of beating back the Mongol hordes, which had at that point conquered the Russian states. The great partition, then, was not a fault of geographical weaknesses either but rather a betrayal by the "polish" nobility which continuously defected to hostile neighbors. In the end, the only resistance was by the free peoples and the peasants who refused to give up their identity. Their battle continued and the results can be seen today, as Poland is not yet dead.
@@Delson868 Poland had 21 wars with Russia, out of which 20 were started by Russia. Occupation of Moscow was part of one this wars, in which Russia lost. Aim of this occupation was to install friendly government, and stop this constant pressure from east. You see, Poland never had business in conquer of Russia, only in stopping it from its agression.
Poland in 13th century: *exists* Genghis-Khan: i'm gonna end this man's whole career Poland in 15th century: *is quite powerful* Teutonic Knights: i'm gonna end this man's whole career Poland in 17th century: *is the strongest in history* Swedish raiders: i'm gonna end this man's whole career Poland in 18th century: *still exists* Russia, Germany, Austria: i'm gonna end this man's whole career (3 times) Poland in 1919: *starts existing again* Germany and Russia 20 years later: i'm gonna end this man's whole career Poland:
"...led to almost constant attacks from strong outside powers" (footage of guys on quadbikes) yea dude, remember the Ottoman quadbike cavalry? shit was scary
@@akirakirawabushi7019 In fact the British and French decision to tell Poland they would protect it was one of the leading causes of the Nazi invasion of Poland. The Poles for a while wouldve sided with Germany against the Soviets but the British/French declaration caused a shift in their foreign policy.
3:57 Poland regained independence after 123 years, not 124 to be exact :) Cheers from Poland, hope WW3 won't happen, because... well... we are always getting involved in wars, even tho we don't want to :D
Most of Poland regained independence after 123 years, but the Greater Poland voivodship (and small parts of other western voivodships) regained independence after 124 years
I'm Polish and I also get annoyed every time the Commonwealth in referred to as simply "Poland". It's false and it's unfair, just because Lithuania is smol now, doesn't mean it should be erased.
Haha aww man, this history always makes me sad. As a young german kid I always thought Poland had the coolest looking flag and wanted to learn about the country. But then when I googled the history it’s like ahh damn that’s pretty bad. Hopefully the next years we can be be better neighbors
Shifty we can move on. What has happened will not be forgotten, but that doesnt mean we havent healed. I hope the hatred from both countries can be forgotten and we can live on(: Love To Germany !
I wish Russians had a similar attitude. Yet they still praise the USSR and consider it the best time ever. Despite the fact that Stalin have killed more Russians then the Germans did.
Yes as a Polish I can agree, it was called Poland-Lithuanian commonwealth, when Polish king married Lithuanian princess, after that the Polish king was from Lithuania Władysław Jagiełło.
@@whitewolf8985 Japan has only been successfully conquered 1 and a half times in history. And earthquakes don't mean bad geography, California has the m bad too yet is doing well
@@kreuzritter4898 It's just sad that nobody remembers about Lithuania... They were with us for a long time but there are still Poles who forget that it was Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth not just Polish Ale przynajmniej nie jestem sama w tym poirytowaniu
Lithuania wasn’t part of poland, the whole country was called polish lithuanian commonwealth where lithuania and poland was ruled by the same person. Get your facts right.
@@dj_pro5469 The king of Poland was was a Lithuanian, he ruled Lithuania untill the Polish throne opened up and he had his cousin replace him as a semi independent nation that would be closely linked. Please do some research before you make such claims...
Being squeezed between Germany and Russia and surviving 1000 years in the heart of Europe is a great historic achievement for Poland. I would not consider both of these nations historically very friendly.
@@theprezydent6250 nie, nie jest, bo wskazuję, tak samo jak "póki" że nasza śmierć jest rownoznaczna z jej śmiercią. "kiedy" wskazuję na to że ona nadal żyje, w czasie w którym my żyjemy.
@@prkp7248 try holding on to that when a boot is on you for trying to say that, though that said people can still hold on to their history and culture even under occupation for a Very long time even when their independence isn't a topic one even could whisper about
@@prkp7248 Not really, if that were the case Kosovo or Abkhazia wouldn't be such controversial and disputed topics. Ever since the 19th century the case has been that without the recognition of other countries, especially strong ones, a country's independence means next to nothing. If a country is not recognised by the world super-powers (then - France, UK, USA etc., now - UN), it exists only in theory and even that is disputed.
@@lthoodie There are beautiful mountains in the southern Poland called Tatra mountains. It's the biggest part of Carpathians. They look almost like the Alps but aren't that high what makes it possible to roam them for everyone.
A few (fun?) facts: The flat land is one of the reasons why we developed cavalry charges so much and ended up with the Hussars - one of the most effective military formations in history. After the Battle of Vienna (the hussar charge on Ottomans in 1683), the Ottomans respected Poland so much they actually refused to acknowledge the 3 partitions of Poland and kept considering it an actual country despite it not being on a map for more than a century. We still remember and appreciate that fact. After being invaded so many times and losing an insane amount of battles our history lessons are less of "we were so good we won a ton", and more of "we lost, but how valiantly! and we never gave up!". Which is kinda cool... but it's also sad af when you think about it.
@@fishmage5828 może i tak, ale 400 lat temu na widok szarżującej husarii zesrałbyś się na rzadko i wyjadł spod siebie :) następnie byś się oblizał i prosił o więcej :)
dobra, weź nie powtarzaj tych głupot o tym "że Turcja nie uznała rozbiorów bo tak szanowała Polskę za to, że dostała wpierdol 100 lat wcześniej", zwłaszcza zagraniczniakom, bo potem powielają takie bzdety.
Greeting from Brazil to the Polish people! I always loved and admired your country, and it´s good to see Brazil-Poland relations increasing in the past year!
@@histosapien love to you indians too ✌️ I don't know how Bolsonaro's been since i don't read, watch or hear any kind of News channel/site or whatever, i'm sure he's fine tho
My best mate is polish so I'll give everyone this advice. Never mock Poland when around poles. I've never seen someone so passionate about their country and its history. The best way I can describe it is generational pain.
It was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was the biggest country in Europe. Lithuania was never occupied by Poland, both countries been in a pact. Check the history 🤦♂️
@AntiangelRaphael preach!!! I love Poland but it makes it real hard due to the hostility of most people!! I agree with what you say! I believe Poland can be greater if they focus more on the future than what had happened and can't be changed
That's true, and Lithuania had it's own prince, but still I think Polish gentry had more influence on Lithuania than the Lithuanian one. That's because it was more fucked and had more privileges, that the Lithuanian gentry achieved later. You think you controlled the politics and eastern border? Have you ever heard about Lithuanian army in Moscow? Or about Lithuanian gentry controlling Moscow? Who did false Dymitr come to? In which direction his ashes were shoot? (I know its the same direction but..) Who did Russians hate more? (and some Ukrainians) Ok, Novogrod was yours Ok, Jagiełło was from Lithuania, but he married Polish Jadwiga, that was a king, not a queen, so it wasn't Lithuanian dynasty. And these kings were more focused on Poland. Jagiellonian dynasty came to end in 1572, and next kings were choosen by election and coronated by polish bishop. At Grunwald in 1410, Lithuanian army still used the ancient fighting style of light cavalery, when Polish one was western-like, heavy cavalery, knights etc. Lithuanian army was bigger, but Polish more important :/ Lithuania controlled Samogitia, Baltic States, part of Belarus and part of Ukraine, very important to defend against Russia, but there were just forests and swamps, and some black earth at Ukraine. Poland controlled trade on Vistula, had bigger and richer cities, was more urbanized etc... Vienna Wars of Livonia Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth really existed from 1385-1795 (Counting union in Krew, and Rzeczpospolita of Two Nations (Rzeczpostpolita/Republika - republic)) Almost Every important initiative, action, battle, war, law, resolution, intervention, decision (also the stupid ones) was polish and affected Lithuania. I mean, you had an influence, but smaller. We were equal, but Poland was equaller. Stop pretending Poland had no upper hand. But still, there should be also Lithuania on this map
@@dulat there will be no invasion. First destibilize the country, then support some minority levels and make referendum in new created states to join russia. NATO doesnt protect us from "rebelions".
