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Polish troops captured Monte Casino and raised Polish flag but British didn't like that so they took the flag down.
@@veles_pl Exactly like the Polish flag that was hanging from the "Sieges Seule", Berlin
Also not many ppl know how we actually got the Monte Casino monastery... it was tricky to get up the hill while nazis were shooting at you. My great grandfather said that they picked up the corpses and put them on their backs like the shields, and then they were able to climb up and fight. although it was our victory, those who came back were forbidden about talking about it. Generally ppl were forbidden to talk about Monte Casino YEARS after the fight. Even at history lessons.
@@rudarud3849 So they were using the corpses on their backs to hide with the other dead bodies yeah? if so then thats a smart move not many would think about in a moment like that
Lmao, kinda funny when you think that British flighters were lying to girls at the bar that they're Polish flighters to get laid
@@justanobody4883 not exactly to hide. They used them as shields. Back then guns didn't have as much shooting power as today, so they rarely went through a body. Boys shielded up and climbed up the hill.
Not the guy,but three Polish mathematicians , Marian Rejewski ,Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki ,they brake the code of enigma years before war.
Turing decoding machine was mechanized, electrificated pack of "bomba kryptologiczna" (cryptologic bomb) invented by guys above.
That was a different Enigma machine, though. It was no longer in use by 1940. The wartime Enigma was far superior and required Turing's mechanised approach to break.
@@TheSwordsPathChannel The method was the same, only combinations exponentially rise. For example today's cell-phone would decrypt all WW2 Enigma messages in few seconds. When I was young i wrote Enigma coder / encoder on Atari800XL - it works few hundred faster than all Secrec Service during the war.
@@adamkowalski1079 Encode and break the code are two diffrent things. Even the modern computers will have a lot of problems to break enigma code. But Germans make few mistakes end that give oportunity to break it. First - letter cant be encrypted as itself. second - they was lazy and make a setings like "aaa" or "qwe". Third- they encrypted similar messegas like "wether report" or : "heil Hitler" on begining of messeges.
@@danielwacek not entirely when you know how somethig was encoded you are few steps from decoding
I am very impressed with your historical knowledge about Poland. This is extremely rare for education systems in Western Europe or US.
He is from Croatia so yea, Idk any Croatian who doesn't like Polska🇵🇱❤️🇭🇷
Yes
@@francek3892 HVALA!
I dare to say that in US and Western Europe history of Polish war effort is largely ignored and unfortunately biased or even falsified. True information can be found in different sources but it requires some time and good will.
Lithuanian here. Yeah, we learned about Katyn in school...
Bruh
Polish here, learned about that too
@Piotr Stowski not really liked in Lithuania:)
Remember that medieval Lithuania was more like today's Belarus
@@ogyrfiwargf everywhere in Europe was pretty wishy washy back then. I often forget there were few "nations" as we know them today.
I understand your Yałta argument, but I disagree. USSR did not liberate Poland, they enslaved us again, just like Germany before. We got nothing to say, but even Roosevelt and Churchill didn't wanted to fight not only for us but for every other eastern european country that ended under Soviet occupation. Stalin just said that he wanted this, and when his army enter this land, they won't leave it. Roosevelt wanted to create new UN organisation and needed Stalin approval, moreover he was ill this time so he lacked strenght as well, Churchill i don't know what was side, I know that he wanted to opened second front in Balkans not in France to limited USSR influence but Stalin insisted to do it quickly so they do it in France. No one aks us about it, they did the same thing in 1938 but with Hitler and Czechoslovakia's Sutety region - they abandoned us again becouse they didn't want to risk conflict wiht Stalin and want to end the war. My grandfather meet Russian soldiers who camped neer his house after they "libereted" his villige from Germans, and one of them tell him "one devil left, other came in". After war many AK soldier continued to fight agains communist but it was pointless at this point.
