Polish Special Forces Hostage Rescue in Afghanistan | January 2012

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In January 2012, Polish Special Forces, from the J.W.K., were ordered to assist their Afghan counterparts in freeing a couple of hostages behind held in a building in Eastern Afghanistan.
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@livethforevermore 2 года назад

Hi all, As I mentioned in my latest Community post I will be re-publishing a handful of videos over the next few weeks, which I originally removed last year as I was not happy with the quality of them. However, there has been such a high demand to have them back on the Channel that I have decided to reinstate them; this video being one of them. Thank you all for your continued support on the Channel, LfE

@ROOSTER333 2 года назад

Yeah well, still gonna watch em all again. Also this might not be a bad format. Re release your vids throughout the year every year.

@mapex1976 2 года назад

Ditto

@maxwindham2898 2 года назад

Love your videos, thanks

@McCracken216 2 года назад

I thought the quality of this one was great. No more holding out!

@DianaKazimiera- 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for this absolutely great material 👍...I wish Mr.all the best...great respect from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝

@marshaltito7232 2 года назад

The Polish are a people who no matter what history has thrown at them, have always maintained their identity even when facing opponents that wanted to eradicate them. The Ottomans couldn't destroy them, the Russians couldn't destroy them, the Germans couldn't destroy them. I imagine that long after man has gone to the wind, and the expanding Sun has consumed the barren husk of Earth, Poland will still find a way to continue to exist.

@rogerfournier3284 Год назад

The internet cannot destroy them either.

@just.observer4648 Год назад

❤

@temeria1986 Год назад

Quite an amazing history, our European friends 🇪🇺

@Lucky-mv6nu Год назад

Beautifully said

@dougwilliams44 Год назад

Goddamn right! They were HELL ON EARTH back in 2003

@adeduma5857 2 года назад

Polish SF have gained respect across the globe

@VoidCosmonaut 2 года назад

@@NA-gf1zy Grom? Look Up AGAT, NIL etc lol. The least enemy think about those is the better

@krystiangaweda Год назад

@@VoidCosmonaut GROM is just the most known like SAS in GB. Every Polish special force is highly trained, well prepared and geared up for their tasks, and I hope they won’t stop as it almost happend to GROM.

@DianaKazimiera- Год назад

Great respect 🕊️🤝

@stewrmo 2 года назад

"Send in Wojtek!" 🐻

@proforce1497 2 года назад

Man of culture

@philmills4473 2 года назад

Voytek. Great comment

@ManofSteel4910 2 года назад

RIP Hero

@tylercampbell1186 2 года назад

That bear just shows that humanity should really start treating animals with more respect and give them more rights to defend against cowardly animal abusers.

@chitownpolack 2 года назад

If your not Polish and know this story consider me impressed if you are Polish ,i tak szacunek bracie morze nie długo będzie walczyć ramię w ramię,🇵🇱

@alonsocushing2263 2 года назад

The Poles have always been warriors.

@tomaszlipiec4391 2 года назад

Thanks brother Best regards from Poland Brother

@alonsocushing2263 2 года назад

@@tomaszlipiec4391 No problem, I love Poles.

@tomaszlipiec4391 2 года назад

@@alonsocushing2263 Pols love people lajk you One day please coming to Poland to visit and trip Best regards brother

@alonsocushing2263 2 года назад

@@tomaszlipiec4391 I'm 76 years old now but maybe one day.

@tomaszlipiec4391 2 года назад

@@alonsocushing2263 Still no to leyt Best regards from Poland and all the best for you

@jonlester5027 10 месяцев назад

Well done and huge respect brothers from UK 🇬🇧

@DianaKazimiera- 10 месяцев назад

Great respect and all the best for 🇬🇧 Special Forces 👍 Good luck 🇵🇱🤝🇬🇧

@ukaszkszmierczak2218 5 месяцев назад

Thx mate.

@SW-fk3rb 2 года назад

Poland is a great country - with rich history and an even richer future to come.

@Blablablabla1ify Год назад

I agree. It's going to be Poland and Hungary which save Europe this time around. And that will be Poland's second time doing it, after Jan III Sobieski saved us all from the Turk at the gates of Vienna.

