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.
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!
@@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.
Japan is famous for earth quakes. Not at all for hurricans - most of which tend to come from the Phillippines and move onto Taiwan or southern china, before going into Japan itself.
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
@@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.
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.♥
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. everybody was afraid of us. we were ready for war 24/7. we could even stop the soviets but again our politicians made wrong and stupid decisions. if our leaders were a little bit braver we were able to defeat soviet union and east Germany at the same time.
They are hardcore people even after it was completely deleted off the map to become a district of Russia, the language was banned for decades. They finally gained back independence and were immediately razed and occupied again, they still rose again.
@Zaakit Iiii'm pretty sure Lars P is referring to the Polish state created after WW1 from former Austrian, German, and Russian lands. The British and French absolutely did want to defend post ww1 Poland to keep Russia, Germany, and former Austrian lands from getting too powerful, which obviously didn't really work since they backed down.
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?
Here is a nice historical anecdote: There was a yearly held meeting between all the foreign ambassadors in Istanbul and the Sultan, where the Sultan would ask about news from the respective countries. Before each meeting, the names and the nations of the ambassadors would be read by an announcer. After the announcer had read all the names, he then would say that the ambassador from Poland was absent. This went on for the whole 124 years of Poland's occupation. With this small gesture, the Ottoman Sultan showed that he acknowledged that the state of Poland still existed, even when it did not have any land to rule over.
It is curious how it was the Ottomans who kept the memory alive, as for a long time fighting with Poland was their full time job. Tough love? You have to admire the sultan though.
@@maciejhammer2266 No reason to take it personally, the Ottomans fought everybody and most of the time multiple nations at once. That is just what empires do. But there is honorable fighting and then there is dishonorable fighting. The Ottomans strongly felt that it was not honorable what was done to Poland.
Poles and Ottomans were honorable enemies. That was snot the case with Prussians or Russians. In 15th century Poland won war with Prussians 1v1. The Polish King could just enter their land, annex it and murder all Prussians replacing them with Poles as the Teutonic Order(Prussians) did with original Prussians. He was merciful and didn't do that. He allowed them speak German, have their rights, freedoms, established Hohenzollern line and although Prussia was part of Polish Kingdom, those people kept living their life normally. In 18th century after Poland got weakened by Swedes and Ottomans, Prussians betrayed and annexed Poland 3v1 together with Russians and Austrians(who's butt Poland saved from Ottomans 100 years ealier). They started ethnical cleansing, started murdering Poles, expelled them from their lands, banned Polish speech and were killing for speaking Polish, they were constantly pushing east killing Poles and replacing them with Germans constantly for 123 years. What they were doing for those 123 years was a foundation of later became Nazi racism. Just a short story that compares actions of Ottomans towards Poles who were their greatest enemy for centuries and Prussians, who have been given mercy by Poles after they lost numerous wars and their rights and freedoms have been kept.
@@damian4926 Well said. People forget that overrated and overhyped Prussia pretty existed because they were at the mercy of Poland. Heck, if Poland really wanted to, they could've polonized it back then. But we were too tolerant towards them. Way too tolerant. We should've been more careful with them if you consider what they have done to Sorbs and Polabians.
What kind of disasters each country had to deal with: Japan: Earthquakes and tsunamis USA: Tornadoes, extreme heat and hurricanes African countries: Droughts India and China: Pollution Maledives: Rising ocean level Bangladesh: Floods Indonesia: Volcanoes Poland: Neighbours
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.
..... 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?
@@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
My paternal family is 100% Polish but I've never known anything about them or the political history. The closest I ever came to Polish cultural heritage was the occasional Polish meal, or my great aunt and uncle singing Polish folk songs when I was a kid. But various current events from the escalation with Ukraine to things as small as my brother learning Polish, I've suddenly become very interested in learning about this. Thank you for the video.