@@joaquindubini3681 ew, no. The Catholic Church is one of the biggest forces pushing Poland's progress back. Not to mention standing above the law and corrupting the government.
Truth is - Poland won majority of battles against both Russia and Germany through history. And even most battles where Russia won were because Poland was weakened or under occupation.
@@PolishGod1234 won a bunch of battles but still got wiped from the map. They only got added back because the UK likes to weaken enemies by drawing lines on a map.
@@Zraknul it's true that Poland was gone from map for 123 years, but there are many reasons behind that. Mainly because Polish politics sucked - Noblemen had more power than King, law of Liberum Veto existed and foreign nations paid off noblemen to use it in important meetings. Other reasons were wars - it's been through a lot which heavily weakened it. And many shitty political decisions. And it's not only because of Britain Poland regained independence, but also because of Polish soldiers fighting for it for over 100 years.
Jeśli być ścisłym to na mapy wróciliśmy dopiero po traktacie wersalskim w 1919 roku, a nie w listopadzie 1918 roku (w tamtym momencie jeszcze nasze losy nie były takie pewne)
My cousin from the USA was very surprised that in every city, town, village and sometimes even in the forest there are monuments commemorating some tragic history related to wars, occupation, etc. In the USA, such places are something special and Poland is one big cemetery - he used to say. These are unfortunately the real consequences of Poland's position.... Now we have the best moment in Poland's history, even with the war just beyond our border.
Jak na człowieka z zachodu nieźle mu idzie. To, że w ogóle słyszał o tym kraju i to nie w postaci: "Poland? You mean this small city on Russia?" jest cudem. Miło usłyszeć coś o swoim państwie.
@@filipkopec525 Zaledwie co 5 Amerykanin (nwm czy autor jest z USA) wie gdzie leży kraj, z którym mieli prowadzić wojnę (Iran). Mimo, że ten kraj ma realne do spełnienia ambicje posiadania broni atomowej. Naprawdę myślisz, że wiedzą coś o nas? Tak poza memiarzami z reddita grającymi w gry strategiczne (kojarzących kurwa, kiełbasa, husarię, pierogi i ciekawostki typu miś Wojtek) oraz naprawdę wyedukowanych obywatelami, którzy nie są większością?
Actually, Poland regained independence in 1918. More precisely, on November 11, 1918, when we also celebrate the national independence day and the partitions lasted for 123 years. This number is also easier to remember and is taught in every school. Regards
lazarus921 Sweds had strongest army, actually. Poland was never powerful enough to get decent win in 1x1 with any empire. All its achievements were taken because of opportunistic nature of pols
lazarus921 nah, im ok with pols in general, i just fill strong resistance to ur unlimited patriotism, it feels obnoxious to me. About Moscow, yes, pols were holding it for 2 years, whats special about it? It was Trouble times in Russia, there was no tsar or even decent successor, state was falling apart and pols did what u always do - opportunistically invaded. Btw ONLY Moscow was occupied, no other major city, hell, total size of occupied land was probably smaller, then modern Estonia
@@Patryk128pl actually in 1919 "wielkopolska" (one of Poish regions) took independence. So that's probably why he said 124. But well maybe I'm wrong or I didn't learn well.
@@Yeremiash Yeah, I was also surprised by this year being shown as the year of regaining independence. I was learnt that 11th of November 1918 is the symbolic date of that.
As a Korean, I deeply sympathize with the Polish. We’ve also been invaded and attacked countless of times in history, and like Poland, we literally just disappeared for a while. Despite that, both of our nations are still here, looking into a better future. Best wishes for my Polish friends :).
The more I learn about Korean history and civilization, the more I respect Korean people. The division of Korea into two such different countries is one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. How much contempt the imperialisms of this world have shown by drawing the borders between the Koreas with the help of the geographical line of latitude! And the borders of Poland look strange on the map of Europe - rather like one of the African countries, definited by colonizers. How much disrespect for our noble nations was shown in this!
"After centuries of struggling to simply exist, Poland (...) finally discovered the secret to stay alive. (...) Have a lot of strong friends." *MEANWHILE IN 1939...*
@@franeklech8747 Neither the UK or France were ready for war when it broke out. (A huge mistake) They hoped that Poland would be able to hold long enough for them to mobilise their armies. Until that happend, a large invasion of Germany would be impossible. Still, they could have dropped more dangerous things than leaflets.
@@mathy1799 ofc, I know it, but waiting so long as allies did wasn't necessary. France and Britain mobilized enough forces in october 1939 and attacking then, even the winter was coming, was the way to end the war before it started for good. Of course I know that they didn't know as much as we do, so I don't judge anyone
Arnas Leseta tak ale to było na sile wszystko i na ziemiach litewskich była polonizacja Litwa poprostu nie miała wyboru może to nie była w prost „okupacja” ale w większości tak
In 1919 Poland started conflicts with all her neighbours. They attacked Russia while the country was busy with a civil and moved the border 250 km east. They started war with Czechoslovakia over a couple of villages essentially, a conflict that settled until the 1950s. And they occupied German territories that according to the Versaille treaty should have remained German. Particularly occupying parts of Germany was dick move, because one of the points of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk - in which Germany and Russia negotiated a separate peace was to establish a Polish state (albeit under German influence) - that didn't materialize at Compiègne that treaty was annulled. The 2nd polish Republic was what we of the 21st would call a "rogue state". Which is why at the time the German claim that Poles attacked first and they were only defending themselves in 1939 didn't seem as implausible as it does today. Besides, France and Britain weren't exactly friends of Poland. To them the new countries in Eastern Europe were part of a "cordon sanitaire", a buffer to keep the Soviet Union and its ideology in check.
@@jakubpiotrowicz3257 That is simply not true. For starters: The Eastern border of Poland that was defined after WW1 was the Curzon-line, which is pretty much identical with the current eastern border of Poland. The peace treaty of Riga nearly doubled the size of Poland's territory. You don't achieve that by "barely resisting". To my knowledge most historians (at least outside of Poland) set the starting point of the Polish-Soviet war with the battle of Bereza Kartuska. Which was a couple of Polish units crossing the border into Belarus, capturing the village Bereza Kartuska and a company of soldiers from the red army. Now: who's the aggressor there; the troops that crossed the border or the troops that didn't? The line between a village and a town is fluent: I live in a sub-urb that has more inhabitants than Cieszyn had at the time (roughly 15.000) and is considered a village by the people in the large city it's associated with. But whether Cieszy was a village or a town isn't that relevant. neither is whether the people were happy about it or not. The point is: Poland used military force to violate another sovereign country's territory. In the 1920 Poland engaged in armed conflicts with all its neighbours except Estonia and Romania. Granted, not all of these were all out wars, particularly what Poland did with Germany was more like what Putin's "little green men" did in Crimea 2014. Doing something like that to a much more powerful neighbour while they're unable to defend and not expecting them to reverse the outcome once they have recovered is not "being a victim of a mean neighbour", that's "asking for a major butt-kicking".
Our history lessons are basically
"Soooo we got attacked... Again"
Don't forget the uprisings!
Tak
Feelsbadman
This is too accurate
Nie
Poland: exists*
Hitler: prepare for trouble
Stalin: make it double
Also Hitler: hippity hoppity the Soviet Union is now my property
Mussolini: Mussolini, that's right!
