What Happened to the Old Polish Flag? 

Flags are always fun!

I cannot wait to share this with a friend and proud 1st Gen. Pole.

6:31 Actually white and red flag was first used in 1807 by Dutchy of Warsaw during Napoleonic Wars.

Hey are you gonna do more Slavic stuff and history cause the topics of Great Moravia and kingdom of Poland and Polish Lithuanian, Commonwealth, The Keivan Rus and Grand Duchy of Moscow would be awesome to cover

It’s so wrong factually! You seem to suggest that flag with coat of arm is no longer in use. How wrong. Also its not only maritime flag or one used abroad, it’s also in use by ports and airports. It was the case throughout the whole PRL and nowadays alike. isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU19800070018/U/D19800018Lj.pdf

Thanks very much! I have just come back from two weeks there so I should hope so :P

@@historywithhilbert146 accent was spot on in most of the words Well done ;)

Yee Yee

I really just wanted to write this

@@historywithhilbert146 it was flawless really good job

We have to in England because we can’t call a plumber unless you know their name.

@@MrNicopa poles have over 100 000 companies in UK so... you may work for pole... do you know your CEO?

@@MrNicopa so, you guys are so dumb you can't even have your native plumbers? Pity.

GRZEGORZ BRZĘCZESZCZYKIEWICZ

BartTP True. We like our polish plumbers and all our polish workers.

Exactly my brother - Pozdrowienia.

I heard an... hypothesis? Or some kind of modern myth that legendary king Krak is the same person as a roman politic Graccus. That's only connection with roman empire I heard of ;)

@@jarlfenrir Very bold Hypothesis.

Right, since Romans had a hard time trying to conquer this part of Europe their influence was not that big to claim our emblems are derived from theirs if they truly were present, it was more likely them being spoils of wars of our ancestors :P

lech named it gniazdo and then we change it to gniezno

Bohemia?

@@anthonyoer4778 There was a short time when Bohemian kings ruled in Poland, and they indeed were using a lion on their coat of arms, but it wasn't the coat of arms of Poland; it was a coat of arms of a specific person who happened to be a king of Poland, similar to half-lion/half-eagle of Władysław Łokietek from the video.

There are many other mistakes. 1:00 Polish flag has got no name. 1:20 I am Polish, and has never heard of the name "Stanica". It sounds like a synonym for "flag" more. 2:06 "Chorągiew" is just translation for "banner". No specific flag is called "The Chorągiew". 3:22 I don't know where did you take this image from. 3:30 Cracow being in "very south west" of Poland? Bold statement. 5:54 I honestly think the blue colour was added since it was associated with nobility and cavalry back then. The clickbait. The flag never changed as shown in the thumbnail. And banners aren't flags (in the narrow meaning). It is also worth noticing, Poland's old traditions don't specify the hue of the colour red. But Poland has been using specified hue. During 1919-1927 and since 1980 it is purplish pinkish red. During 1927-1980 it is orange-like red. The flag in the video is none of them.

@@Halera- "Stanica" is a word in Polish, though I have never heard it as denoting any kind of flag. For me it always denoted a certain kind of a border fort.

And other polish Letters ż ć ą ę dż dź ź ł ó

your Ł is the english W

@@lastar6118 not really, is WI

@@ASSIMO wl or wi? And what do you mean?

@@lastar6118 wi, we not speak only Ł , we add Y , its english i, ŁY

Lech and Czech were brothers.

@@anthonyoer4778 and still are!

@@anthonyoer4778 Kain and Abel too .

@@MikiUchman it made it easier on local populace, no matter which side was the victor they did not have to change the flags :D

@@MikiUchman Two units cooperate to take a town and hoist their flag, only later do they realize they're on opposing sides.

If I may add my own little nitpick: 5:50 That would seem to just be colors of the specific Ułan regiment on the lances. Since the november uprising was fought by regular army, and tradditionally regiments in those times (and even nowadays) would have their own patterns for those flags, coresponding to colors of detailing on their uniforms, and it doesn't have any connection with changes to the national flag some examples: napoleon.org.pl/bbib/1ul.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/U%C5%82ani_Ksi%C4%99stwa_Warszawskiego.JPG i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/65/06/8c65065e0004dab94b602763507084c3.jpg lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9-UZyc22MSaJhZJw2IGH0BjUZwe061DhBSDXkQv1tCJYg5xHrM3gKhEJMzKrj-tOoLiyqSogBxoAv9nuE0Ko2sbU_UHz0t3NbetQ7MKbea2hNVboEjg

@@verusmember997 "I have a pilot on board" rather than "ship in distress"

Nope its not.. Ita a navy flag for ships.. Army uses red and white. Sejm senat i wojsko nigdy nie uzywaja flagi z godlem. Nie pierdol glupot bo na idiote wychodzisz.

its Warszawa

@@romanstaniszewski1030 xddddddddXDDXDDDDDDDD

@@maciejtedeque8096 ŻE CO ?

