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    It’s September 1st 1939 and war is once again rising in Europe. Germany has started the invasion of Poland and one of it’s first assaults is on the Polish Post office in the free city of Gdansk. 56 Postal workers and supporters are inside bracing themselves for the enemy. They face German SS and police supported by armored cars and artillery. It should be a one sided fight. But the determined resistance of the Poles keeps the Germans at bay for over fourteen hours.
    00:00 - German forces surround Gdansk Post Office
    01:55 - First German attack, WW2 starts
    03:37 - Flisykowski holds off the frontal attack
    04:07 - Germans blow up the wall, Guderski stops them
    05:21 - Germans retreat, stalemate sets in
    06:05 - German bring in the big guns, second German attack
    08:04 - Facade explosion, third German attack
    09:50 - Fire and gasoline
    10:47 - Tough decisions and fate of the survivors
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  • @samueldamuel1689
    @samueldamuel1689 Před 8 měsíci +7344

    What we have learned: Polish post offices are viable military fighting positions

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 Před 8 měsíci +298

      The Irish proved that point before during the Easter Rising as one of the strongholds of that failed uprising is the Dublin Post Office...

    • @itsalmostfun8567
      @itsalmostfun8567 Před 8 měsíci +150

      Dude 75 mm shells hitting the office like its made out of thick concrete for bunkers

    • @MIMALECKIPL
      @MIMALECKIPL Před 8 měsíci +110

      @@itsalmostfun8567 Those buildings are usually made to last

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 Před 8 měsíci +41

      God its a damn post office you arent expected to hold off a military assault

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 Před 8 měsíci +20

      Not that i mind if they do

  • @robloxlol672
    @robloxlol672 Před 8 měsíci +3653

    Never underestimate a local postman.

    • @Sparrta
      @Sparrta Před 8 měsíci +29

      Willie Bethke - oh I will!

    • @RoevenWasHere
      @RoevenWasHere Před 8 měsíci +13

      Here before this blows up

    • @gamerpig3057
      @gamerpig3057 Před 8 měsíci +9

      Here before this blows up

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Před 8 měsíci +16

      Forgot his name but look up paratroopers and the fat electrician and you will find one hell of an old postman and paratrooper.

    • @jasonlin9805
      @jasonlin9805 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Here before it blows up

  • @billy4734
    @billy4734 Před 8 měsíci +341

    "A lot of respect" doesn't begin to show how much respect I have for the Polish.
    Niech żyje Polska!

  • @VlerkeDamne
    @VlerkeDamne Před 5 měsíci +284

    Everyone is talking about history, but no one is appreciating the amazing animation and video quality that this guy produced. Absolutely amazing work 🙏

    • @Pvixroidz
      @Pvixroidz Před měsícem +2

      That’s why I’m saying

    • @Pvixroidz
      @Pvixroidz Před měsícem +2

      You don’t understand how long I have been searching for a comment like this

    • @Festivejelly
      @Festivejelly Před dnem

      Theres load of comments talking about the quality of the video, what are you on about?

  • @Momo_Kawashima
    @Momo_Kawashima Před 8 měsíci +3514

    Took them 180 men, three armored cars, two 75mm guns, one 105mm gun, two explosive charges and a buttwagon of gasoline to fight 40 postmen in a span of 18 hours

    • @Arlington_Menendez
      @Arlington_Menendez Před 8 měsíci +280

      Including 3 attempts to take the building 2 of the attempts they were pushed back.

    • @signs80
      @signs80 Před 8 měsíci +322

      The crazy part is that the postmen had largely pistols with a handful of rifles and 3 machine guns. They were not even close to armed like a standard military unit even.

    • @DonVetto-vx9dd
      @DonVetto-vx9dd Před 7 měsíci +44

      Their tactics suck hard.

    • @Khornecussion
      @Khornecussion Před 5 měsíci

      @@DonVetto-vx9dd What do you expect? They're SS. If the fight isn't lopsided enough that they can just walk in an execute you, they're useless.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Před 5 měsíci +95

      ​@@DonVetto-vx9dd Ok Sergeant Major

  • @thecomputer9722
    @thecomputer9722 Před 8 měsíci +673

    Germans: "We have come to take over!"
    Polish Postmen: "You got a stamp?"

    • @ajohnymous5699
      @ajohnymous5699 Před 4 měsíci +19

      They went from Schitzstaffel to StampedStaffel in just a few hours

    • @misterhuman895
      @misterhuman895 Před 3 měsíci

      @@ajohnymous5699 you mean Schutzstaffel

    • @tomasz8614
      @tomasz8614 Před 3 dny

      @@misterhuman895shitstaffel

    • @misterhuman895
      @misterhuman895 Před 3 dny

      @@tomasz8614 Scheissestaffel*

  • @goose6.070
    @goose6.070 Před 5 měsíci +72

    "I don't care how many tanks you have THE MAIL IS GETTING DELIVERED"

  • @tomaszzbikowaty2854
    @tomaszzbikowaty2854 Před 7 měsíci +104

    Dark fact: The judges who sentenced surviving defenders who capitulated to be executed after the WW2 were a respected and well paid lawyers and they never were punished for this warcrime...