Did you mean *Make it triple*
Roketto-dan!
HelixX stalin be like : this my time to shine
Country: exists
RLL: hippity hoppity your geography is an absolute atrocity
Geography now: fu--
@Casey amazing!
Except for France
wow you have 666 likes
«Hippity hoppity your geography is an absolute catastrophe” also works.
123 years out of the map, and we still speak polish language 😎 that's really impressive and I'm proud I know polish 😄
Right how many Irish know their native gaelic language, how many Scottish does their also and are independent totally?they are under UK dominium and speak english now mostly
@@doiz3849 I know pal, I live in Wales and same here no one speak Welsh even tho they got this language In school. Sad it is.
Polish is such a difficult and beautiful language, I'm a little jealous to narive speakers, making first baby steps in leaning it.
You're incredibly lucky to just know it!
@@ismahilinumbganva3767 I can only imagine hard time you have learning it 😅 good luck tho, hope you will speak as native soon 😊
We carry the language with us, we carry Poland with us.
"Poland is safe"
-everyone laughs
THE BLACK PLAGUE HITS
-no one is laughing
*Laughs in polish*
I get what he's getting at in the video, but this is one part in history where I just want to ask, how?
Higher hygiene standards, use of quarantines and towns which were not overcrowded.
chuckles *YOU'RE IN DANGER*
The story I heard was that while the rest of Europe noticed Jewish communities were being kinda spared from the plague and decided that meant they must be behind it, leading to Very Bad Things, Poland decided to ask what they were doing that made them survive so well (lots of washing, quarantine, that sort of thing) and adopt that across their country.
Not sure how true that ultimately is but it's a nice tale to tell.
this entire video in short: Germany and Russia being mean.
Moral of the video, have strong relationships with your neighbours by being members of the EU and Nato
@@shiddyshmiddy2360 because Austria is Germany. Trust me. I know an Austrian who would agree
@@obscureoccultist9158 I am friends with an entire Austrian family and trust me, they completely oppose the idea that Austrians are Germans. This is the common belief within their country now, too.
Hello more like them memeing themselves
ma ni I‘m
Austrian..you are talking shit!
Yes, that's why Poles know exactly what Russian "Salvation and de-nazification" means.
For us it meant:
- invasion, occupation, camps, deportations to Siberia, mass displacement, plunder, loss of sovereignty and decades of dependence and exploitation by the Soviets.
Decades have passed... and seems that Russia has not changed its Modus Operandi.
Yes, but West disgustingly whitewashes Nazi sentinemnts of Ukraine. Same style like Russian whitewash Soviet Union.
It's disgusting, but more disgusting is fact that "polish" government, do absolutely nothing.
wasnt that Communism? and now we are introducing large scale communism/socialism in the EU. Poland is still resisting it, but perhaps they will eventually succumb to the EU bureaucracy
I can't agree more.
Yeah and in 1939 it wasn't germans, it was nazis right?
@@dominikdrabek4733 I would say it was Nazi Germany/Germans. But are introducing Naziism in the eu? The reason I made that comparison is because now socialism is en vogue again in the EU. I cannot say the same about Naziism
It seems to me that the existence of Poland is a miracle.
NATO
Sheer will power
its a curse
It’s just an ugly product of the Versailles treaty.
Are you Poland
I'm a simple hungarian man, if I see Poland, I click
surely you mean tap*?
Hungarians are our only friends in this world full of hypocrisy
@Henry Layman Polish government is also full of shit.
magyar lengjel! hope i didn't misspell
Jarek Zzzi - all bitching aside - an entirely honest government would be the worst joke ever
When polish person die and ask God "why did you put us between Germany and Russia?" .... God responded ... No other nation would have survive there.
people always say Germany and Russia but the threats north and south were real too
Tak
Well but poland didnt survive
@@lutzmeyering8584 We might die but we never fall.
No matter how many times was Poland destroyed it managed to recover, and we are still where we are.
Oj już przestańcie, takie chełpienie się naszą historią.
Poland, Polish langage and civilization, and Polish people are very very résilient. Both have my utmost respect and i'd like to visit Poland once. Amitiés de France.
merci beaucoup :) Pozdrowiam
Witaj. Francja w latach 80-tych, w stanie wojennym w Polsce, dała mi godne życie. Była dla mnie odskocznią do lepszej egzystencji. Dziś mieszkam w Polsce, ale wdzięczna będę Francji do końca swojego życia. Pozdrawiam z Warszawy wszystkich Francuzów.♥
vive l a France
Angriff
and i'd love to see Paris
pozdrowienia z Polski
*Poland in 1939:* We have strong allies.
*UK and France when Germany invades Poland:* I have never met this man in my life...
1000 % true
..... You mean declaring war and preparing to fight to the bitter end, if necessary alone is pretending you never met them?! Did you want them to wave a magic wand?
Russia when Germany invades Poland : hey, Nazi Germany - we're allies! Let's share the spoils.. half each? Nazi Germany - OK socialist comrades.
Anglicy nas zdradzili francja sie starala
England attacked Germany dropping leaflets on Berlin.
*At the Germany-Poland border*
Border guard: "Name?"
German tourist: "Hans"
B: "Occupation?"
G: "Nope, just visiting"
From Berlin to Warsaw on one tank
@@nephone That's Top Gear joke from their ad on diesel VW Scirocco :-D
Dobre :)
I've seen this joke before but I don't quite get it wat does it mean🤔🤔🤔
What do you like most, about your German neighbor?
It’s not our Russian neighbor.
Every nation: you died
Poland: yes....but I lived
But it refused.
@@vijexa Yet it'll become dependent on outside help if it ever gets invaded again. God forbid that ever happen again
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Dont you relize that at this date there are maybe 4 countries that would be able to hold on their own against another superpower?? As for war with a European Nation if it was 1 on 1 it could end either way.
@@nighthowk117 No. I meant the European Union as a whole. At least Poland would have some chance given that they'd only be invaded from the west and maybe the north and southwest this time
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Well Poland would still do better then if it happened to any other country in Europe mabe UK and Swiss would do nearly as good but I doubt it, also unlike Poland in Situations where Poland would Win against odds those two dont stand a chance without the Geographics around them. There is Liteerally no country in the WOrld that would be able to win against such an Attack so that kind of Argument is basicall Pointless.
I was in Poznan for a few days, such a beautiful city, Poland for me is such a different world from here.
Love from Holland
If we will compare Poznań to Kraków or Wrocław. Poznań is ugly
I’m thinking to moving to Netherlands and I appreciate your advice
@@kolegamichal1360 what’s the most beautiful city?
@@realunmrnm in Poland? It's Wrocław
Thx
What Polish Flag Stands For-
White: Honor
Red: Valor
Blue: Loyal allies
Unoriginal, but true
Well, at least the British and the French went to war for Poland in 1939. They threw Czechoslovakia, also their ally, under the bus completely.
@@pyroman2918 ''British and French went to war for Poland in 1939'' maybe on paper but they didn't do shit until the Germans destroyed Poland and were at the gates of Paris. By that time it was too late for either France or Poland.
RLL said in the video that Poland is safe because of NATO by in reality most Poles know that when the time comes, nobody will be there to protect Poland. In 1939 the French and the British were supposed to crash Germany in the case of an attack, instead they waited. They betrayed us just like they betrayed Czechoslovakia and I'm sure they would do this again.
Kacper Lubiński You’re totally right! We, Poles and whole Poland 🇵🇱 means nothing to other countries. Nareszcie ktoś, kto myśli normalnie.
@@kacperwoch4368 and after the war they surrendered poland and other nations of the eastern bloc to stalin. some allies. in the end if you have no might, you have no allies, just potential owners and conquerors, ready to take everything you have for themselves rather than trading with you. such is nature of the beast, might makes right. poland needs to acquire more might to defend itself from future invaders, whether they're foreign or formerly allied traitors.