But more importantly, during war, when Russians entered former Polish borders, Polish AK organised Operation Tempest
("Burza" in Polish), which was series of uprasings and fighting in citys by AK when Russian forces also attacked this citys. Polish army came out from undergroud to fought with Russians against Germans in order to show Russians and world that this is our land, that we are host here and we welcome our allies in our home. But each time AK fought with Russians to libatare city, then NKWD showed up, arrested Polish officers and disarmed soldiers. Those that resisted were crushed by Soviet forces. Warsaw Uprising was part of this plan, and Russians literally stoped on the other side of Wistula River and watched people get killed by Germans and city turned to ruin. Polish airforce that was part of RAF organised a supply raids to aid Warsaw with volunteers from other countries, but Russians did not allowed them to enter their air space and used their airfields, they offten shoot down planes that entered their air space and arrest pilots who landed there. Warsaw uprising was very inconvenient for Churchill and Roosevelt, and they didn't want to aid it because they didn't want to mess with Stalin. New world order was already established and Poles fighting for freedom was agains it. They waited 30 days till they said that Polish people fighting in Warsaw were allies - before that Germans were shooting to civilians, murdering prisoners
and could treated them like bandits without worrying about after war repercussions.
I'am very impresed by your knowledge of Polish history. It's nice to see it. If you want, you could react to some Extra Credits videos about history. They have videos about sinking of Bismarck (it was mentioned here, you could also checked out Sabaton Bismarck song or Sabaton history about Bismarck) or about polish history like battle of Vienna, Defense of Poland in 1939, Warsaw uprising or many other topics from world history.
@@nikitakuznetsov8446 When did I say that USSR was responsible for failure of Warsaw Uprising?
Armia Krajowa was completely independent from Red Army and did not have to answer to or consult their actions with Red Army. They were fignting for freedom, on Polish soil in Polish city with Polish soldiers. They did not take any hostile actions towards Red Army during Uprising, nor it was aiming to harm they war effort.
But I agree that politically it was aiming to reduce Soviet influance over Poland and regain independent state of Poland. Was it something bad that they wanted to regain independence? But Stalin wanted a puppet state. The uprising was a nice surprise for Stalin, because he could just wait and watch as both of his enemy were bleeding to death, and then he could just walk in without much fight. So he did it despite that we were "allies" but both sides know that it was forced alliance and avoid any cooperation if they could, they fought with each other militarily and diplomatically. At that point Stalin had established his own puppet communist government of Poland, Polish army under command of Red Army, 1st Polish Army, and did not care about Polish govermment in exile in London. He claimed that only his was the legitimate one.
And Soviets truly watched and did nothing about Warsaw Uprising. This battle of Radzsymyn was only use as an propaganda to excuse their absent of actions. Warsaw Uprising lasted 2 months, and during this time they intentionally reorganised army outside of city, and brought to it weeker troops and others were ordered to withdraw without reason. Moreover Soviet air forces were orderd to stop any actions around the city. Nikołaj Iwanow claimed that Soviet forces were fully capable of continuing the offensive as soon as in the middle of August and could aid Insurgents. But they did not do it. 1st Polish Army was orderd to secure bridgeheads on the left side of Vistula river (only on September 16th) but weren't granted sufficed artillery fire, air support and any help of Red Army. This was just so Stalin could say that he try to help, but in reality he did not want to, and wait for insudgents to die.
Germans are fully responsible for destruction of almost 90% of the city. They could spare it after Uprising, but Hitler ordered it to be leveled. They spend a lot of resources to do this. AK alone was not able to win, their plan was based on Red Army advance, they could predict that Soviet would arrest them and force to subjugation, but they did not predict that Red Army would just stop. Stalin did not recognize Polish govermment in exile and treated AK as enemy so communication between them was very limited or almost impossible. Moreover Radio Moscow transmited in Polish a call for Uprising to help Soviet advance for few days before Uprising. Stalin claimed that Polish Underground State did not take any fight with Germans so one reason for Upirising was to show that it was not true and they were fignting with Germans.
@@nikitakuznetsov8446 Another Russian trying to rewrite history of WWII
We in Czech republic see it exactly same. Soviets didn't liberate us. They just changed one totalitarian regime for another. This is not liberation in my eyes.
@@logodok206 I am not blaming regular soldiers who were sent here to fight the germans but they commited atrocities here aswell, rapes, stealing etc. even Germans didn't do this here. I know what my grand father told me that germans treated czechs well in most of cases when they captured Czech lands. However I mostly blame Soviet government and Stalin who was not better than Hitler. He killed even more people than Hitler did.