    • @_1_05_
      @_1_05_ Před 2 měsíci +1

      Can’t do much against the law you know…

    • @SzymonPmc
      @SzymonPmc Před 5 dny +1

      @@_1_05_ Nuremberg defense

  • @user-rp2kf5rr4l
    @user-rp2kf5rr4l Před 8 měsíci +2284

    It’s very surprising of how the polish army can fight against the strong German army for such a long time, respect

    • @BaguettePair
      @BaguettePair Před 8 měsíci +13

      Ok

    • @VMan29397
      @VMan29397 Před 8 měsíci +240

      They lost not because of a lack of heart but because of lack of equipment. If they were on par with the Germans in terms of equipment you might have seen a much different outcome

    • @noahburch3026
      @noahburch3026 Před 8 měsíci +33

      W polish

    • @neftalimorales5449
      @neftalimorales5449 Před 8 měsíci +74

      ​@@VMan29397if only instead of lend leasing the Soviets we would've land leased the Poles

    • @tu7765
      @tu7765 Před 8 měsíci +10

      ​@@neftalimorales5449How?

  • @visassess8607
    @visassess8607 Před 8 měsíci +2788

    The Poles deserve a lot more attention and respect for their service in WW2.

    • @alanmeasures8337
      @alanmeasures8337 Před 8 měsíci +98

      So right we had great polish pilots in the royal air force part of the few

    • @yamatokurusaki5790
      @yamatokurusaki5790 Před 8 měsíci +43

      meanwhile czechoslovaks and other nations

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 Před 8 měsíci +57

      The Greeks & Yugoslavs: "You guys get attention?"

    • @bobolobocus333
      @bobolobocus333 Před 8 měsíci +30

      @@alanmeasures8337 "Never before was so much owed to so few"

    • @alanmeasures8337
      @alanmeasures8337 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@bobolobocus333 Agreed

  • @mpingo91
    @mpingo91 Před 7 měsíci +74

    I don't know if it was mentioned (I skipped a bit in the film) but just in case: the Germans doused a ten-year-old girl, Erwina Barzychowska, with gasoline and set her on fire with a flamethrower.
    She survived those flames, but then died intentionally untreated by German doctors in the Gdansk City Hospital *for seven weeks* ...

    • @0815Catgus
      @0815Catgus Před 5 měsíci +5

      never happend

    • @blinkstar9013
      @blinkstar9013 Před měsícem +11

      pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

    • @orwell1823
      @orwell1823 Před 24 dny +3

      @@blinkstar9013 seems nothing is there.

    • @EliuSosa22-
      @EliuSosa22- Před 22 dny

      She died in her defense of the post office ​@@orwell1823

    • @PlHitman
      @PlHitman Před 19 dny +5

      pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

  • @drrisen-9442
    @drrisen-9442 Před 8 měsíci +30

    As an American postal worker, I salute my polish brothers in postal satchels (and arms apparently.)

  • @Historical-mi8hd
    @Historical-mi8hd Před 8 měsíci +1710

    It's heartbreaking to see how hard they tried but only little survived. The animations are getting better and more detailed

    • @user-kr7yh8vw9m
      @user-kr7yh8vw9m Před 8 měsíci +71

      I absolutely agree, it was agonizing knowing that the Germans would have killed them regardless of having surrendered or not and Yarnub has impressed us as always with these obscure events.

    • @kieranadamson3224
      @kieranadamson3224 Před 8 měsíci

      It shows a large part of the horror of WW2. Both sides, but particularly the Axis, are guilty of confirmed stories of horrific treatment of civilians and surrendered soldiers such as rapes or being shot during surrender respectively as well as unconfirmed stories of the same or similar crimes on larger scales. This war truly brought the devil out in humanity.

    • @zbigniewmalec4816
      @zbigniewmalec4816 Před 8 měsíci

      To make things even worse - Yarnhub mentions sham trial. They were convicted and executed by the Germans. This trial was invalidated only in the late '80s after long and protracted process. It's really hard to explain why the German Courts were taking so long to resolve it.

    • @TheRealToast0
      @TheRealToast0 Před 8 měsíci +6

      “The only way to make it happen is if the people are who they are in the a lot of the people that you know are in a lot more than people that are in a big group and you don’t have to be a big group to make a decision and then they have a big group that they can talk about it and they have a lot of people who have a huge group that they is interested in and that is what I they have a huge community and they want to "that was random clicking

    • @winter15motivation44
      @winter15motivation44 Před 8 měsíci

      They don't have any combat experience why german has losses

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 8 měsíci +881

    Postmen decided to deliver them SS to hell instead.

  • @collaborisgaming2190
    @collaborisgaming2190 Před 5 měsíci +40

    3:15 fun fact about the Polish Mosins: they fired 7.92 Mauser, the Same ammo the Germans used, many were WW1 Era Mosins rechambered. the Poles had thier own Mausers too because they Inherited parts of the German Empire's Industry.

    • @303films4
      @303films4 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Glad you covered this my friend! Very good thing to mention.

    • @aleksandersokal5279
      @aleksandersokal5279 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Polish army mostly used Mauser rifles of Polish production in the early war.