Having 2 neighbors that hate each other is never good geography.
Approved by:
Poland
Belgium
Luxemburg
The Netherlands
Korea
And turkey yup we have 2+
Ukraine too
@@edwardsazonov1034 yea but you shouldn't exist tbh
Or having one reaaaaally bad neigbour like Finland against Russia. Korea at least have some fighting chance by the numbers....
Which Korea are we Talking about
Thats weird its video about Poland and not 99% comments are in polish.
okularnik125 it's cuz the video is in english
@@nooooplease7060 Polish people speak English really well. Every polish school teaches English from elementary to college. And English is obligatory. Only boomers dont because they were taught russian
I’m 1/4 Polish
@@nojatha4637 Więc powinieneś w 1/4 rozumieć co napisałem ;]
@@okularnik125 yeah but the system is absolute crap and the kids still stuggle with understanding rapid sentences or communicating
Poland is not yet lost and will never be lost. Love Poland from India 🇮🇳🇵🇱.
Also one day Poland cAn InTo SpAcE.
😀
We don't accept you
Better translation of Polish anthem is "As long as we live, poland is not lost"
Yes, with this correction it is more correct and makes more sense :). Thank you.
"Poland is not lost yet, as long as we (The Polish people ) live."
things the other forces took us
we will obtain with saber
Is that translarion good enough?
@@the_Ikar what the foreign violence took from us
We (will) with saber take back
This is more direct translation i believe
@@damianwyka5662 I agree
As a polish people we all speak english only for english speakers to understand
It's a wonder that after those harsh years, Poland still has a ~38M population. Love from Hungary to my Polish brothers. 🇭🇺❤🇵🇱
44m last time i heard
+20 mln outside border
We salute you :)
Should be so much higher.....there was 10 million people in France in Roman times. Europeans have suffered enormous population loss over the last 2 centuries.
I am greeck but my mum is Polish
Nice video, however during 1569-1795 it wasn't just Poland but Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth - i.e. the union of two countries. Lithuania actually had a larger land area than Poland before the union and Polish access to the Black Sea was granted through Lithuania (The Grand Duthy of Lithuania at that time).
Yes but when it became a commonwealth, the king were always Polish and it had Polish army etc..
@@klatkaytfafik509 Commonwealth was created by Lithuania and Poland - together:) Both members were at least theoretically equal;)
@@birutelelkiene7698 Key word here is theoretically.
@@wholelottamin Yep. Unfortunately, the Poles got the taste of imperialism in their mouths and tried to slowly turn their neighbour Lithuanians, Ukrainian, Belarus peoples etc. into poles. To be fair though that's pretty much what every large state did at the time.
@@sirgalahad2 It was in no way comparable to other empires. A lot of the these people who were polonised weren't forced but it was through convenience. There was some inequality within the commonwealth but what country even is truly equal?
As a polish person I can say that we have the worst spawnpoints.
I wish i could not respawn
@@kubix426 you mean spawn
North Korea is worse spawnpoint
@@-_--_-1351 nah north korea is surronded by seas so its easier to defend against other countries
@@numb9867 but it suck to spawn as a north korean citizen
Country: Exists
Real Life Lore: "Here's why your geography sucks."
Except select few like Sweden and Norway which are tucked away behind others if shtf...
*Laughs in American*
Laughs in British
*LAUGHS IN SOMALI* *COUGH 2X
Poland almost didn't exist
Poland: Helps Prussia and Austria defend against the Ottoman Empire
Prussia and Austria: Literally annexes the nation that saved them
Also Ottomans: *Oppose the Polish partition*
Ironic.
But still, between Vienna and First Partition, some 90 years have passed. 3-4 generations if not more. I mean, it was not an immediate "betrayal".
@@lukzloty Austrians were ungrateful immediately.
Squatting Slav actually the part under Russian occupation called Kingdom of Poland kept its army, judiciary system and personal freedoms and parliament (yet rarely called for gathering), only after the November uprising in 1830all of it was lost.
@Squatting Slav I was talking about emperor sending off his share of Vienna loot, offered by John III Sobieski, to the bottom of warehouse with description "bleak and in bad taste".
Poland :exists
Germany and Russia :i dont know why but i dont like this guy
And then I took it personally
No it is more like a gang bang
Poland: exists
Literally all of their neighbors: but what if you didn't
play europa universalis and you will get it
Does poland need some of that muricas freedom :D
I think Poland have one of the more unique history 🤔 Don't saying it as a polish citizen but as someone interested in history in general ☺️
yep we stays on our land since last ice age something about 12 000 years
Hopefully our future history will be a tad bit less exciting...
@@Lisekplhehe i hope we'll be strong democratic country. No wars and we would have great economy, better living, better hdi and bigger gdp per capita
@@gru2671 And better housing market. Half a mil for 30 m^2 is ridiculus.
@@Lisekplhehe for real
Poland: *Exists*
Nazi German: Here comes trouble!
USSR: Make it double!
and after years:
Poland: Exist
Nazi German: Doesn't exist
USSR: Doesn't exist
@Toxic LOL 😂 You mean Third Reich and USSR? 🤣🤣🤣
@@ProgramPierwszy Both still exist,just different ruling government
*Czechia: am i joke to you?*
@@itznicolxo3837 imagine having your own allies give away *YOUR* land that they have no control over and left you for dead
Poland: exists
Germany and Russia: allow us to introduce ourselves.
no
Lmao
That happened many yers ago . About 200 . When they partitioned it
@CamelMan302 Austria only joined once ,and it can be represented by Germany because Austrians are Germans
And then in WW2 : allow me to re-introduce myself .. my name is HOV H to the OV
Love to all countries... Disgust to all governments. It's heartbreaking to learn how governments force citizens into war because someone has something they want to take
People choose government's behaviour. If government chooses people's behaviour - people have made a mistake in past (or are just not developed enough yet).
Poland : Exists
Germany and Russia : Let us introduce ourselves.
Allow us to introduce ourselves*
A żebyś wiedział
Also Austria and Sweden: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"
It's free real estate!
Not allow us to introduce ourselves, let us demand to introduce ourselves
Just in case if anyone was wondering, the line "Poland is not yet lost", is a line from our national anthem, the anthem starts with "Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, kiedy my żyjemy!", which means "Poland is not yet lost , for as long as we're alive!".
I think it's a particularly amazing quote, summarising the polish history quite well.
We had a bear during wwII in the army his name is Wojtek
@@mikoajsieh3604 we Włoszech
If I were german emperor I'd have sent all poles to a colony and named it new Poland- preferably Africa.- Tanzania or something.
Only poles will live there.
@@noone3272 1st thing good luck sending "all Poles". You're saying that like if it was easy.
2nd thing, That wasn't what they wanted to do. They wanted to capture Poland and germanize the people there.
3rd thing, they would have to own the terrain in africa to send the poles to.
@@nazywajmniev I know but that's what caused resentment among poles. That's why I said send all poles to Africa- Germany had colonies bigger than Poland and more resourceful .
I know its costly but Germany was one of the 3 biggest economies then . In the long run itd be beneficial for Germany.
Ofcourse Germany would help develop the new colony of Poland- it should be easier as it'd be from the beginning.
No offense meant but it's just a what if I was German leader scenario.
Poland is one badass country seriously throughout history it took beating after beating and just kept getting back up. Love to my Polish brothers and sisters from the United States
Same for Hungary
Love u too bro! 🙌
Yeah well now they're getting invaded by Muslims go figure
Lalvon Zelpharr not really. Was just there and it is a beautiful country with very friendly citizens. Don’t try to fool anyone with your rhetoric on Muslims taking over.