@@mateuszpajerski6273 No, I am not rewriting anything I am simply defending the USSR from Imperialist lies and Propoganda.
10:50 That symbol is "Polska Walcząca" "Fighitng Poland' P symbolise Poland W Symbolize "walka" Fight. Whole thing looks like an anchor. Symbol of hope of regaining independence.
Polak ?
@@jankos7754 owszem
@@Krokmaniak kontrola historyczna czy wszystko się zgadza XD
@@jankos7754 to takie typowe dla naszego narodu xd
@@InternetowyNomad Trzeba
My grand grand uncle was a founder and first first commander of 303. They told them to leave GB witin 3 days after war ended. He emigrated to Toronto where he was working as a cab driver. Family brought his and auntie Wanda ashes to Poland few years ago. There is always a history behind every fighter.
Respect to your grad grad uncle. Also what's a GB?
@@chihuahuashaverabies1497 Great Britain
@@chihuahuashaverabies1497 what you mean?
Sad 😥
Oh yeah, GB is so fucked up to this day (even more).
"Never before have so many been betrayed by so few for so little." Unknown British RAF Officer after Yalta Conference 1945
Didn't Churchill said that? Or something like that...?
8:32 this nurse is Irena Sendler
She's extremely brave woman! There's great movie about her story.
@@zarogiem what's the title?
@@nikabo01992 Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,2009
@@zarogiem thank you 😊
@@nikabo01992 I hope you like it.
What is common for Eastern European countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia during WW2?
All were used and betrayed by Britain.
The funny thing is that at Yalta meetings the french politics were invited to discuss future of Europe. French! This fcking nazi collabors who lost the war even quicker then Poland and then created Vichi goverment and killed french Jews together with their new allies! They had a voice... Fcking joke.
we are central Europe....however I agree...however dig in to the hostory....
@@sebastiankrajewski2029 how to offend a polish person 101
"Hello eastern european"
Pole: proceeds to beat sense into foreigner "CENTRAL. CENTRAL EUROPE
@@shroudthewolf1105 i dont really care its only names. Btw i understand allies in yalta every have enough of fighting and look at the numbers... Red Army and Allied forces... u dont need even compare equipment and economy power to known that u have no arguments in negotiations. I respect Churchill as a Polish.
@@MsPerykles There where bombs hiting even at London these times. Stop making guilty people , which are not guilty. Its time to have some respect to everyone. Yes im proud from my country, but it doesnt mean I feel better than others
During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising they didn't fight to win, they fought for better death than from starving or in the concentration camps.
Warszawa i tak miała być zrównana z ziemią i zamieniona w 20 000 miasto tak by przecietny aryjczyk wiedział ze Polaków to jest słowian nie było stać na żadną większa inwestycje w myśl tego propagandowego zabiegu miano wpoić niemcom ze Polacy są pod ludźmi i że to słuszne ze są niewolnikami rasy panów ponieważ potrzebują .... ręki która będzie nimi rządzić.....
i remember the Soviets refusal to enter Warsaw to help. I think they were right across the river while they watched it burn to the ground.
@@joew9690 Warszawa zostala zrownana z ziemia duzo wczesniej
The Poles have never given up and will never give up. As long as one Pole lives, Poland will survive the next millenniums.
God, Honour, Fatherland
❣️
homeland would be better translation ... not only because it will sound less nazi but also because it is
@@9xr-s699 in Polish fatherland means father and land
and unfortunately in German fatherland means the same as in Polish
@@alchemik420 i guess now that u say that ,it just doesnt sound right in english .
oh well ... hey u not getting 5min of ur life back
One thing he didn't mention. After that Yalta part and "still resisting" there were shown soldiers who kept fighting. These were "Żołnierze Wyklęci" soldiers of AK (Armia Krajowa) who kept figthing till 50's/60's
I read about those soldiers. They were called "soldiers of the damned". It was sad to see how much of them eventually gave up or were executed.
He is communist. He know about this but will not say a sh*t.
@@BHuang92
Or "Cursed Soldiers".
@@SENSEOFLIBERTY "Cursed" means przeklęci, not wyklęci.