@DianaKazimiera- Год назад

Great respect from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝

@albertkowalski5629 2 года назад

If anyone had any doubts, it was not GROM, the most famous Polish special military unit. Poland has 6 special units. AGAT Military Unit. Formoza Military Unit. GROM Military Unit. Military Commando Unit, Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów (J.W.K, shown in this video) NIL Military Unit. 7th Special Operations Squadron

@stevo3883 2 года назад

The JWK guys were working out of Ghazni for some years. They were tier 1 through and through

@jannegrey593 2 года назад

@@stevo3883 While very professional JWK is at least perceived as the least "special" units under Special Operations in Poland. Because they often work in open agreement with local government and their work is usually described as "Training/Supervision". Not to take anyway from them - it's just that it's more "politically correct" to explain that we sent Commando's to train rather than a unit that has almost mythical perception. And of course one of the perks of being in GROM or some other SOF units is that you're in a different official unit. So those guys could technically be both. Just easier to swallow politically.

@ThisisFerrariKhan 2 года назад

@@stevo3883 JWK worked out of Ghazni until 2015 and then they moved to Kandahar. JWK was my team for 2017-2018 in Kandahar. We a had couple GROM guys that were mixed in. Great guys all of POLSOF. They nicknamed me Wilku.

@wiktorhood8475 2 года назад

@@jannegrey593 to put it simply into perspective AGAT Military Unit. - bit heavier kinetic SOF support equivalent to 75th Rangers or british pathfinders Formoza Military Unit. - Maritime operations, combat diving, maritime saboteur equivalent to seal teams or german KSM or Uk's Special Boats Service GROM Military Unit. - Tier 1 SMU J.W.K - Special operations, irregular warfare, long range recon, force multiplier equivalent to Green Beret NIL Military Unit. - Preety much a hybrid of ISA, signal company of the french SAS or USAF STS 7th Special Operations Squadron - equivalent to 160th SOAR

@jannegrey593 2 года назад

@@wiktorhood8475 Basically yes. NIL is the one that officially supplies them for example - that's why they are called "Special Logistics Unit" sometimes. It is complicated and not super clear cut - as is often the case with SOF.

@rains_on_leith Год назад

My late grandfather was shot in the leg and taken POW in WWII, the bullets stayed in for decades; finally in the early 2000’s something dislodged and went wrong and his leg had to be amputated owing to gangrene or some such - his stumps were carefully massaged daily and washed by a Polish gentleman who worked at his care home in Wales. We often thanked the Polish man profusely, who had limited English, but every time he was thanked, he simply gestured toward my grandfather’s WWII medals on the wall. bardzo dziękujemy 🇵🇱🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@pedromiguelalmeida4446 2 года назад

kudos for polish commandos. one of the bests around all world

@thepatriotsrage661 2 года назад

JWK and GROM have a fearsome reputation for being silent, professional, lethal and precise. You don't want them kicking your door down at 3am.

@Ajgor_Wygoda 2 года назад

They come at 05:55am...i know for sure : )

@wyzykowskigrzegorz6328 2 года назад

O Yes..

@thepatriotsrage661 2 года назад

@@Ajgor_Wygoda 3am is the evil hour, so don't be suprised if that is the case ;)

@Kooooyooooy 2 года назад

i dont want anyone kicking my door down at 3am

@dodgeplow 2 года назад

They wouldn't be very silent if they kick a door down

@richardpatton2502 2 года назад

Breaching the door with a grenade launcher it’s becoming a Polish classic…

@MrYoHeli 2 года назад

Motto of JWK „Silent and Effective” in this case should be Silent OR Effective

@dickbison 2 года назад

@@MrYoHeli It's silent when there's nobody alive who heard it ;)

@janjachymiak9013 2 года назад

And the winged Hussars arrived 🇵🇱⚔️

@michalkwecka725 2 года назад

hehe.

@hussar843 Год назад

@@M3rl1n177 is that your nickname?

@gliwicemma 2 года назад

Hi Great to see our Polish special forces on Your channel, hope it's not the last time, I'm sure there are other great stories to tell. Well done!

@aaronlopez3585 2 года назад

Excellent professionals J.W.K!!

@bigdmac33 2 года назад

Poles have been devastatingly effective throughout history - in WWll the RAF top brass continually came to blows with the Polish squadrons because the Poles took no prisoners in dogfights with the Luftwaffe. Good guys to have on your side!