@@Lalvon_Zelpharr well actually they are the only country who isn't getting invaded. They are the only ones who dont allow refugees and 90% of the population is Roman Catholic
Of course it is not yet lost, neither was it ever lost or will it ever be, as long as the spirit lives!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Portugalii(your next neighbour in the list of countries)!
🇵🇱🇵🇹
...and Poland is still here today. 👍 Greetings from Latvia.
Greetings to Latvia from Latvia
@@cookie_enjoyer lol
Greetings from Poland🙂
Dziękuję! / Спасибо!
Greetings from the States. I’m glad Poland is alright:)
in polish we don't say "Poland's geography"
we say "co to za pok*rwiona mapa, nie da sie na niej grać" and we think it's beautiful
Wyszedł! wyszedł! tam na banana!
Tak, zawsze to mówimy :)
im dying🤣🤣xD
To takie prawdziwe
ajaj bolesnie prawdziwe
Poland's flat terrain was a blessing during it's peak. Seeing as Poland had one of the best and most developed cavalry forces in the world. It was even capable of beating back the Mongol hordes, which had at that point conquered the Russian states. The great partition, then, was not a fault of geographical weaknesses either but rather a betrayal by the "polish" nobility which continuously defected to hostile neighbors. In the end, the only resistance was by the free peoples and the peasants who refused to give up their identity. Their battle continued and the results can be seen today, as Poland is not yet dead.
Germany and Russia: *REEEEEEEEEEE*
Poland: Why do we live in a middle of this madness?
Poland actually attacked Russia and occupied its lands in 17th century, even Moscow for 2 years. Later Russia just took back her lands.
@@Delson868 Russia in this time take a LITTLE BIT more then what we take from Russia.
@@dominikkurowski2898 Take it back from Ukraine now.
@@dominikkurowski2898 that is history
@@Delson868 Poland had 21 wars with Russia, out of which 20 were started by Russia. Occupation of Moscow was part of one this wars, in which Russia lost. Aim of this occupation was to install friendly government, and stop this constant pressure from east.
You see, Poland never had business in conquer of Russia, only in stopping it from its agression.
Poland in 13th century: *exists*
Genghis-Khan: i'm gonna end this man's whole career
Poland in 15th century: *is quite powerful*
Teutonic Knights: i'm gonna end this man's whole career
Poland in 17th century: *is the strongest in history*
Swedish raiders: i'm gonna end this man's whole career
Poland in 18th century: *still exists*
Russia, Germany, Austria: i'm gonna end this man's whole career (3 times)
Poland in 1919: *starts existing again*
Germany and Russia 20 years later: i'm gonna end this man's whole career
Poland:
True pozdrowienia z Ryk
Poland: HELL NAH, NOT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
polish goverment: i'm gonna end this man's whole career
@@D3W_48 You meant Jajosław Kaczyński
Im Proud of Poland that i can live in my country
Worked with a Polish Engineer here in Arizona. He was a cool guy. Poland sounds like great country. Love from Arizona.
"...led to almost constant attacks from strong outside powers" (footage of guys on quadbikes)
yea dude, remember the Ottoman quadbike cavalry? shit was scary
😂😂😂😂
Can you imagine being lanced by a guy on a quadbike? Genuinely a terrifying prospect.
@@SoWhat1221 that would be painful
@@dudexyzu9415 I just imagine 2 Jannisaries one at the front as the driver and the other just hurling spears while in a quadbike
You know, I'm a simple Hungarian, I see this video about Poland, I clicked. 🇭🇺❤️🇵🇱
🇵🇱❤️🇭🇺
And i'm Polish!
Germany better
Thanks
Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát,
Együtt harcol s issza borát,
Vitéz s bátor mindkettője,
Áldás szálljon mindkettőre
"Strong friends"
Britain: have you heard something France?
i dont get it, explain
@@akirakirawabushi7019 When the WW2 happened Britain and France were supposed to help Poland. They didn't
@@virress2137 France fight even less days from Poland.
@@akirakirawabushi7019 In fact the British and French decision to tell Poland they would protect it was one of the leading causes of the Nazi invasion of Poland. The Poles for a while wouldve sided with Germany against the Soviets but the British/French declaration caused a shift in their foreign policy.
France : Tu a entendu quelque chose Grande-Bretagne ?
Love from Portugal 🇵🇹 to the great nation of Poland 🇵🇱!
❤❤❤
My friend is from Portugal :)
Serdecznie dziękujemy! Serdeczne pozdrowienia dla Portugalczyków również!
I am from Poland 🇵🇱
Love to Portugal from Poland. Portugal is a lovely country. I've been there 3 times so far.
3:57 Poland regained independence after 123 years, not 124 to be exact :)
Cheers from Poland, hope WW3 won't happen, because... well... we are always getting involved in wars, even tho we don't want to :D
Most of Poland regained independence after 123 years, but the Greater Poland voivodship (and small parts of other western voivodships) regained independence after 124 years
That's cause our geography sucks and I'm not joking right now ;_;
Yes but poland in 1918 didn't had our borders
And also it wasn't occupied until 1990 it was only until the end of the war
Polski Boy what’s about PRL? It sure was occupied. Greetings from Poland ^^
Reminder to self: Don't choose Poland in any strategy game.
Always and only
hell no that's what makes picking them fun
"Poland is not yet lost"
Russia, Germany, Austro-Hungary:
"yet"
yeet*
Spierdalaj
And will never be.
"Poland is not yet lost
While we all live" full quotation
I wheezed
Sorry about the joke
Poland in 1919: I finally exist after over a hundred years!
Germany and USSR: I’m about to end this country’s whole career.
imma bout to en dis whole nations career
in 1918***************************************************
you know there was once a time when poland was the most powerful country in eastern Europe.
@@livethefuture2492 How tf his this relevant to this comment ? And it's literally say in the video, thank yu
*Laughs in AK and Żołnierze Wyklętych*
2:08 it was called the polish-Lithuanian commonwealth
and it was beautiful
@@mazok7505 true
Rzeczpospolita obojga narodów
@@czowiek595 wdym
@@SiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuXavii in Polish
i got mad when he said Poland when it was actually the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth in the 17-18th
century
I'm Polish and I also get annoyed every time the Commonwealth in referred to as simply "Poland". It's false and it's unfair, just because Lithuania is smol now, doesn't mean it should be erased.
Haha aww man, this history always makes me sad. As a young german kid I always thought Poland had the coolest looking flag and wanted to learn about the country. But then when I googled the history it’s like ahh damn that’s pretty bad. Hopefully the next years we can be be better neighbors
really? white and red colors are the coolest? xD
It's literally just white and red rectangles. Nothing interesting in my opinion, but okay.
To each their own, im personally a big fan of Argentinas flag!
Shifty we can move on. What has happened will not be forgotten, but that doesnt mean we havent healed. I hope the hatred from both countries can be forgotten and we can live on(:
Love To Germany !
I wish Russians had a similar attitude. Yet they still praise the USSR and consider it the best time ever. Despite the fact that Stalin have killed more Russians then the Germans did.
It's sad to see how this channel haven't mention how much Lithuania impacted Poland in 18th century. Lithuania and Poland were two countries in one.
Are you married?
@@blokin5039 yes, the two were married into something called 'commonwealth'. It worked well for quite a while.
Yes as a Polish I can agree, it was called Poland-Lithuanian commonwealth, when Polish king married Lithuanian princess, after that the Polish king was from Lithuania Władysław Jagiełło.
We - Poles knows:)
@@radoslawmierzwinski8195 Polish king Jadwiga (we never had a queen) marrried Lithuanian prince Władysław. Don't create your own history!
Japan: i have the worst geography
Poland: hold my beer
How does Japan have the worst geography? I think it has one of the best
@@anglo-irishmapping6931 Except the frequent earthquakes.