@@uglarthenosmart4573 He isn't a Communist, I am tho why do you want?
Few words regarding the "Enigma quarrel" between Poles and Brits:)
There was three Polish cryptologists: Rejewski, Zygalski and Różycki. And they have decoded the enigma prior to the WW2. Enigma machine used by Germans for most of the WW2 was a little bit different, upgraded version of the thing. Also the code itself was changed few times during the war. So Alan Turing was actually working on decoding slightly different machine, and he was able to build a de-coding machine in order to deliver the information much faster.
The fact is though, that it was the Poles who broke it first, provided the understanding of the system (that was pretty much the same for whole war) and provided operational piece of the real enigma.
The reason why Poles succeeded in decoding Enigma quicker then the rest is that there were working mathematicians on it. Where the rest of the world was using linguists. That was changing all the way of thinking about decoding. If there were working more mathematicians at the very beginning then Polish maybe wouldn't be first then
@@karolinaszymanska6531 Well, but Poles (only they, not any other nation), stole the plans of enigma in 1938, so only Poles worked with it, and it made the difference, not juzt the innovation (using of mathematicians)
@@alh6255 I've made some research and that, what you say is not true. The first message was decoded in 1932. But without any knowledge about how works the machine, that couldn't reach any further. Later Poland received some information from France because they thought there're useless. Also, Poles took a photo of the civil version of Enigma. And that all information they had to build their copy of the Enigma machine. I found nowhere information about stealing plans by Poles.
@@alh6255 We didn't stole it, Brits said we stole it, because they didn't believe that such a "backward" nation can achieve such a goal. Civilian type of Enigma (used for coding trade messages) was intercepted by Polish Mail officers before war, as it was mistakenly sent to German embassy in Poland. So, Polish mail officers informed Polish inteligence of the fact and Enigma was put to pieces, studied and then reassembled exactly the same way as it was before, so Germans didn't find out about the fact, that Poles intercepted it, all was done in less than 24 hours! Then polish copy was made and our mathematicians also built decoding machine called "Bomba" (a bomb), it was called for desinformational purposes, to full Germans, that Poles are working on conventional bomb, but also because it was literary cryptological bomb, able to decode machine codes. It was the first such a machine in the world, the predecessor of today's computers. Thanks and peace. Only truth is worth anything, so dig deeper if you want to find a gem.
@@lm157 plus the copy of the enigma was then transferred to UK during the war to help Turing and his team in his work to decode the messages they retrieved - which then led to the creation of the decoding machine. This is what I read at least, I wasn't there.
I was never taught much about Polish history being from the United States, after visiting Poland seeing where my great grandparents had come from I dove really deep into the history of Poland. Never heard anything about the Katyn Massacre until researching the history myself.
Bo nie wolno było mówić a ruscy się nie przyznawali. Obejrzyj film Katyń reżysera Wajdy
In Polish schools, they taught us about the Katyn massacre and said that a few years earlier, teachers were murdered for talking about Katyn. So Katyn was a taboo topic in Poland during the communist regime. That is why the Katyn massacre was not as loud as it was about camps like Auschwitz
Sorry for my english xD
A to zależało od odwagi nauczyciela, czy o Katyniu mówił, czy nie. Kończyłem szkołę podstawową w latach 80-tych, kiedy doszliśmy do tego tematu, nasz nauczyciel powiedział coś w tym stylu: a teraz zamknijcie podręczniki i posłuchajcie jak było na prawdę. I opowiedział nam o tym, że zbrodni dokonali Rosjanie, a nie Niemcy. Gdyby ktoś z nas doniósł na niego, to mógł człowiek pracę i prawo wykonywania zawodu stracić. Do dziś szanuję go za odwagę.
@@bomis6 Szanuje tego nauczyciela 💪Takich ludzi na takich stanowiskach nam potrzeba.
Argument Stalin made is invalid. Soviets haven't fought for Poland, yes they liberated Poland from Germans, but not for free Poland but to control it and it wasn't even the main goal. Poland simply was on their way to Germany. How can you imagine defeating Germans not liberating Poland from them? To go around? The wasn't be much fuss about it if Soviets acted like Americans did with western Europe. But they didn't and it was obvious from the start, they were enemy, not ally.