There are some sarcastic comments about the 1st line of the national anthem of Poland: "Poland has not perished yet...." but it should not be analyzed without the context of the second verse which says: ".... when we (Poles) are alive". That is a simple declaration that until the Poles are alive they will fight for the freedom of their country. The occupants tried to erase the history, language and culture of this nation for over a century and this statement is about perseverence to rise against the occupants.
@@vengefulavenger6411 Nothing can be done? Low birth rates are not that dangerous if you are not at the same time importing foreign people. You can always have more children. What matters is that you remain of the same kind.
@@NMvirus Low birth rates destroy a nation. An inverted population pyramid is nothing short of a disaster. The whole economy is geared towards care of the elderly, all the jobs are in healthcare & nursing. There is no entrepreneurship. There is economic contraction, declining living standards & greatly increased taxation of the young.
Poland may have some tough competition, but its geography is definitely not the worst, considering that some other countries in this region have no access to the sea, no mountain-fences, no larger rivers for transportation, no barren plains for agriculture, or they're stuck in the mountains/peninsulas and had no space for expansion, so Poland's geography is actually pretty good.
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.
@@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.
"...led to almost constant attacks from strong outside powers" (footage of guys on quadbikes) yea dude, remember the Ottoman quadbike cavalry? shit was scary
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)! 🇵🇱🇵🇹
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".
Just to clarify, our anthem says “Poland didn’t die yet, as long as we are alive” not “Poland isn’t lost yet” in reference to us creating our nation, not our government or borders.
To put you in the picture, the whole 1st verse is: "Poland has not yet died, As long as we still live. What the foreign power has seized from us, We shall recapture with a sabre." even the anthem tells us about our problems with other countries 😂
@@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.
@@Nakaska 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.
As soon as I heard 'two ports' I was like, ohh, my hometown's name is about to be butchered! Szczecin is like 8/10 in difficulty (to pronounce), it was pretty bad but I respect your effort RLL!
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:
Polish joke: The aliens are attacking the earth. High in orbit, alien major is talking with alien general: M- sir, all units are in position, we are ready to attack the earth! G- great! Commence the attack on Poland at once! M- sir yes s... Ummm sir, may i ask, why do we start with Poland of all things? G- i dont quite know, its some sort of custom here.
@@Wojtek1250XD Whole Polish history is basically sinusoid from predatory state to victim of several nations, so yeah, it wasn't only during commonwealth
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.
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).
@@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.
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
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
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.
@@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
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.
@@cv4809 Kind of an understatement, bullied every neighbour pretty heavily. One of the large distinctions between White Russians (Belorussians), Ukrainians (Little Russians) and Russians is from having been conquered by the Poles and different cultural developments. Germany was founded by Prussia, a Polish Duchy founded by German Protestant knights, in a Catholic Kingdom. Austria is the only one she really got along well with, being the one that was on the other side of a mountain range and the one she saved from the Turks. Also a lot of marriage relations with member states of what would become the Austrian (Hungarian) Empire. Austria probably stole some of their land because if they didn't, their rivals would take it, similar to why the Soviets took land from the Poles in WW2, argument was take land or let the Nazis take all the land. That Poland also was a bit of a bully, she took land from the Czechs when the Germans annexed them, and she treated her people like shit, she started discriminating against Jews (and Ukrainians) before the Nazis got into power. She said fuck the Czechs when they needed help, stating they would not support defending them, only getting into a war when their own lands were at risk, some allies, worse than the French.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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
@@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.
@@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".
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
(sorry for my english) Actually three poles was in space their names are Mirosław Hermaszewski, Piotr Klimuk and Zenon Jankowski. But they fly in soviet rockets
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...
You could do the same thing with Hungary too, the reason why Western Europe is so advanced is that they didn't have to worry about eastern powers, Hungary and Poland stopped them. Both suffered the results...
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
Maybe it's because the Polish state received the international recognition at the begining of 1919. You can imagine how do the Albanians feel, when Polish (among others) sources date the creation of independent Albania at 1913, while they always use the date of actual (then self-proclaimed) separation from Turkey one year earlier.