    • @303films4
      @303films4 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@aleksandersokal5279 Ofc, the standard rifle for the Polish army was the Kb wz.98a (gewehr 98) in 1939.

    • @collaborisgaming2190
      @collaborisgaming2190 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@aleksandersokal5279 especially after they couldn't get any more Mausers for Mosins from the Finnish and using old Mauser Factories made polish production Mauser rifles.
      Early Polish Army pre-war focused on fielding 8mm Mauser shooting weapons and with their Russian Imperial mosin stock traded Finland for Mausers received from Germany during the Finnish Civil War which was how the Poles got So many K98AZs which they inevitably Used in WW2 because the AZs were Fire, in fact the K98K was just a modernized AZ in all intents and Purpose, Stormtrooper Vets must have asked for it in the new Wehrmacht by 1935.
      I bet they used some AZ factory tooling to pump out thier Carbines, they were already fielding G98 variants called 98As based on the German G98. 98As 1925s (mosins firing Mauser ammo), 1929s were based on the K98K but were Straight bolt.
      lol, now I want a Polish 8mm Mauser Mosin (Karabinek 91/98/25) so badly, It can mount both Russian and German Bayonets and I wonder if you could mount both at the Same time to make some Cursed COD Melee build gun.

    • @303films4
      @303films4 Před 4 měsíci

      @@collaborisgaming2190 You probably couldn't mount two bayonets at the same time xD. Maybe if you modified the bayonet lug to hold to bayonets, but that would just be destroying the historical piece, and since it's Polish, it's rarer to get. I personally own a Wz.29, not a real one, but a pretty damn good replica! It does consist some original parts though. Absolutely great detail for my Polish 1939 uniform. Appreciate the information! Glad someone else is interested in the Polish armoury genesis.

  • @STRACHU100
    @STRACHU100 Před 5 měsíci +46

    among civilians inside the Post Office there was a 10 year old girl- Erwina Barzychowska. After surrender, germans soaked her with gasoline and set on fire- she was dying for 3 weeks...

    • @fuxihutterer8088
      @fuxihutterer8088 Před 4 měsíci +5

      hahahahahahahahh good propaganda

    • @STRACHU100
      @STRACHU100 Před 4 měsíci +31

      @@fuxihutterer8088 she was the first child vicim of 2nd WW, well documented case...

    • @STRACHU100
      @STRACHU100 Před 4 měsíci +30

      @@fuxihutterer8088 I am surprised you choose to laugh at it.... give us something to think about your compassion

    • @xmaciejxxx
      @xmaciejxxx Před měsícem +6

      pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

    • @lukasz.adamski
      @lukasz.adamski Před 7 dny

      ​@@fuxihutterer8088You can read it in your own language, nazi:
      de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

  • @Para_MimeProductions
    @Para_MimeProductions Před 8 měsíci +786

    That final photo of all of the captured people is so heart wrenching. They were so helpless. You look and the photo and can only imagine the fear they had

    • @utrock5067
      @utrock5067 Před 8 měsíci +18

      And don't forget this view as this is also what's happening in Ukraine.

    • @Para_MimeProductions
      @Para_MimeProductions Před 8 měsíci +38

      @@utrock5067 yes, and it happens in every war. It’s just horrible what we humans do to each other. There was the c0nc3ntration c@mps, the gas of WW1, the nuclear weapon. There is so much more that we could do, and it’s just so sad to think that none of us can get along.

    • @UN-BIASED
      @UN-BIASED Před 8 měsíci +46

      @@utrock5067 do not ever compare ww2 with the ukraine war lmao

    • @utrock5067
      @utrock5067 Před 8 měsíci +14

      @@UN-BIASEDwhy's that ? Everyone's been comparing putin to adolf enough times already.

    • @masterchief-vd1xs
      @masterchief-vd1xs Před 8 měsíci +8

      ​@@UN-BIASEDwhy not? There are some similarities. Parts of the donbas are primarily russian, Danzig was to 95% German and wanted back

  • @URLhandlesareidiotic
    @URLhandlesareidiotic Před 8 měsíci +533

    Those warship shots was from the Old German pre-dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein. She was credited as the first shots fired of The Second World War.

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 Před 8 měsíci +45

      The first shots fired in anger of the first world war was Australian Coastal Artillery firing warning shots at a German ship that was in port when the war started.

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 Před 8 měsíci

      Huh

    • @kippert8912
      @kippert8912 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I thought the actual invasion started the day before

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@kippert8912Yes, but she bombarded several targets when the war began.

    • @bruhism173
      @bruhism173 Před 8 měsíci +3

      You all have missed mark Felton's actual Start of WW2

  • @Izannaziza
    @Izannaziza Před 4 měsíci +4

    I am a Jamaican and if you know my history then you know. I have been to Poland a few times Gdansk too. If I was to chose which European I like the most I think it would be the Poles because they remind me of my people, always someone who wants to destroy them, enslave them and take their lands but they always fought and survived. I also read a story (hidden history) as a kid that during the napoleonic wars napoleon sent some Polish men/soldiers to Haiti to quash the slave uprising. Those same Polish soldiers ended up joining the slaves to fight Napoleons men who wanted to continue denying freedom. Poles know the true meaning of freedom. You might think don’t mess with America, China, Russia but I say don’t mess with people who know the TRUE meaning of freedom, the Polish people. Besides, I like their food too.