@gordonlawrence1448 2 года назад

The Polish keep coming up with surprises. They might have been taken by surprise initially by the Nazi's in WWII but they gave them a monster headache round some cities. Then there is the Free Polish Navy. Which somehow managed to get enough crew and even a couple of submarines to England and Scotland to have a small navy all of their own (though they mainly worked with the RN). Some of the combined after action reports are mind boggling. Then of course there were the Polish in the RAF. 80% of "Mushroom" operations had Polish pilots. In the Battle of Britain at points the biggest problem with them was getting them to land and re-arm and re-fuel instead of just ramming the bombers. I cant remember who said it but it was something approximating "Compared to the Polish what we have for the Nazi's is a mild dislike".

@yormarmar3088 2 года назад

It's centuries and centuries of invasion and somehow polish people managed to maintain their identity. Frankly it's amazing and I Hella respect that as a Korea

@floydvaughn836 2 года назад

Poland was also way ahead of anyone else on intelligence. Particularly codes. When the Free Poles got to England, they brought details of Enigma with them.

@Niinsa62 2 года назад

I like that "mild dislike" comment very much!

@phyo1716 2 года назад

They were sandwiched between Soviets and Germans.

@williamzhu9160 2 года назад

that sounds super badass.

@estellemelodimitchell8259 2 года назад

Really enjoyed watching the detailed accounts of the spec ops from various countries. Keep up the good work!

@melle9155 2 года назад

keep up the great work! Reworks or not, ill watch em all!

@martinhogg5337 2 года назад

Excellent! As are all your videos. Much appreciated!

@j4bolpl Год назад

Love your channel, this is exactly what I was looking for. Greetings from Poland.

@tecto_andy 2 года назад

Love all your videos. Thank you for the content.

@nexuus4166 2 года назад

the polish SF groups dont get enough recognition

@raf.b 2 года назад

well no need for media coverage when you work in this bussines, less is better tbh.

@Tomeohara 2 года назад

Good. It’s always a special moment when the Polish show up for battle.

@orion6590 Год назад

Poles don't beg for their freedom, they fight for it.

@paulgrant7949 2 года назад

Love your content!. Very professional and interesting. Thank you! 👍

@anmol3457 2 года назад

Brilliantly produced.

@johntaylor-lo8qx 2 года назад

Liked it. But I think there is so much more to this story. Love the channel ❤

@bornt7524 2 года назад

One of my favorite video so far

@ttrestle 2 года назад

Two vids in one week! I really don’t deserve this generosity.

@KingArthurreturns 2 года назад

Polish brothers🙌🏼

@DianaKazimiera- 11 месяцев назад

True power Made in 🇵🇱🦅⭐

@robbabcock_ 2 года назад

Superb video, as usual! 💪⚔😎

@hughdemorville5864 2 года назад

Great thank you 🙏

@timothybarker3589 2 года назад

Nicely done sir. Keep it up.

@TheSmokinBuddah 4 месяца назад

My good man, thank you for this fascinating story. Hurra & Czołem. Love from Poland❤

@larryjord9959 2 года назад

Hi man, I'm really enjoying your channel these days.

@alanaldpal950 2 года назад

Glad to hear there were no Polish casualties, as much of this content covers those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Sorry to hear of the Afghan police deaths. Sad that their country is back in the hands of the Taliban despite their sacrifice. We know who to thank for that.

@MoonBeamLaser 2 года назад

“Let’s Go Brandon”

@jackmorrison7379 2 года назад

Give me a break. There are all kinds of fingerprints on the Taliban return including agents of neighboring countries interfering and supporting Taliban. The Taliban infiltrated provincial governments for months before the change in American administrations. They bribed with heavy money. Who gave them this money? You don't care because it's all about MURRICAN politics. But on You Tube it is also sock puppets from authoritarian regimes pretending to be Americans. Don't look for intelligent analysis here.

@alanaldpal950 2 года назад

@@jackmorrison7379 Ha, Jack… after analyzing your analysis (here on RU-vid) I agree with you that I should not “look for intelligent analysis here”.

@jackmorrison7379 2 года назад

@@alanaldpal950 That's called ipse dixit and casual insult but that's par for the course on this platform. Offer us all your DOCUMENTED wisdom oh wise one. Sorry, did I interrupt your listening to American talk radio or Mr. Murdoch's cable product in MURRICA?

@alanaldpal950 2 года назад

@@jackmorrison7379 Not all humor is intended as an insult. I do find it amusing that you pontificate you great knowledge here, while lamenting that this platform is not the place to find wisdom. I guess members of the intelligentsia can not see their own irony. By the way… what makes you think I watch or listen to what you evidently consider right wing jingoistic media? Do you presume that anyone that may disagree with you must not be smart or educated or is brainwashed by some sort of propaganda? Conceited much?