True. They said "liberated", when they should say "invaded and conquered". They wanted to finish, what went wrong for them in 1920.
They wanted to make Poland their 17th republic. Did you Heard about Ribbentrop-molotov ?
With this line of thought Poland should take Monte Cassino (would be nice summer destination, btw), and part of London. Oh, and Vienna before (and why not even whole Europe? It was very important battle after all).
@@creepPOL You must be dumb, no less...Cuckoo 00^^
Zapominamy, że ,,argument" Stalina miał przekonać nie Polaków, bo oni nic dla niego nie znaczyli, tylko Roosevelta i Churchilla. I w tym przypadku spełnił rolę. Churchill faktycznie próbował oponować, bezskutecznie, ale raczej w Teheranie. W Jałcie to już niestety było po sprawie. Roosevelt był wpatrzony w Stalina jak w obraz i faktycznie wierzył, że ,,wujkowi Jo" należy się rekompensata za krew, jak wtedy obliczano, ponad 20 milionów żołnierzy. Dla Amerykanów poświęcenie Polski, Czechosłowacji, czy Jugosławii nie miało znaczenia, wciąż potrzebowali Rosjan do rozbicia sił Japońskich w Mandżurii (ponad milion japońskich i sprzymierzonych z nimi wojsk z marionetkowego chińskiego Mandżukuo). Niestety zapłaciliśmy cenę, za sytuację geopolityczną. Od 1943 roku stanowiliśmy dla aliantów raczej problem, bo oni już wtedy nie potrzebowali nas aż tak bardzo jak Wielka Brytania w latach 1940 - 1942. Patrzyli na to chłodno - potencjał sowietów był dla nich nie do przecenienia, a po początkowych porażkach Armia Czerwona już się podniosła, okrzepła - odrzuciła Niemców spod Moskwy, wciąż broniła Leningradu, zamknęła kocioł pod Stalingradem i wkrótce miała ruszyć na Łuku Kurskim. W 1943 roku losy Niemiec już były przesądzone. Pytanie było nie o to, czy będą pokonane, tylko kiedy i ile to będzie kosztowało istnień alianckich żołnierzy. Anglicy od zawsze stosowali zasadę, że będą się bić do ostatniego żołnierza... sojuszników. A Amerykanie na polu zagranicznej dyplomacji z wielkimi mocarstwami, szczerze mówiąc dopiero raczkowali. Nasza perspektywa jest oczywista - jedną okupację zastąpić miała dominacja drugiego z wrogów. Jedyne o co można było próbować walczyć i rzeczywiście spróbowano, to postawić świat przed faktami dokonanymi, stąd Plan Burza, Operacja Ostra Brama i wreszcie Powstanie Warszawskie, ale z tak zimnym i wyrachowanym graczem jak Stalin to nie mogło się udać. On mógł czekać, podciągać siły na linię Wisły, Amerykanie wciąż jeszcze nie dotarli do Renu, front we Włoszech zatrzymał się na przedpolu Alp. Stalin nie myślał o Warszawie, jego sztabowcy mieli już w głowie operację berlińską. Warszawa mogła się wypalić. W tym czasie fronty ukraińskie wsparły powstanie na Słowacji, zaczęły zajmować Rumunię i Węgry. Na tej mozaice Polska była kąskiem, który mógł zaczekać. Jedynie Jugosławia (z powodu postawy Tito, który poszedł własną drogą komunizmu, przy silnym wsparciu Brytyjczyków) oraz Grecja, którą Churchillowi udało się wyrwać z łap Stalina, ale nie udało się uniknąć wojny domowej z miejscowymi komunistami, nie wpadły w sowieckie łapy. Może nas trochę drażnić, to jak na zachodzie przedstawia się ten fragment historii, ale niestety, to wynika stąd, że oni z naszymi dziejami nie wiążą żadnych emocji, zwyczajnie dlatego, że nie muszą. My jesteśmy w innej sytuacji. Nasze położenie geograficzne zawsze wymusza na nas poszukiwanie sojuszników i choćbyśmy się nie wiem ile razy na nich zawiedli to wciąż powinna być dominanta naszej dyplomacji, ponieważ nasz potencjał nie jest wstanie przewyższyć ani niemieckiego, ani rosyjskiego, ze względów surowcowych, technologicznych, demograficznych i gospodarczych. My już nie możemy sobie pozwalać na osamotnienie.