  • @brightace19
    @brightace19 Před měsícem +6

    1:55 I have never seen a transition that good, hats off to you and the editors. Really great idea putting your video thumbnails / video inside a video 🎉🎉🎉

  • @CharlieH99
    @CharlieH99 Před 8 měsíci +1028

    One of my teachers grandfather took part in defence of Gdańsk post office. He never spoke much about that(which is completely understandable, we were just his students) but every time he mentioned it i could see sadness on his face. Long live the memory of our heroes.

    • @zurielsss
      @zurielsss Před 7 měsíci +13

      He is one of the 4 who survived?

    • @CharlieH99
      @CharlieH99 Před 7 měsíci +28

      @@zurielsss unfortunately not

    • @CharlieH99
      @CharlieH99 Před 7 měsíci +28

      @@zurielsss according to wikipedia he died on 4th of september in hospital

    • @OddlyStrange117
      @OddlyStrange117 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@CharlieH99 Who was he?

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 5 měsíci +5

      thatd be a crazy coindeicne

  • @endutubecensorship
    @endutubecensorship Před 8 měsíci +415

    3:29 The Vis 35 Radom pistol with the Polish eagle is an amazing attention to detail, well done!!

    • @loco_tom
      @loco_tom Před 5 měsíci +11

      When I read they use Unreal Engine to animate, they surely did justice for everyone on that faithful day!

  • @theyedmeister6981
    @theyedmeister6981 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I guess you could say...........
    They went postal

  • @dougwilliams8145
    @dougwilliams8145 Před 5 měsíci +5

    WARSAW CITY AT WAR HELP THAT NEVER CAME WAR SAW CITY AT WAR …

  • @kozmonauta0515
    @kozmonauta0515 Před 8 měsíci +789

    I love how the SS’s first recorded military action was them failing to take a post office, having to beg for canons three times from the Wehrmacht, and execute unarmed men and civilians to compesate for their fragile ego

    • @kaa13
      @kaa13 Před 5 měsíci +38

      To be "fair" ,that was "only" some kind of militia that could not compare with any unit of the regular army in an actual battle.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 5 měsíci +70

      there was some stuff in western poland too they were criticized for; the waffen-ss in 1939 were very green and worse quality militarily than after, at the time they werent rly even fitting; they mostly were 'behind the lines' in 1939
      Note the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe were also committing atrocities in 1939

    • @fuxihutterer8088
      @fuxihutterer8088 Před 4 měsíci

      what warcrimes@@mareksicinski3726

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 Před 4 měsíci +24

      @@kaa13 To be fair, SS received very poor military training initially and done a lot of stupid, unprofessional actions in 1939 while those postment were military veterans.

    • @EricSoldadito
      @EricSoldadito Před 4 měsíci +4

      I would like to see you trying to fight partisans who knew all their locations and lived all time there, I would like to see you trying, you say SS had a fragile ego, but what about you? What would you had done if you was in that situation? Very easy to critize the side which lost.

  • @unclenogbad1509
    @unclenogbad1509 Před 8 měsíci +547

    As a UK Postman, I salute my comrades here, heroes all.

    • @danyalmemish6309
      @danyalmemish6309 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Me too 👍

    • @Suchoj022
      @Suchoj022 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thanx for that.

    • @magicalsteve2530
      @magicalsteve2530 Před 4 měsíci +8

      no way the royal mail would resist

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@@magicalsteve2530they fell to the IRA in 1916

    • @derkylos
      @derkylos Před 23 dny

      The Germans marked British post offices as valuable targets for Operation Sealion.

  • @robindranathmitra2987
    @robindranathmitra2987 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I am so glad to have stumbled upon your page. You have done what I always wanted to do. Cheers.

  • @yoooo1358
    @yoooo1358 Před 8 měsíci

    I recommended this CZcams channel to my students. It is for the introduction activity for them to know what life was like for the people involved during the Second World War. Kudos to your quality videos!

  • @FinleyLengel-rp2bm
    @FinleyLengel-rp2bm Před 8 měsíci +339

    I love how this channel one from 2-D animation to realistic, 3-D animation, let alone producing them once a week Your team is doing great and I know for a fact my post office would not do anything like this

  • @karazanic
    @karazanic Před 8 měsíci +673

    As a Pole i'm incredibly proud you guys decided to animate this event. Thank you.
    If there is any chance for it, i hope you will consider telling the story of Westerplatte too, as just like the post office defense, is an event that started WW2, and happened in the same city, at the same time.

    • @CombatFlapjack
      @CombatFlapjack Před 8 měsíci +1

      ww2, bro.

    • @karazanic
      @karazanic Před 8 měsíci +13

      @@CombatFlapjack I pressed the wrong number and didn't notice, my bad bro

    • @HenriMarcinkowski
      @HenriMarcinkowski Před 5 měsíci +2

      Us poles got to stick together

    • @gloriamori7027
      @gloriamori7027 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Im Pole too.

