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!
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.♥
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.
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.
@@mathew8978 i think your leaders are intelligent, ussr has nukes and poland declaring war on ussr will drag all of nato into war with soviet. Your leaders did the right choice
@@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.
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).
@@999.MoAmin 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?
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.
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.
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 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.
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).
..... 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?
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)! 🇵🇱🇵🇹
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.
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
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.
@@pyroman2918 ''British and French went to war for Poland in 1939'' maybe on paper but they didn't do shit until the Germans destroyed Poland and were at the gates of Paris. By that time it was too late for either France or Poland. RLL said in the video that Poland is safe because of NATO by in reality most Poles know that when the time comes, nobody will be there to protect Poland. In 1939 the French and the British were supposed to crash Germany in the case of an attack, instead they waited. They betrayed us just like they betrayed Czechoslovakia and I'm sure they would do this again.
@@kacperwoch4368 and after the war they surrendered poland and other nations of the eastern bloc to stalin. some allies. in the end if you have no might, you have no allies, just potential owners and conquerors, ready to take everything you have for themselves rather than trading with you. such is nature of the beast, might makes right. poland needs to acquire more might to defend itself from future invaders, whether they're foreign or formerly allied traitors.
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.
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.
Jak sie masz to all the Polish folks out there. Would love to visit the land of my ancestors one of these years but unfortunately anyone who would have known exactly where we came from has been deceased for about 30 years.
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.
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.
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".
@@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
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.
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.
@@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.
6:56 I love hearing foreigners trying to say polish words. It's a hard language, and yet, you were able to say "Szczecin", one of the hardest Polish city names I know
@@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.
@@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
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.
Right, a lot of bad things happened to us .. But we survived. I hope that we will never be attacked again and that we will be able to live in peace and friendship with others.
@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.
@@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
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.
hehe..even tho it was an easy 10min of history to digest(and tbh i enjoed it)..I would give it minimum an hour or a podcast at least..you know..like Dan Carlin style..switch it man..go deep..and be lost in our 1000years of history..its worth it..and videos like this can mean more for people like me;)..otherwise is just a burger of knowledge..pozdro:*..i love the animations:)
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
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
@@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.
"...led to almost constant attacks from strong outside powers" (footage of guys on quadbikes) yea dude, remember the Ottoman quadbike cavalry? shit was scary
the amazing thing is i never took interest in history.but your videos making my interest. why dont u make a video where u can tell about when russians went Afghanistan to occupy and Pakistan army came in ground to help afghanistan and what they did with russian army and airforce . i believe that would be one hell of the history video
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 😂
Watching this in 2022, 2 years after this video was released. The only critique I have is that - in the early 17th century when the boarders of the country stretched from the baltic to the black sea, it was a commonwealth and it wasn't just Poland or just Lithuania :) It was Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and we must not forget that the cooperation of these countries allowed that "empire" to flourish.
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:
Very needed movie, thank You. There are small mistakes with dates, anyway the summary of our history was introduced very well. What's more, today we can also see the difference between our east part of country and west because of German, Russian and Austria occupatian. Lands after Russia occupation has worse infrastructure and are poorer than west parts of country. Now, the gouverment tries to compensate this situation. Greets from Poland 🇵🇱
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!
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.
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