First of all, I'm really surprised how knowledgable you are about the Polish history.
Ok, so the clarifications you have asked for.
6:39: The battles:
- Polish destroyer "Pioruń" (Lightning) took part in the hunt and sinking of the Bismarck.
- Arnhem: Polish paratroopers under Sosabowski took part in the Operation Market Garden.
- Lenino: Polish infantry division (part of the so called Second Army, formed under Soviet supervision) took part in Battle of Lenino in '43.
- Narvik: Correct. Aside for mountain infantry three Polish destroyers: "Grom" (Thunder, sunk), "Błyskawica" (a different word for Lightning) and "Burza" (Storm) took part in the battle.
- Falaise: was not during '39 campaign, but after the Normandy landings in '44. The pivotal battle in France. Polish Tank Division alongside Canadian troops were instrumental to encircling and defeating German forces in France. General Maczek is later referenced in "the Black Devils" part.
8:10: Not about Pilecki himself. But about the so called Silent Unseen. Polish commandoes trained in the UK and paradropped to the country to cooperate with the Underground State and Home Army. Train the Home Army, coordinate tasks, and pass through intelligence back to London.
9:12: Partially about Pilecki. Pilecki was instrumental to the gathering of the information, but the raport was provided by a man called Jan Karski. He even met with Roosevelt in '42.
10:51: The sign originally meant Pamiętamy Wawer (two first letters combined, eng. "we remember Wawer"). Wawer was a political prison created by the Germans. Shortly after the meaning changed to Polska Walcząca (and most Poles know that meaning, "Poland Fighting"), the symbol was used during the occupation and during the Warsaw Uprising. It is not however in any way an official symbol of the Home Army.
12:35:
Yalta and Teheran, as you might've already gathered, while correct from that one POV (Operation Unthinkable comes to mind...) is highly controversial and is not shared by most Poles. Poles mostly think of "two treasons of WW2": '39 and '45. Some people also tie-in the suspicious death of Sikorski into that, thinking that UK assassinated (or allowed the assassination) of Sikorski as a gesture of good will towards Soviets (as without Sikorski there was no obvious figure around whom Poles would unite, and Soviet's puppet-government would never have the legitimacy while Sikorski was alive). That theory is well supported, despite how outlandish it might sound. We're still waiting for the UK to declassify the files.
you should tell about Irena Sendlerowa who help Jews :)
Piorun nie Pioruń, mała literówka.
@@0plp0 Błyskawica.
@@0plp0 Zdaje się ze to Błyskawica walczyła z Bismarckiem...
@@wisan1339 @Karol Chomiak Zanim zaczniecie poprawiać to sprawdźcie informację np. w Internecie. To ORP Piorun brał udział w polowaniu na Bismarcka.
14:43 That would be a good point if you hadn't forgotten ... You forgot that the whole thing started with the Russians attacking Poland and killing most of the officers.
If you forget about the years 1939-1941, we might have agreed with this part.
You also have to take into account the fact that during the uprising, the Poles fought free Warsaw (in large part), but the Russians deliberately waited on the other side of the Vistula for the Germans to destroy the soldiers of the "Polish national army" just so that THEY could declare themselves LIBERATORS.
So it is difficult to call aggressors liberators.
If you delved into the topic of the US GB USSR talks after the war (1945), you would see that the US was trying to fight for Polish freedom (which means they considered it occupied by the USSR). However, for political reasons, they could not ... They were afraid to start another war, this time with the USSR.
They knew they should, but were afraid to sacrifice a political truce for the cause. Which later turned out to be pointless, because they had already passed into the "cold war" state, so ...
That is why the Poles felt betrayed. Remember that many Polish soldiers fought side by side with the Allies, but no ally (at least not a significant one) fought on Polish territory.
To że ciebie tu spotkam to się nie spodziewałem.