    • @lordpazo6784
      @lordpazo6784 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Imo, Hel defense was more impressive. Westerplatte surrendered prematurely while Hel fought until the last days of the Polish invasion. they held out longer then cities like Warsaw

  • @P1gga
    @P1gga Před 5 měsíci +2

    Soviet soldier in Stalingrad and Belarusian partisan: Hold my beer lil bro!)

  • @benm6457
    @benm6457 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This channel is so damn good. Can’t believe I just found it. Keep up this damn good work!

  • @Scooter-kx3ic
    @Scooter-kx3ic Před 8 měsíci +503

    It amazes me how your animation keeps getting better every time you post. I’ve been watching since the original video of the ye old pub incident.

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Pretty much the same as you and I agree.

    • @shoeofobama6091
      @shoeofobama6091 Před 8 měsíci

      the animation of this is truly amazing

    • @rs_SlavikK
      @rs_SlavikK Před 8 měsíci

      My first video of them was the 2d German aircraft who escorted an beaten American into their airspace, which has been remade in 3d a year or so later

    • @_NekOz
      @_NekOz Před 8 měsíci +1

      I want the old style back. This does not work with the janky animations and just crashes into the uncanny valley for me. It worked with the old style.

    • @FinlandBall227
      @FinlandBall227 Před 8 měsíci

      @@_NekOz old style is nostalgic but i mean come one, the new ones are so much better

  • @johnbertrand4135
    @johnbertrand4135 Před 8 měsíci +886

    As part German and part Polish, I should feel convicted, but I proud for the Poles not surrendering at first

    • @maxbennett5412
      @maxbennett5412 Před 8 měsíci +71

      Regardless of ancestry I think a last stand like that is just impressive.

    • @johnbertrand4135
      @johnbertrand4135 Před 8 měsíci +36

      Oh I agree full heartedly @@maxbennett5412 Just seeing the Polish soldiers fighting without help from the Main Army was amazing. I just know I'm part Polish and Part German

    • @ryleeculla5570
      @ryleeculla5570 Před 8 měsíci +25

      You know what they say NEVER SURRENDER

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Invade the neighbors or see if they need a painter.

    • @minirock000
      @minirock000 Před 8 měsíci +14

      "convicted" = "conflicted"
      "proud" = "glad/happy/comradery for" in this instance. Be proud of things you have accomplished, not what others have.
      Only attempting to assist with your vocabulary to make your point clearer.

  • @PitBit
    @PitBit Před 3 měsíci +1

    Very nice video with carefully reproduced details consistent with historical truth. The story selection is also well chosen. It was great to watch.

  • @menacingpyro2005
    @menacingpyro2005 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Guess you could say those polish military men were going postal against those nazis.

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki Před 8 měsíci +427

    No matter how many stories I hear about Polish people, I'm always amazed by their courage and determination!
    Long live Poland, greetings from Hungary!

    • @cyber_habanero
      @cyber_habanero Před 8 měsíci

      Yea, then read about the Polnish agression-wars they conducted on all their neighbors between 1918-1921. Nationalistic Poland was never a nice and peaceful nation. And today Polnish PiS-party is on the same way to dictatorship like Orban and Putin, dreaming of an imperialist greater Poland again.

    • @majkelbajers
      @majkelbajers Před 4 měsíci +8

      Thanks bro

    • @pablothorn3591
      @pablothorn3591 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Thank you brother

    • @paulinasieron9261
      @paulinasieron9261 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thank you sir, and Just fyi we r seriously fcked up when it comes to fight i was rised same way as my forefathers were and im doing the same thing for my kids.

    • @jimcady9309
      @jimcady9309 Před 4 měsíci

      I'm sorry that you have to deal with your own homegrown fascism now. Oh, excuse me. "illiberal democracy".

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 Před 8 měsíci +99

    Amazing how even so early in the war, the SS and regular German army were so quick to commit war crimes.

    • @zbigniewmalec4816
      @zbigniewmalec4816 Před 8 měsíci +31

      First war crime was shooting down railwaymen near the bridge in Tczew (Dirschau). This attack was actually done 30 minutes earlier than opening shots in Gdańsk.

    • @carstenstille8503
      @carstenstille8503 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Did you heard of the Bromberg Bloody Sunday?

    • @mikoajbaczynski3733
      @mikoajbaczynski3733 Před 8 měsíci +9

      ​@@carstenstille8503
      About that one evening when a retreating Polish army singlehandely executed 50 000 Germans in a single town? Yes, I did.

    • @mikoajbaczynski3733
      @mikoajbaczynski3733 Před 8 měsíci +11

      To be fair, the killings in Bromberg did take place, even though they were in no way as severe as the German propaganda said they were and simply cannot justify the extent of German atrocities.

    • @moscuadelendaest
      @moscuadelendaest Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@mikoajbaczynski3733 no no, it was a platoon, and they shot 150 000 Germans

  • @tomaszkazmierski7101
    @tomaszkazmierski7101 Před 19 dny

    Great job! Thank you for memorizing this heroic episode!

  • @AlexMilenk
    @AlexMilenk Před 5 měsíci +1

    Never hear about this before, great thanks for the info, and great respect for the postmen of Gdansk. Even if WW2 was so thoroughly popular and examined event, every now and then resurface some little, unknown, utterly heroic event like this.