@@anglo-irishmapping6931 earthquakes, tsunamis, no natural resources and being surrounded by China, North and South Korea and Russia
@@whitewolf8985 Surrounded by water, deadly seas
@@whitewolf8985 Japan has only been successfully conquered 1 and a half times in history. And earthquakes don't mean bad geography, California has the m bad too yet is doing well
Congrats. You unlocked the achievement "trigger a Lithuanian in 2 minutes or less".
oh yeah
that's rough...
As Polish person i also got litle pissed over this... mistake
@@kreuzritter4898 It's just sad that nobody remembers about Lithuania...
They were with us for a long time but there are still Poles who forget that it was Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth not just Polish
Ale przynajmniej nie jestem sama w tym poirytowaniu
@@sadlittlecap
Może kiedyś to się zmieni
They always over shadow us. It was us Lithuanians that made The polish Lithuanian commonwealth so big
Nobody:
Poland numerous times in history:
AS YOU CAN SEE... I AM NOT DEAD!
hey if you are intrested you can watch this video "polish army parade 1966" there you will see how strong Poland was in that time
With a healthy dosage of:
HA! I'M BACK BITCHES >:D
@@mathew8978 WAS
@@Grybster lol
We won't die forever
as a Lithuanian hearing people ignore the Lithuanian in Polish-Lithuaninan commonwealth is kind of frustrating
yes
As a pole i agree.
Lithuania wasn’t part of poland, the whole country was called polish lithuanian commonwealth where lithuania and poland was ruled by the same person. Get your facts right.
That's True
True.
True af
We were united as brothers with the Lithuanians so it was technically our land
@@dj_pro5469 The king of Poland was was a Lithuanian, he ruled Lithuania untill the Polish throne opened up and he had his cousin replace him as a semi independent nation that would be closely linked. Please do some research before you make such claims...
Being squeezed between Germany and Russia and surviving 1000 years in the heart of Europe is a great historic achievement for Poland. I would not consider both of these nations historically very friendly.
"Poland is not yet lost ... as long as we live"
I niech tak zostanie
*when we live
Tam jest "kiedy", a nie "póki".
Recenzje Płyt still as long as we live is a better translation
@@theprezydent6250 nie, nie jest, bo wskazuję, tak samo jak "póki" że nasza śmierć jest rownoznaczna z jej śmiercią. "kiedy" wskazuję na to że ona nadal żyje, w czasie w którym my żyjemy.
@Jason S ok cockroach
Little mistake:
123years*
1918 gained independence*
And we weren't really invaded, the king just gave away the country, hoping the other powers will stop pressuring Poland if it gets smaller
yes, but more clearly the treat of versailles said about independence of PL in 1919
@@vitamin227 but independence is something coming out of nation itself, not from other nations.
@@prkp7248 try holding on to that when a boot is on you for trying to say that,
though that said people can still hold on to their history and culture even under occupation for a Very long time even when their independence isn't a topic one even could whisper about
@@prkp7248 Not really, if that were the case Kosovo or Abkhazia wouldn't be such controversial and disputed topics. Ever since the 19th century the case has been that without the recognition of other countries, especially strong ones, a country's independence means next to nothing. If a country is not recognised by the world super-powers (then - France, UK, USA etc., now - UN), it exists only in theory and even that is disputed.
‘It’s flat in every direction’
Me: **laughs in southern Polish**
right?? like yes most of it is flat but not ALL of it lol
@@lthoodie There are beautiful mountains in the southern Poland called Tatra mountains. It's the biggest part of Carpathians. They look almost like the Alps but aren't that high what makes it possible to roam them for everyone.
I don’t know if there is a Silesian form of laughing, I might find out for myself.
LOL YES
Yes
A few (fun?) facts:
The flat land is one of the reasons why we developed cavalry charges so much and ended up with the Hussars - one of the most effective military formations in history.
After the Battle of Vienna (the hussar charge on Ottomans in 1683), the Ottomans respected Poland so much they actually refused to acknowledge the 3 partitions of Poland and kept considering it an actual country despite it not being on a map for more than a century. We still remember and appreciate that fact.
After being invaded so many times and losing an insane amount of battles our history lessons are less of "we were so good we won a ton", and more of "we lost, but how valiantly! and we never gave up!". Which is kinda cool... but it's also sad af when you think about it.
Prawda
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
@@fishmage5828 może i tak, ale 400 lat temu na widok szarżującej husarii zesrałbyś się na rzadko i wyjadł spod siebie :) następnie byś się oblizał i prosił o więcej :)
dobra, weź nie powtarzaj tych głupot o tym "że Turcja nie uznała rozbiorów bo tak szanowała Polskę za to, że dostała wpierdol 100 lat wcześniej", zwłaszcza zagraniczniakom, bo potem powielają takie bzdety.
@@jannowak4541 tylko że to prawda że nie uznali rozbiorów
Greeting from Brazil to the Polish people! I always loved and admired your country, and it´s good to see Brazil-Poland relations increasing in the past year!
Um outro br :D
❤️
haha i play a lot with BR people, we fight hard but they are really nice to talk with :)
Also with India through BRICS nations.
Love from India to our Brazilian brother and sister.
How's Bolsonaro??
@@histosapien love to you indians too ✌️
I don't know how Bolsonaro's been since i don't read, watch or hear any kind of News channel/site or whatever, i'm sure he's fine tho
Go Poland, stay strong!!! You got many friends!!! :)
My best mate is polish so I'll give everyone this advice. Never mock Poland when around poles. I've never seen someone so passionate about their country and its history. The best way I can describe it is generational pain.
As a proud Pole I can confirm.
You act like most people aren't patrotic
I wouldn’t say so, many poles barely feel attached to the country
As an extremely patriotic Pole I can confirm this.
I can agree, this video felt like pain
It was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was the biggest country in Europe. Lithuania was never occupied by Poland, both countries been in a pact. Check the history 🤦♂️
@AntiangelRaphael preach!!! I love Poland but it makes it real hard due to the hostility of most people!! I agree with what you say! I believe Poland can be greater if they focus more on the future than what had happened and can't be changed
Deividas Navickas exactly
Exactky. More precise Lithuania first conquered Belarus and together went into union with Poland.
Alexander Malinowski very true! At the time of commonwealth the borders been from baltic sea to Moscow and the black sea!
That's true, and Lithuania had it's own prince, but still I think Polish gentry had more influence on Lithuania than the Lithuanian one. That's because it was more fucked and had more privileges, that the Lithuanian gentry achieved later.
You think you controlled the politics and eastern border? Have you ever heard about Lithuanian army in Moscow? Or about Lithuanian gentry controlling Moscow? Who did false Dymitr come to? In which direction his ashes were shoot? (I know its the same direction but..) Who did Russians hate more? (and some Ukrainians)
Ok, Novogrod was yours
Ok, Jagiełło was from Lithuania, but he married Polish Jadwiga, that was a king, not a queen, so it wasn't Lithuanian dynasty. And these kings were more focused on Poland. Jagiellonian dynasty came to end in 1572, and next kings were choosen by election and coronated by polish bishop.
At Grunwald in 1410, Lithuanian army still used the ancient fighting style of light cavalery, when Polish one was western-like, heavy cavalery, knights etc. Lithuanian army was bigger, but Polish more important :/
Lithuania controlled Samogitia, Baltic States, part of Belarus and part of Ukraine, very important to defend against Russia, but there were just forests and swamps, and some black earth at Ukraine. Poland controlled trade on Vistula, had bigger and richer cities, was more urbanized etc...
Vienna
Wars of Livonia
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth really existed from 1385-1795 (Counting union in Krew, and Rzeczpospolita of Two Nations (Rzeczpostpolita/Republika - republic))
Almost Every important initiative, action, battle, war, law, resolution, intervention, decision (also the stupid ones) was polish and affected Lithuania. I mean, you had an influence, but smaller.