Interesting notes (you probably know about but for people)
Battle of britain - Polish pilots after losing their home, not knowing if even their families are still alive, being unable to go back, they joined British forces and pretty much saved them from speaking german now, after that Britain made parade to celebrate victory and they did not only didnt invite those pilots to the parade, but also made them leave the country because Britain was scared of revenge from Hitler if Polish were there especially on the parade (and of course they didnt help as later either~ :V)
Remides me when talking about Monte Casino (which is reallly interesting itself so really you should read about it)
Even Napoleon said that if something seems impossible to do, just send Poles and they will do it right away
We even had few legendary "Polish Termopylae", especially known are Battle of Wizna (300 man with machine gun and rifles versus 42k german army with 400 tanks and aircraft, they were defending for 3 days after they were made to stop it (and not because they were losing :P ) and Battle of Hodów (not WWII though :P)(400 legendary hussars (apparently most without horses) versus 40k tatars and they successfuly deffended a village)
about the P and the 'anchor', it was used pretty much by everyone to be honest, it meant P for Polska (Poland, of course) and the 'anchor' is actually from "W" letter and stands for walka/walcząca (fighting) which meant pretty much Fighting Poland and was a sign of a hope to regain our independence
but you could say it was a symbol of AK as their were starting the uprising
Allllso i feel like not many people get the reference but the 'robot' hand at 14:45 reffers to soviets as stalin was known for rulling with an "iron hand" because of being ruthless etc
WOOOW! Thanks for the additional info, really appriciate it!
"Fighting Poland" symbol was made first by "Szare Szeregi", Polish underground scouting movement, then it was incorporated by whole Home Army.
And the "Szare Szeregi" was a piece of "Związek Walki Zbrojnej" which was then renamed to "Armia Krajowa"
You meant revenge of Stalin, not Hitler :) Hitler was already dead.
Arnhem, Operation Market Garden. One name: Sosabowski
Yes yes, you are right
the movie "a bridge too far"
@@tizek2 Gene f%%%ng Hackman :D
The Polish airborne brigade was created to drop in Poland and help in operation "Burza" ang. "Storm" in this operation Polish Home Army (AK) was atack germans just biefore soviets come on this teritory to welcome soviet troops as hosts. But English Army send Polish troops to Holland durning operation Market-Garden. Poles should help British 1 Airborne Div. In Arnhem. But Gen. Sosabowski dont get consent to airborn drop because of mistic fog in british meteorologist center. So Poles jump when it was too late to save the operation and they only can try save the rest of british troops esceaping from the city of Arnhem.
I recomand you documentary film "Honor Generała" this is about what happened with Gen. Sosabowski after operation and how he was treated by Gen. Montgomery.
In this time when Gen. Sosabowski fought in Holland his son get wounded in Warsaw Uprising and get blind. The father and son was reunited after war. Sorry for my poor English xD
No właśnie!
14:50 About the Yalta: Poland had its government in exile in London, but it was not allowed to return to the country, and Stalin imposed its government in Poland (through cheated elections). Poland fought on the side of the western powers throughout the war, and they gave Poland to Stalin in Yalta. That is why Yalta will always be synonymous with betrayal in Poland - you say Yalta, you think betrayal!
By the way, I'm impressed by the knowledge of Polish history. Few people know what the difference is between the Home Army and the People's Army. The People's Army consisted of Poles who did not manage to join Anders's Army. They also fought for free Poland, not for communist Poland! Only their commanders were supporters of Stalin.
Oh, one more thing. The second photo (after Yalta) probably shows the Victory Parade in London in 1946 (London Victory Celebrations). Army of all countries participating in the war against Germany paraded there. All of them, were even branches from Ethiopia, Seychelles and Fiji. There were no Poles only! Poles were one of the most numerous fighting nations on the side of the Allied forces. The English did not let them march so as not to irritate Stalin. We're not looking for treason here. We're just sad here ...
Three paragraphs - 3 x "yes"
The day on which the Polish Army Representative Company will march with our banner at the head of the victory parade will be the day of returning some honor to those who were not invited to London for the Victory Parade in 1946.
"and Stalin imposed its government in Poland" and now similar situation took place in USA at the hands of another "red" country.