  • @ArktinenPeikko
    @ArktinenPeikko Před 8 měsíci +152

    As a war history and random trivia nerd I really appreciate these precious nuggets of war trivia and small stories of past heroes. I had never even heard of this particular one. Thank you.

    • @jamesanderson7243
      @jamesanderson7243 Před 8 měsíci

      Same

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 Před 8 měsíci +6

      It's a major historical event in the Polish historiography.

    • @jamesanderson7243
      @jamesanderson7243 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@amadeosendiulo2137 I felt like the story sounded familiar

    • @ArktinenPeikko
      @ArktinenPeikko Před 6 měsíci

      @@amadeosendiulo2137 I figured it would be, and didn't mean it in any demeaning way. As a whole though, this would still be a one small siege during a huge war, pretty much like some random battle during winter war was for us Finns.

    • @piotrmalewski8178
      @piotrmalewski8178 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Then you'll like this: Something like mentioned in 4:28 happened on much bigger scale. The defence of Chocim fortress in 1672 against invasion from Ottoman Empire was given to Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski despite his lack of knowledge on fortress defence, because he was the only trusted officer who agreed to defend a fortress in such a bad shape.
      Spending his own funds, he recruited a little over 1000 soldiers and 500 civilians to defend the fortress while he needed at least 8 000 to cover the walls. He also lacked modern artillery and engineers. Regardless, he managed to halt Ottoman army for 19 days and at one point, when Turks blew up an unguarded part of the wall, he ran there and fought the Turkish attack alone before just one more nobleman joined him and the two managed to repel the assault with bombs and muskets they had prepared at the position.
      He managed to negotiate with the Turks that they would let the civilians leave the city free and unharmed, and shortly after an artillery officer from Courland blasted to the armory with a torch, killing himself, Colonel Wołodyjowski and the fortress' defenders. Folk myth is that Colonel didn't want to give fortress to the enemy and wanted the event to 'wake the nation' since it all happened because the Republic neglected funding of the army and fortifications for decades.

  • @CT--eb2xr
    @CT--eb2xr Před 8 měsíci +101

    This reminds me a bit of an event that happened in Czechoslovakia on March 14. 1939 during the occupation by German troops. A detachment of soldiers in the town of Místek refused to hand over the barracks to the Germans, and a similar battle broke out there. The Czechoslovaks surrendered there only after they ran out of ammunition and an order from the high command.

    • @mpingo91
      @mpingo91 Před 7 měsíci +4

      This was shown on one of the popular channels about ww2. Mark Felton Productions probably?

  • @yaneyobe3147
    @yaneyobe3147 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Just discovered this channel, never subbed so quickly to anyone, top job on story telling and animations 👍

  • @masterblaster5947
    @masterblaster5947 Před 3 měsíci +1

    You guys are amazing and worked very hard for your work; wish I discovered your channel sooner.
    You definitely have a new subscriber from me and definitely going to spread the word about you

  • @nayed7670
    @nayed7670 Před 8 měsíci +62

    I loved how yarnhub made the polish salute right(with two fingers)

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 Před 8 měsíci +78

    Huge respect. Imagine getting burned out and still wanting to fight. Great animation as per usual.

  • @jimhorton1271
    @jimhorton1271 Před 5 měsíci +7

    people actually saying "But the germans tactics sucked" and "But the germans weren't defended and had equal equipment" Probably don't know how defending a building from with Light artillery works. did you miss the part were there were only a hand full really defending. Those people were Polish heros and some people think its ok to belittle them like come on guys.

  • @justovadiz1786
    @justovadiz1786 Před 5 měsíci

    Great cinematography and story telling.
    Amazing quality! Great job! Thank you for your amazing work!

  • @rts718
    @rts718 Před 8 měsíci +37

    I visited this post office by accident while I was in Poland. The monument outside is hands-down one of the coolest and most powerful that I've ever seen!

  • @fordson51
    @fordson51 Před 8 měsíci +55

    Just when I think your work can't get any better, you prove that you can do better. Incredible story and one that should be remembered.

    • @P1gga
      @P1gga Před 5 měsíci

      It just a joke, thats uncompareble with Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad and Belarusian partisans...

  • @user-zp3tn3np1y
    @user-zp3tn3np1y Před 5 měsíci +2

    The BAR rifles couldn't have been used by the Poles as pictured here. They are the FBI pattern 'Colt Monitor' rifles, and wouldn't be produced until the 1950s. They were produced in small quantities, and quickly replaced in police arsenals. (You can tell they're Monitors because of the pistol grip and extruded foregrip. The barrel should also be shorter, with a large compensator at the end.)

    • @spyczech
      @spyczech Před 5 měsíci

      i assumed they were czech guns, which the colt monitor is derived from

  • @muzlikutya2183
    @muzlikutya2183 Před 5 měsíci

    Incredibly nicely done video.
    Keep up the good work folks!

  • @ELCADAROSA
    @ELCADAROSA Před 8 měsíci +68

    Very late delivery, but worth every second.
    While Poles have been the butt of many jokes over the years, the stand that these men made, and the numerous contributions the Poles (military and civilian) made to win WWII haven’t been given enough credit until recently.
    Congratulations to YarnHub for another outstanding video.