We were equal, but Poland was equaller. Stop pretending Poland had no upper hand.
But still, there should be also Lithuania on this map
"A lot of strong friends"
Me: laughs in ww2 french and english help
cries in czechoslovanian
We Germans are with them now🔥
@@gerwant1309 hell yeah Hungary did
Today's situation is no different: in the event of Russian invasion, Western powers can only express deep concern.
@@dulat there will be no invasion. First destibilize the country, then support some minority levels and make referendum in new created states to join russia. NATO doesnt protect us from "rebelions".
Respecting poland from italy ❤🇮🇹🇵🇱
Poland seems like the shy kid who is always bullied, but one day will snap
As a German I am counting my days until An army playing "Pumped up kicks" run over my country
Don't come to EU meeting tommorow
Poland's got a quick hand she's looking around the room in her mouth a rolled up cigarette.....
One day he will go to that fxking school with m4
Poland used to somewhat be an imperialist bully itself, during the times of the commonwealth
I just felt like I wanted to hug Poland throughout this video 😂
Hugs from Estonia! ❤
Lol!! Poland: no, thanks, been Hughes enough.
@@rogeriomartins4304
Hahaha yeah, hugs from both Germany and the Soviets have probably been *War* m enough
From the United States.
Hugging back my friend! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
*Hugs you back from Poland* 💕
Everybody gangsta until the winged hussars show up.
[SABATON INTENSIFIES]
The profile picture fits so well here
What's the point of hyping about Winged Hussars if they've been occupied for 75% of it's history.
Winged hussars go Gangstar until modern mechine gun go Killing spree.
@@freetube5304 no they've been occupied that much Since the partition, it's History goes back further than that
Love Poland 🇵🇱
Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹
We even name the polish as our brothers against Austroungaric in our national anthem!
We also sing in Our National Anthem about Italy 😎😉
"From Italian land to Poland"
Catholic gang....
RISE UP!
That is what comes to my mind xD.
❤❤❤
@@joaquindubini3681 ew, no. The Catholic Church is one of the biggest forces pushing Poland's progress back. Not to mention standing above the law and corrupting the government.
@@hanna.ciszewska so true
Respect for poland
Just when we think it's finished
It just comes back
Love from india ♥️🇮🇳
We will always come back!!!
Not come back, being come back , by third party.
like a plague
Poland reminds me of flying Hussars
*WW3 starts*
Germany and Russia: attacks Poland
Poland: Wtf bro?
Germany and Russia: Sorry, force of habit.
I reaky hope it doesnt start…
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@anonymerdude4501 I hope.
Ziomuś weź to zmień na power of habit
Germany: Did we do it again?
Russia: We indeed does it again.
i took the wooOOooOoooOOOOook
Poland: breathes
Germany and Russia: and I took that personally
After few minutes:
Poland : "i can't breathe".
oh, poor poland.
Truth is - Poland won majority of battles against both Russia and Germany through history. And even most battles where Russia won were because Poland was weakened or under occupation.
@@PolishGod1234 won a bunch of battles but still got wiped from the map. They only got added back because the UK likes to weaken enemies by drawing lines on a map.
@@Zraknul it's true that Poland was gone from map for 123 years, but there are many reasons behind that. Mainly because Polish politics sucked - Noblemen had more power than King, law of Liberum Veto existed and foreign nations paid off noblemen to use it in important meetings. Other reasons were wars - it's been through a lot which heavily weakened it. And many shitty political decisions. And it's not only because of Britain Poland regained independence, but also because of Polish soldiers fighting for it for over 100 years.
A mistake, Poland was under partitions 123 years.
Jeśli być ścisłym to na mapy wróciliśmy dopiero po traktacie wersalskim w 1919 roku, a nie w listopadzie 1918 roku (w tamtym momencie jeszcze nasze losy nie były takie pewne)
Facts
@@Anonimlll myslalam ze to w 1918 roku ze bylizszmy n'a mapie jestesz pewny?
Does napoleon's time poland counts as partition?
@@LEONKING360 nahh its more like puppet state and it didnt last long soo
My cousin from the USA was very surprised that in every city, town, village and sometimes even in the forest there are monuments commemorating some tragic history related to wars, occupation, etc. In the USA, such places are something special and Poland is one big cemetery - he used to say. These are unfortunately the real consequences of Poland's position.... Now we have the best moment in Poland's history, even with the war just beyond our border.
Poles defended austria against the turks then 100 years later austria betrayed them🤦♂️
Sad but true
No one wants to be our friend…
@@flyingoctopusbuilds5719 hungarians?
Nothing new
@@flyingoctopusbuilds5719 There are no friends between nations. Poland did not understand that unfortunately.
3:56 123 years*
1795-1918*
5:57 1989*
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the errors.
Jak na człowieka z zachodu nieźle mu idzie. To, że w ogóle słyszał o tym kraju i to nie w postaci: "Poland? You mean this small city on Russia?" jest cudem. Miło usłyszeć coś o swoim państwie.
@@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 bez przesady
@@filipkopec525 Zaledwie co 5 Amerykanin (nwm czy autor jest z USA) wie gdzie leży kraj, z którym mieli prowadzić wojnę (Iran). Mimo, że ten kraj ma realne do spełnienia ambicje posiadania broni atomowej. Naprawdę myślisz, że wiedzą coś o nas? Tak poza memiarzami z reddita grającymi w gry strategiczne (kojarzących kurwa, kiełbasa, husarię, pierogi i ciekawostki typu miś Wojtek) oraz naprawdę wyedukowanych obywatelami, którzy nie są większością?
@@nzet6638 gdzie niby
Actually, Poland regained independence in 1918. More precisely, on November 11, 1918, when we also celebrate the national independence day and the partitions lasted for 123 years. This number is also easier to remember and is taught in every school. Regards
Forgot to mention that when Baltic was completly frozen Swedish guys came here too ;)
And that was not the only time. It was called the Flood, so even me not remembering the details can guess it was really bad xd
Didn't they come on foot or something like that and building taverns on ice? I was told that when I was a kid and I found it pretty *cool* :v
Yeah, i also heared that from my teacher, btw nice idea to get some cash by offering some Hot drinks to soldiers
The threat from Sweden these days are not Swedes anymore but muslims ;)
But let it be clarified: Poland was independent, UNCONQUERED State before 1795 for 800 years straight.
False. Our lands were occupied by Swedes, Germans, Austrians, Tatars, Ottomans and Russians way before that.
@@hashar9593 read closely: "State".
Wars comes and wars goes. STATE was never dependent to anyone before 1795.
lazarus921 so, u saying, that Poland is weakest in region, right? So why r u proud?
lazarus921 Sweds had strongest army, actually. Poland was never powerful enough to get decent win in 1x1 with any empire. All its achievements were taken because of opportunistic nature of pols
lazarus921 nah, im ok with pols in general, i just fill strong resistance to ur unlimited patriotism, it feels obnoxious to me.
About Moscow, yes, pols were holding it for 2 years, whats special about it? It was Trouble times in Russia, there was no tsar or even decent successor, state was falling apart and pols did what u always do - opportunistically invaded. Btw ONLY Moscow was occupied, no other major city, hell, total size of occupied land was probably smaller, then modern Estonia
Actually, Poland gained independence in 1918, after 123 years of nonexistence
Tomasz Bagiński
Had independence for a decade until 1939.
It only really had independence since 1989
@@IGNACY-fp8zo Two decades actually
Poland did exist as a French puppet for a while
@@BBP-OMO Well it didn't have "Poland" in its name
@@xGOKOPx I guess but The duchy of Warsaw strongly implys Poland
“Why Poland’s geography is the worst” Me: płaczę in polish
Tak xd
tak-
Tjaaa
Tak
tak
Greetings from Polska :)) 🇵🇱
P. S: Little mistake in video, Poland wasn't on map for *"123" * years not 124. 🙂🙂
Edit: Poland lost communism in 1989. 😉
Well, he gave 1919 as a year of regaining independence, not much more popular 1918, so he's right in that regard.