Well technicly it was 124, the polish independece was writen in the treaty of versailles and we gained international recognition with the treaty. So we should count years since 28 june 1919, that was actualy one of proposed dates (this one was put forward by Roman Dmowski from ND). We chose the date of armistice of wester front because it suited the narration of Józef Piłsudzki since this date was closer to the date when he was relised from prison and welcomed in warsaw on 10.11.1918, then on 11.11.1918 he received the full control over polish military and (self)proclaimed an independend poland state. Then he was assingned the position of the provisonal chief of state (tymczasowy naczelnik państwa) on 22.11.18. And since the ones with power writes history we celebrate 11.11
On November 16th 1918 Piłsudski notified international governments (each one individually, both neutral countries and the ones involved in wwI) about the emergence of independent Poland. After that some countries declared recognition of the sovereign state of Poland (Spain, Turkey, etc.). Other countries recognized Poland by establishing diplomatic relations. During November alone, Austria, Germany and the RSFSR did just that. Treaty of Versailles just "stamped" Poland as a official country but Poland did already exist, polish diplomats participated in the Treaty. So it was 123 years (and 17 days).
Emm, to be honest both you are right. Piłsudski received power in November 1918 and he declared Polish independence however internationally it has been accepted at Treaty of Versailles
@EmerBlox I thought for some reasons he meant Churchill. Hell, all of them wore mustache at that time. "USA now occupies Poland" Don't be ridiculous...
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.
@@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.
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
Tak, Polska historia, nie jest najlepsie bo cały czas był zabrany. And with Poland not being lost in the Hymn Dąbrowski is true because it says: : Jescie Polska, nie zginła, kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam opca przemod wsieła szablą, odbierzemy.........
@@TheAnnaka ale chyba zrozumiałaś co @Anna Tusinski napisała🙄jak ja nie umiem znieść ludzi , którzy muszą coś nie ważnego napisać byle żeby napisać . Też nie przychodzę z Polski i co. Zrozumiałaś mnie chyba.
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!
Our history lessons are basically
"Soooo we got attacked... Again"
Don't forget the uprisings!
Tak
Feelsbadman
This is too accurate
Nie
"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.
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
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.
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.
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!
Japan: huricanes
Iceland: Vulcanos
France: Belgian borders speaking in germs
Poland: neighborts
Japan surived thanks to the huricanes^^ poor mongolians. And Iceland is striving thanks to cheap Thermal energy.
@@Siegberg91 but is very dangerus, yes this is good now, but huricane, no nature we can't controle, and wy never will control,
@@morvran9074 yeah but still we can adapt. There are ways to keep humans safe If nobody cheapens out on the preparations.
as if if Russia has great nabours, surrounded by peaceful hobbits and elves.
Japan is famous for earth quakes. Not at all for hurricans - most of which tend to come from the Phillippines and move onto Taiwan or southern china, before going into Japan itself.
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
Poland is like a phoenix, every time she dies, it rises from ashes
Love from Iraq
*dies
*gets revived
*dies again
*gets revived again
An Eternal Phoenix Cycle.
*Hetalia vibes*
@@beasnoil3139 you see Hetalia everywhere too?
Thank You for Your kind words. Peace for You and Your country IRAQ from Polish patriotic citizen.
I wish that your country stop being atacked but with biden in Office Theres A big Chance of another atack
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
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.
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
"Have a lot of strong friends"
*Laughs in French/British
I know this one hah
Niebieski w naszej fladze znaczy lojalność naszych sojuszników
@@Rafal_Wu xD
Rafal Wu XD
translate "
blue in polish flag. means loyal allies"
Title: "Why Poland's Geography is the Worst?"
Me: Neighbors.
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. everybody was afraid of us. we were ready for war 24/7. we could even stop the soviets but again our politicians made wrong and stupid decisions. if our leaders were a little bit braver we were able to defeat soviet union and east Germany at the same time.