@Ryan-pg7uo 2 года назад

Now we need some GROM videos!! 🇵🇱

@adamciemniewski764 2 года назад

Thx nice video.

@reliablethreat23 2 года назад

I love this channel!

@InfidelAtWork 2 года назад

J.W.K is Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów - Commano Military Unit ;) their base is located in Lubliniec

@Kieran.Walsh. 2 года назад

Love this channel, Polish SF are underrated.

@janpierzchala2004 2 года назад

They are not. In fact they are world famous. GROM (Thunder) in particular.

@Kieran.Walsh. 2 года назад

@@janpierzchala2004 I said underrated not unknown.

@Draxsem 2 года назад

@@janpierzchala2004 Underrated = Niedoceniany Unknown = Nieznany

@janpierzchala2004 2 года назад

@@Draxsem Famous means positively known, valued. Unless negative is added to fame.

@janpierzchala2004 2 года назад

@@Kieran.Walsh. You do not know ratings, do you...I assure you they are rated high in the world. There are much better compliments if you want to make one than the ever popular "underrated":)

@jesusschizus272 2 года назад

Napoleon said that he would rather have 1 Polish soldier than 30 French.

@proudtennessean6152 2 года назад

“Silent and effective” is a hell of a motto.

@kucharskipl 11 месяцев назад

"The Silent and Unseen" is what we say in Poland

@Michtus 8 месяцев назад

@@kucharskipl No. It's "silent and effective". "Secreti ac Efficaces" is an official motto of JWK

@flathorizon1529 2 года назад

Everybody gangster until the J.W.K show up.

@Jockesse 2 года назад

You could say that they have polished skills in CQC.

@misfittradesman3007 2 года назад

Boy howdy. No screen doors on these fella's submarines.

@Phantom-qr1ug 2 года назад

A video on The Devil's Brigade (First Special Service Force), which was a joint US-Canadian commando unit during World War II, would be highly appreciated.

@lorenzo4408 2 года назад

Can you please make a video about the hostage rescue mission carried out by Italian SOF in Afghanistan in 2011? 20 operators raided a compound and managed to kill all the taliban and free more or less 30 people. I think Italian SOF (which are the pioneers of some tactics and type of equipment) don't get the recognition they deserve

@maxwindham2898 2 года назад

Agree

@danielcampbell9457 8 месяцев назад

what tactics and gear did they pioneer?

@bigairports9900 2 года назад

Can you do some videos on the Canadian Forces?

@Phildo8 2 года назад

A few of the ANA guys that my ODA trained actually went on this operation.

@hanshanson9932 2 года назад

Had the pleasure to meet some Grom good lads

@dgmma992 2 года назад

this is sadly what my country croatia didnt use and that is going to combat missions with americans making deeper our alliance and gaining experience for young guys our war vets from 90s are getting old and there will be no combat vets in our army soon thats why polish special forces is now one of the best special forces in the world

@earljohnson2676 2 года назад

We need more Grom stories these guys are legends and worked with the seals in Iraq and I did meet a couple just said hello due to the language barrier

@filip4262_ Год назад

To nie grom

@Knuck_Knucks 2 года назад

Whoa. That's some serious special Polish sauce.

@ukaszwierzbicki1508 2 года назад

Always and everywhere. We will serve our masters. "Real Motto Polish Special Forces" 16.06.2012 - we don't forget, we don't forgive.

@robertszymkowiak1573 Год назад

In a broader sense, it sounds something like this: "I remember the good things, I don't forget the bad ones, I keep my promises, I fulfill threats." :D

@kajetanbedryczko5432 10 месяцев назад

Kacapie do budy

@SetMyLife Год назад

"Silent and Effective" - proceed to breach a door with a grenade launcher gotta love it

@richrcwx1685 2 года назад

Good job boys well done

@shadypark78 2 года назад

Small correction: video showed some US Troops [Army] with the caption: 172d Brigade. Its actually 173d Airborne Brigade.

@Nervii_Champion 2 года назад

GROM is squared away and highly skilled from what I have heard

@civilprotectionunit8145 2 года назад

Grom is actually comparable to Navy seals in terms of how skilled they are

@Nervii_Champion 2 года назад

@@civilprotectionunit8145 isnt every SOF unit though? lol

@civilprotectionunit8145 2 года назад

@@Nervii_Champion Not really, there's probably a lot of sf units which aren't comparable to Navy seals

@hussar843 Год назад

@@civilprotectionunit8145 GROM is like the US Army’s Delta Force and the British Army’s 22nd Special Air Service JWK is like US Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group also known as SEAL Team Six.