    • @mareksicinski449
      @mareksicinski449 Před 2 měsíci

      in america, it wasn't even really 'the poles', stereotypes at best abt polish-americans

  • @LuigianoMariano
    @LuigianoMariano Před 8 měsíci +6

    Salty Germans: That is *PERFIDY!!* THEY ARE *UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS!!*
    Polish: You're just mad that you got owned by veterans who work for the post office.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Před 5 měsíci

      Lie all you want, but they were fighting illegally as trained militia by a nationalistic Polish army officer

    • @randomnobodovsky3692
      @randomnobodovsky3692 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@KrokLP So, we have a neo-nazi here, claiming uniformed postmen were somehow "illegall" defending from invaders. Weird times.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Před 5 měsíci

      @@randomnobodovsky3692 Then check out what the "Neo-Nazis" that wrote the geneva convention had to say about un-uniformed combatants

  • @Tjbilo
    @Tjbilo Před 4 měsíci +3

    I love how your animations have improved over time

  • @jasonknoll5170
    @jasonknoll5170 Před 8 měsíci

    How do you guys manage to improve production quality with every single release?? You guys are amazing

  • @E_GG_O
    @E_GG_O Před 8 měsíci +182

    I can't believe how the animation graphics are so life like, and you guys make a video quite consistently. Good job😐👍

  • @major_kukri2430
    @major_kukri2430 Před 8 měsíci +23

    Don't mess with the mailmen. They know where everyone lives.

  • @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven
    @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven Před 5 měsíci +4

    Instead of mail they're delivering the pain.

  • @obeliks_potowski
    @obeliks_potowski Před 8 měsíci +16

    I live in Gdańsk and i was there a few days ago. It's still a post office

  • @Axis-allies4728
    @Axis-allies4728 Před 8 měsíci +9

    5:03 has me dying

  • @BlanderStrudel
    @BlanderStrudel Před 5 měsíci +1

    This new thumbnail and title are much better than the previous one, well done! I must admit that before seeing this video, I was not attracted to the previous thmbnail and title. Then, after watching the video, I realized I totally underestimated it.

  • @Gabriel-re3le
    @Gabriel-re3le Před 2 měsíci +2

    Dziękuję że poruszyłeś temat obrony poczty Gdańskiej
    Chwała bohaterom

  • @kommandantgalileo
    @kommandantgalileo Před 8 měsíci +15

    Note: The Armored Cars in this video is the Steyr ADGZ

    • @winter15motivation44
      @winter15motivation44 Před 7 měsíci

      Good

    • @thegamer1429
      @thegamer1429 Před 7 měsíci

      I’ve never heard of those armored cars

    • @kommandantgalileo
      @kommandantgalileo Před 7 měsíci

      @@thegamer1429 I haven't before this video, I just decided to search up German Armored Cars of WW2 and found it.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP Před 5 měsíci

      They are Austrian vehicles that saw service in the German army after the Anschluß

    • @kommandantgalileo
      @kommandantgalileo Před 5 měsíci

      @@KrokLP yup

  • @HH-pm6mj
    @HH-pm6mj Před 8 měsíci +48

    The details on the people’s faces are nothing short of incredible. You guy’s animation gets better per video. I admire the skill :)

  • @AnAbsurdExistence
    @AnAbsurdExistence Před měsícem

    brings a tear to my eye, what a commendable holdout against such an overwhelming force

  • @liammiller1472
    @liammiller1472 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I really thought this was a video game cut scene, I had to check

  • @speedy_comet
    @speedy_comet Před 8 měsíci +7

    Don't mess with the mailman.

  • @JulianSki
    @JulianSki Před 8 měsíci +67

    I am so glad that you guys covered these heroes. It’s a last stand that’s not talked about a lot and what they did was amazing! ❤️🇵🇱

  • @ilija.z
    @ilija.z Před 5 měsíci +3

    I remember when the animations looked goofy... not I question of it is reality or an animation

  • @killer17545
    @killer17545 Před 28 dny +1

    Thank you for your work.

  • @MeIsNoob48
    @MeIsNoob48 Před 8 měsíci +37

    If i had a nickel for every time a Postmen/Courier was able to hold off a group that's way stronger than them I'd have 2 nickels
    Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

    • @ryanmccolloch4734
      @ryanmccolloch4734 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Seeing the price of stamps today almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

  • @The_Spood_Dood
    @The_Spood_Dood Před 8 měsíci +24

    LETS GO WAKE UP NEW VIDEO!1!11!!!

  • @WestPartChronicles
    @WestPartChronicles Před 7 měsíci +2

    This animation is getting better each day!

  • @TerraFungus
    @TerraFungus Před 5 měsíci +5

    Thanks you from Poland, you does great job in that film.
    And take my sub ;)

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 Před 8 měsíci +7

    This animation feels more like a real camera-recorded documentary with drone complements.