Fuck Neighbors Poland 😂😂
@Al Qaeda WERE intelligent
@@mfra959 Anjir org polandia versi upside down haha
@@mfra959 bruh
Poland is a country that still stands after the past dark years.
Respect from Greece.
So are you , my friends, so are you. History of the country of mine is a lot shorter than yours, but there are some indistupable similarities.
They are hardcore people even after it was completely deleted off the map to become a district of Russia, the language was banned for decades. They finally gained back independence and were immediately razed and occupied again, they still rose again.
@3AMwithdaboiz thank you for your support, I’m also polish
JD
Nobody gonna mention that at 5:39 Romania is called “Rumania”
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
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
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
*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.
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
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
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.
Poles are some tough sobs. Created a nation in the middle of the european plains, constantly assaulted, and they survived it all. Respect.
I'm from Poland and
Respect
Level
👊
Until indonesia came and reverse their flag
Because Britain and France wanted to weaken Germany(and Russia secondarily) thus they created and defended the modern polish state
@Zaakit Iiii'm pretty sure Lars P is referring to the Polish state created after WW1 from former Austrian, German, and Russian lands. The British and French absolutely did want to defend post ww1 Poland to keep Russia, Germany, and former Austrian lands from getting too powerful, which obviously didn't really work since they backed down.
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?
Here is a nice historical anecdote:
There was a yearly held meeting between all the foreign ambassadors in Istanbul and the Sultan, where the Sultan would ask about news from the respective countries.
Before each meeting, the names and the nations of the ambassadors would be read by an announcer. After the announcer had read all the names, he then would say that the ambassador from Poland was absent. This went on for the whole 124 years of Poland's occupation. With this small gesture, the Ottoman Sultan showed that he acknowledged that the state of Poland still existed, even when it did not have any land to rule over.
It is curious how it was the Ottomans who kept the memory alive, as for a long time fighting with Poland was their full time job. Tough love?
You have to admire the sultan though.
@@maciejhammer2266 No reason to take it personally, the Ottomans fought everybody and most of the time multiple nations at once. That is just what empires do. But there is honorable fighting and then there is dishonorable fighting. The Ottomans strongly felt that it was not honorable what was done to Poland.
Poles and Ottomans were honorable enemies. That was snot the case with Prussians or Russians.
In 15th century Poland won war with Prussians 1v1. The Polish King could just enter their land, annex it and murder all Prussians replacing them with Poles as the Teutonic Order(Prussians) did with original Prussians. He was merciful and didn't do that. He allowed them speak German, have their rights, freedoms, established Hohenzollern line and although Prussia was part of Polish Kingdom, those people kept living their life normally.
In 18th century after Poland got weakened by Swedes and Ottomans, Prussians betrayed and annexed Poland 3v1 together with Russians and Austrians(who's butt Poland saved from Ottomans 100 years ealier). They started ethnical cleansing, started murdering Poles, expelled them from their lands, banned Polish speech and were killing for speaking Polish, they were constantly pushing east killing Poles and replacing them with Germans constantly for 123 years. What they were doing for those 123 years was a foundation of later became Nazi racism.
Just a short story that compares actions of Ottomans towards Poles who were their greatest enemy for centuries and Prussians, who have been given mercy by Poles after they lost numerous wars and their rights and freedoms have been kept.
Wholesome
@@damian4926 Well said. People forget that overrated and overhyped Prussia pretty existed because they were at the mercy of Poland. Heck, if Poland really wanted to, they could've polonized it back then. But we were too tolerant towards them. Way too tolerant. We should've been more careful with them if you consider what they have done to Sorbs and Polabians.
What kind of disasters each country had to deal with:
Japan: Earthquakes and tsunamis
USA: Tornadoes, extreme heat and hurricanes
African countries: Droughts
India and China: Pollution
Maledives: Rising ocean level
Bangladesh: Floods
Indonesia: Volcanoes
Poland: Neighbours
True -_-
Ukraine: Muscovites
Australia: emus
Yeah people were and still are greedy and traitorous.