ROMAN STANISZEWSKI rozbiory... powstania... księża patrioci, nie słyszał?

@@Speedkam NAJWIĘKSZY POLSKI BOHATER NARODOWY Z EPOKI ROZBIORÓW TADEUSZ KOŚCIUSZKO POWIEDZIAŁ : " KLER ZAWSZE BĘDZIE WYKORZYSTYWAĆ CIEMNOTE ! " OGARNIASZ CIEMNIAKU ? m.facebook.com/notes/nowy-ateizm/historia-zakazana-czyli-jak-ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82-niszczy%C5%82-polsk%C4%99/722582487819280/

@@romanstaniszewski1030 nie potrzebnie piszesz capslokiem

It is worth noting that the Lithuanian nobility by the end of Middle Ages, largely spoke Ruthenian.

because the lithuanian part of the commonwealth was mainly ruthenian( belarussian)

@@loooli.7396 Ruthenian was transformed to belarussian and ukrainian?

Belarus is true heir to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania so no surprise.

@@sayori265 ~ yes.

It was indeed impressive ;) This guy must be polish.

@@jarlfenrir no he isn't... but he is not natural English speaker as well...

He’s Frisian

yep, but those with code of arms and/or beer brands are incorrect and are a sign of ignorance.

coat of arms* :-D

@@falkon_today Flag with coat of arms reflects Polish fighting spirit, particularly after a few "głębszych". ;)

Yea unlike the dutch

You happened to see lots of flags because we had a national holiday of Polish Army on the anniversary of Polish-Russian battle in 1920. Were you in Poland around 15th of August? That would explain numerous flags.

Poland has always been a colorful country ^^

I dziwnym trafem ma barwy Turyngii. Z Turyngi pochodzą Wettynowie, dynastia niemiecka, której na mocy Konstytucji 3 maja Polska została oddana we władanie. Jako monarchia dziedziczna.

No problem, thanks for tuning in!

USA is a backward looking country.

@@mire873 Even of their own country.

@@POWROTTATY Even the basics are twisted to a degree that you just can't really fix.

@@POWROTTATY not really

Not exactly. 1928-1980.

U SERIOUS ? WHITE IS WHITE AND RED IS RED ... GOT ANY PROOF OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS ?

@@romanstaniszewski1030 Kings color was burgundy, or crimson, or cherry. The joker/jester used red cloth .

@@joe-ob3se I DON'T THINK THEY HAD CRIMSON BACK THEN IT'S GAY INVENTED NAME - REAL MAN CALL RED ALL ITS SHADES ! GOT ANY PROOF OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS ? AS FOR JESTER HE WAS JUST FUNNY GUY AND IN FRANCE THEY WEAR BLUE ROFL

@@romanstaniszewski1030 dla niedowiarków ustawa z 1982 i przekonwertowanie tych kolorów do RGB. Okazuje się że nie są to ani biały ani czerwony. Raczej biały srebrzysty i czerwono-karmazynowy. Nie używamy czerwonej heraldycznej barwy i mnie to cieszy, choć wolałbym powrotu do barwy z 1919 - bardziej karmazynowej. Do godła jest sporo zastrzeżeń. Wystarczy sięgnąć do informacji w internecie, a nie polegać na swoich domysłach.

Thank you!

Kiedy dwóch Polaków pisze do siebie po angielsku

Tu chyba akurat odjechał wyjątkowo autor oryginalnego obrazu bo w królestwie kongresowym nie istniała żadna jednostka używającą takich barw

Udało mi się znaleźć jest to sformowane już podczas powstania pułk ułanów poznańskich

@@bunkol294 pisze po angielsku, bo audytorium międzynarodowe

@@samuan001 znaczy rozumiem dlaczego ale trochę śmiesznie to wygląda trochę jak w tym żarcie o tym jak zamknęli 5 polaków i każdy znał inny język obcy

Interesting how it's still used by certain bodies in government today as well.

@@historywithhilbert146 I've also heard that it's quite popular among the Polonia, the Polish diaspora in many countries.

@@gaetano_kojj Definitely.

@@historywithhilbert146 People use it out of ignorance, because they think a flag with eagle is better (=more "premium") than the correct one. Running joke is to refer to such person as "captain" (of a warship).

@@leszekkadelski9569 But for such person to be a captain of a warship the flag should be swallow-tailed (as I just learned this shape is called in English). If the flag has a regular shape they apparently are the captain of a civilian merchant ship or a civilian airship on an international flight, an ambassador or a consul, or are in charge of an airport or a seaport. ;-)

And Black for food

@@rex5282 co?