@@Patryk128pl actually in 1919 "wielkopolska" (one of Poish regions) took independence. So that's probably why he said 124. But well maybe I'm wrong or I didn't learn well.
Youre right.
@@Yeremiash Yeah, I was also surprised by this year being shown as the year of regaining independence. I was learnt that 11th of November 1918 is the symbolic date of that.
Na dobrą sprawę to 7. października 2018 r.
As a Korean, I deeply sympathize with the Polish. We’ve also been invaded and attacked countless of times in history, and like Poland, we literally just disappeared for a while. Despite that, both of our nations are still here, looking into a better future. Best wishes for my Polish friends :).
The more I learn about Korean history and civilization, the more I respect Korean people. The division of Korea into two such different countries is one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. How much contempt the imperialisms of this world have shown by drawing the borders between the Koreas with the help of the geographical line of latitude! And the borders of Poland look strange on the map of Europe - rather like one of the African countries, definited by colonizers. How much disrespect for our noble nations was shown in this!
"Why Poland's geography sucks"
Her neighbors
His*
@RFT - fun fact - in Polish language countries have genders - and Germany is neuter
@RFT Russia is mother
Germany is father
Poland is their son and is bullied by them
@@bakers2366 rip when your kid is hundreds of years older than you haha
@@bakers2366 Not at all in Polish language Poland is female
"After centuries of struggling to simply exist, Poland (...) finally discovered the secret to stay alive. (...) Have a lot of strong friends."
*MEANWHILE IN 1939...*
Yup. And nobody was there...
And these powerful friends did declare war on Germany. France paid for that with her own independence, while British Empire barely stood on her own.
@@MankindDiary that would happen anyway - the only way to defeat Hitler fast, was to invade Germany in 1939, while all German forces were in Poland
@@franeklech8747 Neither the UK or France were ready for war when it broke out. (A huge mistake) They hoped that Poland would be able to hold long enough for them to mobilise their armies. Until that happend, a large invasion of Germany would be impossible.
Still, they could have dropped more dangerous things than leaflets.
@@mathy1799 ofc, I know it, but waiting so long as allies did wasn't necessary. France and Britain mobilized enough forces in october 1939 and attacking then, even the winter was coming, was the way to end the war before it started for good. Of course I know that they didn't know as much as we do, so I don't judge anyone
Poland are standing after not being on the map for 123 years twice.
He said Poland occupated Lithuania...
Edit: we had a union then.
Arnas Leseta tak ale to było na sile wszystko i na ziemiach litewskich była polonizacja Litwa poprostu nie miała wyboru może to nie była w prost „okupacja” ale w większości tak
Paweł Soroka dużo Litwinów uważa, że było pod okupacja, choć technicznie nie byli
@@ukrytaopcjahajducka Which, in addition, turned out to be one of the best kings in Poland's history (including time of Commonwealth).
@@wojciechfrancuz6384 Uważają tak częściowo z powodu rosyjskiej propagandy.
@@ukrytaopcjahajducka może jemu chodzi o unie lubelską wtedy litwa rzeczywiście miała mało do gadania
God Bless Poland
Respect from Poland to Turkey🇵🇱❤️🇹🇷
Dziękuje!
@@mtfe-1144 proszę bardzo ❤️
My uncle is from Turkey
POLSKA GUROM
"Hey, bro. I'm kinda bored. Lets invade Poland."
"Sure, mate. I'm down for it"
Hope Poland's future will be easier that the past. They really deserve it.
God bless Poland!
Stay strong❤️
Love 🇵🇱 from 🇸🇰
Your language is funny
@@A1234 It's adorable
Thanks.
@@mozebytakpizza3945 rozumiem
Thanks
8:30 yessss because having "strong friends" in 39 was soooooo helpful ;)
Cringe
In 1919 Poland started conflicts with all her neighbours. They attacked Russia while the country was busy with a civil and moved the border 250 km east. They started war with Czechoslovakia over a couple of villages essentially, a conflict that settled until the 1950s. And they occupied German territories that according to the Versaille treaty should have remained German. Particularly occupying parts of Germany was dick move, because one of the points of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk - in which Germany and Russia negotiated a separate peace was to establish a Polish state (albeit under German influence) - that didn't materialize at Compiègne that treaty was annulled. The 2nd polish Republic was what we of the 21st would call a "rogue state". Which is why at the time the German claim that Poles attacked first and they were only defending themselves in 1939 didn't seem as implausible as it does today. Besides, France and Britain weren't exactly friends of Poland. To them the new countries in Eastern Europe were part of a "cordon sanitaire", a buffer to keep the Soviet Union and its ideology in check.
@@MrAranton It was actually Russia who attacked Poland and wr barely resisted. Cieszyn isn't a village and people were generally happy Poland took it.
@@jakubpiotrowicz3257 That is simply not true. For starters: The Eastern border of Poland that was defined after WW1 was the Curzon-line, which is pretty much identical with the current eastern border of Poland. The peace treaty of Riga nearly doubled the size of Poland's territory. You don't achieve that by "barely resisting".
To my knowledge most historians (at least outside of Poland) set the starting point of the Polish-Soviet war with the battle of Bereza Kartuska. Which was a couple of Polish units crossing the border into Belarus, capturing the village Bereza Kartuska and a company of soldiers from the red army. Now: who's the aggressor there; the troops that crossed the border or the troops that didn't?
The line between a village and a town is fluent: I live in a sub-urb that has more inhabitants than Cieszyn had at the time (roughly 15.000) and is considered a village by the people in the large city it's associated with. But whether Cieszy was a village or a town isn't that relevant. neither is whether the people were happy about it or not. The point is: Poland used military force to violate another sovereign country's territory. In the 1920 Poland engaged in armed conflicts with all its neighbours except Estonia and Romania. Granted, not all of these were all out wars, particularly what Poland did with Germany was more like what Putin's "little green men" did in Crimea 2014. Doing something like that to a much more powerful neighbour while they're unable to defend and not expecting them to reverse the outcome once they have recovered is not "being a victim of a mean neighbour", that's "asking for a major butt-kicking".
@@MrAranton Poland didn't have a border with Estonia. Besides that, it was a nice load of text.
Nobody:
Real Life Lore: *Szteczien*
Blaziken in a video called 101 facts about Poland, the guy said Szczaćcin you will understand if you are polish
It’s almost like he isn’t polish
@@mrjeffss indeed
It even hurt me as german to hear how it was pronounced in the video lol
Just say Stettin like a normal person
There's a mistake. Poland regained independence in 1918 which makes it 123 years, not 124.
round up days
**That awkward moment when you're watching this from Poland**
i am and its not that awkward
Nah, the teach this at elementary school, we're good.
More like that funny moment when hearing foreigner speak Polish words
Since we are from Poland, was I taught wrong at school that Poland regained sovereignty in 1918 and 1989 instead of mentioned 1919 and 1990?
@@bartiz12 no, the information you were taught in school is 100% accurate, there's a mistake made by the RLL
@@ili5615 at least I was at school when they were still mentioning Walesa in books 😅
Love from Lithuania 🇱🇹❤️🇵🇱
wanna re-establish the polish-lithuanian common wealth?
@@besikothabolbina5447 No.
@@besikothabolbina5447 HAHAHA
Gaude mater polonia
@@besikothabolbina5447 No lmao.
1:34 That's Tallinn, Estonia. Not Poland
this is a low quality video, coming from a pole
Americans thing that all of eastern europe is russia or poland
@@toreq1127 apologies, I have not seen the comma. My fault
@@toreq1127 I'm Irish and I realised it!
1:58