The Netherlands' disaster is their cuisine.
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.
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 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.
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
I’m pretty sure Russia and Germany find this geography quite useful
Like a road.
jake 202 Like a flat Minecraft world
Kek
CC LOL
Oh Poogers yes I do, do u?
My paternal family is 100% Polish but I've never known anything about them or the political history. The closest I ever came to Polish cultural heritage was the occasional Polish meal, or my great aunt and uncle singing Polish folk songs when I was a kid. But various current events from the escalation with Ukraine to things as small as my brother learning Polish, I've suddenly become very interested in learning about this. Thank you for the video.
I hope you'll rediscover your Polish identity. There are many Poles abroad who currently rediscover their Polish identity.
There are some sarcastic comments about the 1st line of the national anthem of Poland: "Poland has not perished yet...." but it should not be analyzed without the context of the second verse which says: ".... when we (Poles) are alive". That is a simple declaration that until the Poles are alive they will fight for the freedom of their country. The occupants tried to erase the history, language and culture of this nation for over a century and this statement is about perseverence to rise against the occupants.
They will perish for sure. The birth rate is below replacement level & nothing can be done.
@@vengefulavenger6411 Nothing can be done? Low birth rates are not that dangerous if you are not at the same time importing foreign people. You can always have more children. What matters is that you remain of the same kind.
@@vengefulavenger6411 Allow some Muslim refugees then 😂😂
@@NMvirus Low birth rates destroy a nation. An inverted population pyramid is nothing short of a disaster. The whole economy is geared towards care of the elderly, all the jobs are in healthcare & nursing. There is no entrepreneurship. There is economic contraction, declining living standards & greatly increased taxation of the young.
@@hbp437 African migrants are the future of every developed country. The future of Europe is African.
Such a wonderful nation, with difficult history. Поздрав from Bulgaria.
Greeting to our Bulgarian friends
Greetings 👍
Pozdro from Poland
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
Poland may have some tough competition, but its geography is definitely not the worst, considering that some other countries in this region have no access to the sea, no mountain-fences, no larger rivers for transportation, no barren plains for agriculture, or they're stuck in the mountains/peninsulas and had no space for expansion, so Poland's geography is actually pretty good.
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: *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
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
We can't really imagine having to struggle with bad geography like Poland massive respect from India 🇮🇳🇮🇩
❤ from 🇵🇱
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.
"...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
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
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: 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".
Just to clarify, our anthem says “Poland didn’t die yet, as long as we are alive” not “Poland isn’t lost yet” in reference to us creating our nation, not our government or borders.
Both phrases mean exactly the same in English, so what's the big deal?
BEERCOASTERSpl they are not the same in Polish, it’s not a big deal, yet clarification.
They don't mean exactly the same in English...
To put you in the picture, the whole 1st verse is:
"Poland has not yet died,
As long as we still live.
What the foreign power has seized from us,
We shall recapture with a sabre."
even the anthem tells us about our problems with other countries 😂
Magda 1234 fair point 😅
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.
@@Nakaska 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.
As soon as I heard 'two ports' I was like, ohh, my hometown's name is about to be butchered! Szczecin is like 8/10 in difficulty (to pronounce), it was pretty bad but I respect your effort RLL!
I live like 20 km from Szczecin and I was wondering how he will say it, it must have been 10+ attempt xD
Całusy ze Szczecina ❤
It sounded very german...
pozdrówki ze Szczecina
The butchering of English words that I hear from Polish people is incomparable :D
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.
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
Polish joke:
The aliens are attacking the earth.
High in orbit, alien major is talking with alien general:
M- sir, all units are in position, we are ready to attack the earth!
G- great! Commence the attack on Poland at once!
M- sir yes s... Ummm sir, may i ask, why do we start with Poland of all things?