  • @mrbluestickman
    @mrbluestickman Před 8 měsíci

    I haven’t watched you in a while and i am surprised that your animations improved and it looks more realistic like a movie😮

  • @finnscheringa5415
    @finnscheringa5415 Před 5 měsíci +2

    this is great thank you for making this video

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Před 8 měsíci +29

    It's great to see you cover another Polish episode of WW2! There are plenty more you could do in the future, like the defence of Westerplatte, which was hinted at in this very video at 1:50. But the one I would love to see the most, and I think would be perfect for this channel, is the liberation of the KL Warschau (Warsaw concentration camp) aka "Gęsiówka", on 5 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising. It includes the insurgents successfully using a captured Panther tank.

    • @drdaveyjones6216
      @drdaveyjones6216 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Would love to see them cover the Polish actions at Monte Cassino, and the Falaise pocket.

    • @ldkbudda4176
      @ldkbudda4176 Před 2 měsíci

      What about occupation, pseudo-referendum and annexation of the Capital of Lithuania Vilnius? Same pseudoreferendum did Putin in the Crimea, Ukraine!

  • @youtubeadsarecancer785
    @youtubeadsarecancer785 Před 5 měsíci +2

    the SS charged in the main entrance like NPC in Payday LOL

  • @nickhaynie5980
    @nickhaynie5980 Před 5 měsíci +20

    This Marines says "Oorah, to all those brave Polish postman!" May they rest in peace.

    • @jude8223
      @jude8223 Před měsícem

      My Polish grandmother came to America at age 13. She often spoke of the well-known bravery of the Polish soldiers in World War II.

  • @vikes7to14
    @vikes7to14 Před 8 měsíci +14

    This is 100% the best animation yet. It gets better and better every video. I love the story too, but what a sad end for such a noble leader.

  • @american357
    @american357 Před 8 měsíci +47

    Finally! :D
    Thanks Yarnhub, I've been looking up to finally being able to watch this video that you guys have been preparing for the last couple of weeks.
    I'm sure It'll be spectacular and the quality will be as outstanding as always 😉

  • @WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo
    @WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo Před 8 měsíci +1

    I guess you could say the postmen went... Postal.

  • @HenriMarcinkowski
    @HenriMarcinkowski Před 5 měsíci +2

    THANK YOU YARNHUB. My grandma, as a young child freed multiple soldiers and victims of concentration camps. Please make more videos on Poland, in order so more people could recognize how much the Poles have changed the war. Thank you

  • @jfd9616
    @jfd9616 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I swear, you could make a movie out of just animation.

  • @harry170183
    @harry170183 Před 8 měsíci +11

    There is a movie about the defence of the Polish Post Office "Wolne Miasto" from 1958, directed by Stanislaw Rozewicz - same man, who directed another war movie "Westerplatte" in 1967. Both worth seeing, can be found on YT.

  • @raptorraptor4077
    @raptorraptor4077 Před 5 měsíci

    Incredible accuracy! Your material is very carefully crafted. As a Pole, I would like to thank you very much for this. 😉

  • @JOEGANDUDE
    @JOEGANDUDE Před 3 měsíci

    the quality of these videos are getting better and better!

  • @dominicevans2541
    @dominicevans2541 Před 8 měsíci +36

    it is crazy how far yarnhub's animation skills have come. they were amazing before but now.. they are deserving as cutscenes in a video game. bravo

  • @ARONLINGHOONGROYMoe-sd3bt
    @ARONLINGHOONGROYMoe-sd3bt Před 8 měsíci +6

    From a 2D animation to this masterpiece

  • @kawanaru
    @kawanaru Před 5 měsíci +4

    Whole new meaning to going postal

  • @brianyang2211
    @brianyang2211 Před 8 měsíci

    Nice job with the animations
    You came a long way from 2D animations to super detailed 3D animations

  • @bkayser05
    @bkayser05 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Never underestimate a postal employee. It's surprising but many post offices in the US used to hold weapons as a federal building until around the 1970s. Retired letter carriers I know used to mention how they were still locked up into the 1980s. If it's true in the US, it would absolutely be the same in Europe.
    Great job but not surprising for Poles, they were incredibly brave and never backed down in World War 2, despite being frequently outgunned and outmanned.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 5 měsíci

      it was a special case there, bc there was fear of brinkmanship/small scale attacxk or provocation in nazi party ruled Danzig

  • @Panzernumbawan
    @Panzernumbawan Před 8 měsíci +23

    damn yarnhub you've really stepped it up with your animation, nice work!

  • @moniqueena2279
    @moniqueena2279 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Imagine getting your whole fucking platoon get destroyed by a polish post officer with a LMG single handedly.

  • @WowplayerMe
    @WowplayerMe Před 7 měsíci +1

    Now we know the origin of "Going Postal".

  • @alpacaofthemountain8760
    @alpacaofthemountain8760 Před 8 měsíci +12

    Absolute heroes. O7
    One of your best videos, these “small” battle -focused videos are amazing

  • @Thomassdoor
    @Thomassdoor Před 8 měsíci +31

    It’s amazing how fast the production quality on these amazing videos has gone up. I would love to see remakes of some of the old sabaton music videos with these new models and stuff (specifically night witches because I lived that one.) Keep up the great work Yarnhub!

  • @mitchf.4450
    @mitchf.4450 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Going postal has never been this good.