@JoeMcCohn Год назад

Nice 🇵🇱💪🏻👏🏻

@carlwylde2541 2 года назад

Your man wast armed at all,he didn’t even have enough fire Power x💕

@dimitriofthedon3917 Год назад

The poles as a cossack have always amazed me, my family went through Poland to escape the reds, my great grandad time 2 I think, stayed to help the poles beat back the reds. I love when the Afghans did there job properly, was always told there elite were legit elite and there decent police/soldiers could do what they needed to to when left alone, issue was that was a small group of em. We all know the story's of them smoking up in fire fights 🤣

@andrecostin1288 2 года назад

Elite AF

@lopov5112 2 года назад

I miss the old animation you used to do that showed a sky view animation of moving pieces

@lewisclark5694 2 года назад

Good for these Polish special teams

@jg2072 Месяц назад

I feel for the initial Afgan Policeman at the checkpoint who said "this doesn't seem right, lets search them or interrogate them." And he died.

@scotmorley8526 2 года назад

Przetrwają tylko najlepsi

@ttrestle 2 года назад

Silent and Effective

@hotsingleplaguedoctorinarea 2 года назад

Wonder if you'll cover the 2008 Mumbai crises

@Szifo1990 2 месяца назад

"Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them" -Napoleon Bonaparte

@LordFlash1 2 года назад

YOU HAVE TO COVER TORA BORA PLEASE!

@tangkicheung6301 2 года назад

6:15 that Scared me a bit; I thought even more people were going to die.

@mioszmarciniak5515 2 года назад

Polska biało-czerwoni!

@DianaKazimiera- Год назад

🇵🇱👍

@Michael_x7 2 года назад

The final assault was really epic!

@davidray8337 2 года назад

Go on the jam rolls

@manuelsandino9248 2 года назад

2:42 FAST Roping onto Juliet, Range 37 FB, NC.

@earljohnson2676 11 месяцев назад

I read about the Polish Gromm in Iraq and they are lethal SF fighting force . I wonder if those Wagner PMC know how good the polish special forces really are . Yea cross that border n find out good luck

@StanisawSolon 11 месяцев назад

No one will be sending SF to fight Wagner PMC. As proud as I am out of my country's SF they dont do regular fights. They are search and rescue or kill teams. Go in, do your job, go out. Now with a dedicated SF airlift unit they are self sufficient.

@jasonhull2163 2 года назад

GROM is amazing.

@VoidCosmonaut 2 года назад

Its not GROM. It is JWK

@jasonhull2163 2 года назад

@@VoidCosmonaut Don't give a shit both are great.

@jasonhull2163 2 года назад

@@VoidCosmonaut Jednostka Wojskowa 2305 Is Grom.

@FBPG Год назад

@@jasonhull2163 why you don't give a shit?

@safetysecurity1663 2 года назад

💪🏻💪🏻

@p.s7957 2 года назад

✊️

@pawii111 2 года назад

But we still can't into space :(

@GM-fh5jp 2 года назад

The Polish SF look like good troops. They'll be no pushover for the Orcs.

@sb859 2 года назад

We trained quite a few of the Polish Teams in Germany around this time, and some of their SF. Some No-Nonsense Pipe Hitters.

@stevo3883 2 года назад

you SF or SEAL

@dykolo 2 года назад

German army is a joke

@jabloko992 Год назад

I'm at 0:28, let me guess....Heimat province again?

@dazzawazza3578 2 года назад

Top special forces in the world, were, are and will be for some time to come the British SAS. That’s where all the special forces around the world grew from!

@danielcampbell9457 8 месяцев назад

its been delta force for the last 20 yrs, proofs in the pudding and there puddings all over the place. TTP's, gear, improved infill and exfil methods and implementations, every western tier 1 unit including SAS/SBS/SRR come here to cross train and learn from delta annually, most hostage rescue's, most direct action raids, most HVT and HVI missions conducted, most amount of sensitive intel gathered around the world for the GWOT and enemy super powers, etc... SAS/SBS are no doubt absolute legends but to say there the clear and obvious best in the world is just not the case anymore and thats ok cause they were the best in the world for 60 yrs. put it this way if delta's a 99.9 cause no ones perfect but god, then SAS are a 99.89. then SBS and ST6 are 99.88. not trying to fight or argue im just stating the facts for the last 20 yrs.