G- i dont quite know, its some sort of custom here.
The reason why everyone was starting with Poland is that they all knew no one will help them
In Half Life Universe:
Combine: *Time to attack the Earth, every unit will be send to Poland*
Have you heard about the union between Poland and Lithuania? In those years Poland was bassicly a predator...
@@Wojtek1250XD Whole Polish history is basically sinusoid from predatory state to victim of several nations, so yeah, it wasn't only during commonwealth
Mocno średni ten dowcip xD
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.
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
Hearing RLL attempt to pronounce "Szczecin" was quite funny
Not too bad. I've heard much worse.
Once heard someone say “sesen” sooo
Furry z Polski?
Jeez and I thought Welsh was tough
Donut Driver he should try to say “Szcz” like Ch in “Chicago” and Ch in “China”. The rest is pretty easy ;)
...and Poland is still here today. 👍 Greetings from Latvia.
Greetings to Latvia from Latvia
@@Ragagaraga69 lol
Greetings from Poland🙂
Dziękuję! / Спасибо!
Greetings from the States. I’m glad Poland is alright:)
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).
"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 ?
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
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 ^^
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!
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
@@Shrooms-gud4ya lol
We won't die forever
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
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
Worked with a Polish Engineer here in Arizona. He was a cool guy. Poland sounds like great country. Love from Arizona.
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
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.
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
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
@@cv4809 Kind of an understatement, bullied every neighbour pretty heavily. One of the large distinctions between White Russians (Belorussians), Ukrainians (Little Russians) and Russians is from having been conquered by the Poles and different cultural developments. Germany was founded by Prussia, a Polish Duchy founded by German Protestant knights, in a Catholic Kingdom. Austria is the only one she really got along well with, being the one that was on the other side of a mountain range and the one she saved from the Turks. Also a lot of marriage relations with member states of what would become the Austrian (Hungarian) Empire. Austria probably stole some of their land because if they didn't, their rivals would take it, similar to why the Soviets took land from the Poles in WW2, argument was take land or let the Nazis take all the land. That Poland also was a bit of a bully, she took land from the Czechs when the Germans annexed them, and she treated her people like shit, she started discriminating against Jews (and Ukrainians) before the Nazis got into power. She said fuck the Czechs when they needed help, stating they would not support defending them, only getting into a war when their own lands were at risk, some allies, worse than the French.
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.
‘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
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.
"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
as a Lithuanian hearing people ignore the Lithuanian in Polish-Lithuaninan commonwealth is kind of frustrating
As a pole i agree.
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
"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
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*
"Hey, bro. I'm kinda bored. Lets invade Poland."
"Sure, mate. I'm down for it"
Well if no other German is sending greetings to Poland, I will.
Greetings from Germany
Pls can you take our lands back to you?
You're gonna use them better.
@@dominikkurowski2898 Poland: *cries in abortion*
❤
@@Flex_Texx shut up
Yo from Russia, Poland did a long way
"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".
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
Go Poland, stay strong!!! You got many friends!!! :)
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
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
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.
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.
-If geography is flatland, we think in upper dimensions, spaceland.
-So why are we still cannot into space?
-kurwa.
(sorry for my english)
Actually three poles was in space their names are Mirosław Hermaszewski, Piotr Klimuk and Zenon Jankowski.
But they fly in soviet rockets
He cannot into space ? Why cannot into space
@@kao1895 You did not understand the sarcasm xD
Kao it’s the ball joke brother.
I love Poland ball, but by this point, a decent chunk of poles speak decent English.
I’d say, very humbly that I know a tiny bit of it myself.
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...
You could do the same thing with Hungary too, the reason why Western Europe is so advanced is that they didn't have to worry about eastern powers, Hungary and Poland stopped them. Both suffered the results...
I mean, if you hit a wall it crumbles. Those behin the wall are safe.