Where's the blue?? LOL. Are you Czech?

@@gorylatko that's the joke. Blue represents dependable allies. The flag is white, and red.

@@jakubfabisiak9810 OIC.

Kiedyś każdy z kolorów miał swoje znaczeni, biel niewinność, czerń żałoba, zielony nadzieja, żółty o ile dobrze pamiętam zdrada, karmazyn władzy i dostojeństwa.

Yeah, plus the Eagle was without the crown.

@@Artur_M. The eagle was without the crown from 1944 ☺

@@user-vs6oe8fl3m Only under the authority of the Soviet-instaled PKWN (Polish Committee of National Liberation), which became the communist government after the war. In 1944 the Polish Government in Exile was still internationally recognized by most of the Allied and neutral nations and it was using the eagle with the crown, so was the Polish Underground State loyal to it.

@@Artur_M. Oh, I've heard the version that the government in exile/AK used the crownless one

@@user-vs6oe8fl3m nope they used with crown ( crown is symbol od independence as far as i know)

this might actually be quite big mistake if we think about it - one is fighting against proper, native, local government and it's order - other is fight against occupant forces

so they were oriented toward changing ruler and not the system?

I thought my phone was glitching lol

Also seen that, and I wonder why...

Sadly, still is

@@Skallva Why do You think it's sad????

@@christopher-polishuhlan1502 Because it's currently being used as a scapegoat for spreading hatred and discrimination and allowing the gvmnt to get away with doing some unprofessional or straight-up disgusting things. Nothing wrong with believing in what you want to believe, but religion should NEVER be a highly influential political player and Poland is a primary proof why.

@@Skallva well why Europeans are weird? they're becoming anti religion but when Islam on European soil, why don't they defend the Christendom? Religion control every aspect of life, it's used to make people live morally according to society. Liberalism like Zoophile, MAPs, LGBTQ are the ones who pushing hatred, why? their agenda trying to brainwashing children, so it's actually modernist globalist agenda that brainwashing people, not religion Religion is important and beneficial for culture and use it as folk's moral strength, as it used moderately... not too fanatic. all kinds of fanaticism are bad except monasticism. that's why Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth was very tolerant country like the Dutch Republic.

Also counties(gmina) or towns have eagles in their coats of arms.

or Bohemia

@@yakotako717 no >:(

@Piotr Sawicki @Piotr Sawicki Nie słyszałem tej wypowiedzi, nie znam kontekstu. Jeśli rzeczywiście powiedział dokładnie tak, to faktycznie niefortunne słowa. Nie da się jednak zaprzeczyć że wielu Polaków jest niestety trochę homofobicznych (a niektórzy trochę bardziej niż "trochę"), w tym część naszych "genialnych" polityków, którzy robią nam teraz fatalną reputację w tym temacie. Nie wiem czy obrażanie się jest dobrą metodą walki z tą opinią. Szczerze mówiąc chciałbym żeby więcej RU-vidrów wpadło na pomysł "zarabiania na tendencyjnych polskich widzach" (i jeszcze zadało sobie odrobinę trudu by poprawnie wymawiać polskie słowa), jeśli miałoby to zwiększyć wiedzę o Polsce. Wydaje mi się jednak, że Hilbert jest szczerze zainteresowany naszą historią. Nie wiem oczywiście czy specjalnie zamieścił to wideo 15 sierpnia, czy to tylko przypadek. Ta część mojego komentarza była trochę żartobliwa. (If anyone is wondering what are we talking about here, Piotr is basically mad at Hilbert for allegedly saying somewhere that "all Poles are a bit homophobic" and is accusing him of making this video just to get some Polish views. I responded that I don't know this statement or its context, it does sound unfortunate but it's sadly not like we are getting this bad reputation out of nowhere and I don't think that getting offended is the right response to that. I also believe that Hilbert is genuinely interested in our history and I wish that more RU-vidrs were.)

Heh

Lithuanians don't like poles so much because of commonwelth... I don't get it why... but bringing something like that into party with poles and Lithuanians might bring a disaster ;)

@@jarlfenrir probably because Vilnius

@@jarlfenrir it's because of an attempt in 20 century of bringing back commonwealth. Unfortunately through military means which answers the question why they don't like us.

@@Fireballun Maybe you are right.

Congratulations

It’s your big day

It was 6 Batalion pontonowo- mostowy .After war they stationed in Włocławek .

Z tego co wiem flaga z orłem to flaga polskich placówek dyplomatycznych.

Yay spmebody likes poland!

Jango fett Likes poland!