@@Grzesuav94 You mean tatar, ottoman, soviet crumbles? What kind of bread do you eat?
Russia can tell you the same story. Poland and Hungary are the buffer zone you sacrifice to keep your enemies away.
Hungary was surounded by Mountains threw the msot of their history
Same goes for Ukraine. Also divided between countries since Kievan Rus
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
2:08 it was called the polish-Lithuanian commonwealth
and it was beautiful
@@mazok7505 true
Rzeczpospolita obojga narodów
@@czowiek595 wdym
@@SiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuXavii in Polish
4:00
a) It was 123 years
b) It got it's independence back in 1918, not 1919.
Nevertheless nice video.
Maybe it's because the Polish state received the international recognition at the begining of 1919. You can imagine how do the Albanians feel, when Polish (among others) sources date the creation of independent Albania at 1913, while they always use the date of actual (then self-proclaimed) separation from Turkey one year earlier.
1. Depends
2. Depends
3. You repeated yourself
Well technicly it was 124, the polish independece was writen in the treaty of versailles and we gained international recognition with the treaty. So we should count years since 28 june 1919, that was actualy one of proposed dates (this one was put forward by Roman Dmowski from ND). We chose the date of armistice of wester front because it suited the narration of Józef Piłsudzki since this date was closer to the date when he was relised from prison and welcomed in warsaw on 10.11.1918, then on 11.11.1918 he received the full control over polish military and (self)proclaimed an independend poland state. Then he was assingned the position of the provisonal chief of state (tymczasowy naczelnik państwa) on 22.11.18. And since the ones with power writes history we celebrate 11.11
On November 16th 1918 Piłsudski notified international governments (each one individually, both neutral countries and the ones involved in wwI) about the emergence of independent Poland. After that some countries declared recognition of the sovereign state of Poland (Spain, Turkey, etc.).
Other countries recognized Poland by establishing diplomatic relations. During November alone, Austria, Germany and the RSFSR did just that.
Treaty of Versailles just "stamped" Poland as a official country but Poland did already exist, polish diplomats participated in the Treaty.
So it was 123 years (and 17 days).
Emm, to be honest both you are right. Piłsudski received power in November 1918 and he declared Polish independence however internationally it has been accepted at Treaty of Versailles
Poland after WWI: finally we exist again
Some dude with mustache: *laughs*
*Cough* actually 2 mustached dudes *Cough*
@@technoblode4604 Second mustached dude wasn't too fond about it but he wasn't too keen to do much to change it.
Like the man who rules Poland after WWI was mustache dude too.
@EmerBlox I thought for some reasons he meant Churchill. Hell, all of them wore mustache at that time.
"USA now occupies Poland"
Don't be ridiculous...
Dude(s)
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.
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
Love Poland 🇵🇱 from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤️
Ayyy, we love you too guys! Be strong 🇵🇱🇬🇷
@@StrongFreeLovin I have visited Poland... such an amazing country...
Also love from Greece🇵🇱🇬🇷
🇵🇱♥️🇬🇷
@@Jason-..- Poland ,not "poland" bro.
Chri AAtor Polska ❤️ Ελλάδα
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
Reminder to self: Don't choose Poland in any strategy game.
Always and only
hell no that's what makes picking them fun
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
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
Poland: ah almost 20 years of peace
1939: not so fast
Poland: kurwa!
And then there was no real peace up to 1989
Lol
Tak, Polska historia, nie jest najlepsie bo cały czas był zabrany. And with Poland not being lost in the Hymn Dąbrowski is true because it says: : Jescie Polska,
nie zginła, kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam opca przemod wsieła szablą, odbierzemy.........
okay i almost died of laughter
@@TheAnnaka ale chyba zrozumiałaś co @Anna Tusinski napisała🙄jak ja nie umiem znieść ludzi , którzy muszą coś nie ważnego napisać byle żeby napisać .
Też nie przychodzę z Polski i co.
Zrozumiałaś mnie chyba.
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!