They were even so blatant about It that the voteswitching was recorded on live TV. When they were still counting, the numbers were updated in real time, certain candidates had LESS votes AFTER the update, and the opposing candidates had more, one lost X number of votes and the other gained exactly the same amount at the same time.
And you're not allowed to question It, or you'll get banned...
_Nothing to see here, move along..._
11:04 This symbol is called "anchor" in Poland and is a combination of two letters: P and W. These letters are an abbreviation of "Polska Walcząca" which means "Poland Fighting" it was a symbol of hope for regaining independence.
Also van be translated as,,Fighting Poland" (more grammaticly accurate version, but your's is also good)
@@Shad0W4884 Masz rację, meh zawsze muszę coś pokręcić...
also under Monte Casino fought one incredible soldier from the 22nd Artillery Supply Company.
"Wojtek" the bear who fought in Polish army and ended up his military carrer as a Corporal in his unit.
also he became celebrity among all Allied Generals, what came to visit him.
after war "Wojtek" spent rest of his life at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
Hi, just shortly:
1. Sinking of Bismarck - famous ORP Piorun (Thunderbolt) a Napier class destroyer commissioned in 1940 for service in 7th Destroyer Flotilla. From 25th of May '41 till 27th took part in search and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck.
When the HMS Hood was sunk by Bismarck, ORP Piorun from a short distance began firing on the Bismarck tying it up in a duel, and earning time for the British navy to arrive and destroy the German battleship. The next day, the British government showered congratulations on the Polish Navy, but not one word of it was printed in the newspapers nor in books published after the end of the war.
2. Battle of Arnhem - part of the Market Garden Operation of '44. Please check Major General Sosabowski, and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.
3. Falaise pocket, liberation of Breda etc. - 1st polish Armoured Division of General Maczek (Black Devils)
4. Narvik '40 - You got that right :) - the Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Podhalańskich), but also Polish destroyers ORP Grom (Thunder), ORP Burza (Storm) and ORP Błyskawica (Lightning) took part in these operations, during which ORP Grom was sunk by German aircraft on 4 May 1940.
5. Lenino - 1st Polish Infantry Division (1 Dywizja Piechoty im. Tadeusza Kościuszki), at the Battle of Lenino, October 12, 1943.
Cheers :)
Her crew scuttled her
Soviets and Armia Ludowa have never bring aby liberation. Poland's occupants just changed
Maybe next time , fighting another aggressor on Polish land, Russia should consider that it wasn't Poland any more, after it was destroyed . Government escaped, military crushed.
But Poland, on the other hand , always was friendly to Russia.....RIGHT ????. yes of course . Right after Russian Revolution and WW1 it was very dificult time and Poland send it's military to occupy Kiev and big part of Ukraine....
I know, Poland did it to "HELP" russian and ukrainian people... . YEAH RIGHT !!
@@seryogazmeisylvestr3585 Poland was never friendly to its Eastern neighbours and vice versa
@@seryogazmeisylvestr3585 whenever we tried to be friendly to the east we either got partitioned or invaded + we didnt send our military to occupy ukraine,russia went through ukraine after poland and ukraine signed the treaty of warsaw ending hostilities
11:00 This is a sign of "Polska Walcząca", that mean: "Fighting Poland"
Big Respect for this how you speak Polish names of units etc. !!
We are not angry cause we ended on Eastern side of the wall. We are angry at our allies cause they didnt even tried to argue with Stalin. They took what he said for granted. Only Roosvelt tried to maintain Poland as separate state under Soviet influence. The Churchill and de Gaulle didnt even try to think about central and eastern part. All they were interested were Germans lands and industry.. And funny thing is that french collabors managed to get their own part of RFN to "protect". So thats why we are so bitter towards the West. Not only cause of our situation but also other nations like Czechs who fought with us in battle of Brittain or Hungarians and Balkans. The West were tired of war. I understand that. But we were the price. When people in Paris or Rome drunk good wines in 1960, people on East Side were still at War but other kind. But thats just my opinion.
I don't know about de Gaulle but Churchill was crazy enough to plan a "Operation Unthinkable". British empire was crumbling and Churchill wasn't getting support from Americans for another world war. but yeah, tough time polish had. evil Churchill and other allies leaders.
No, only Churchill little try not Roosevelt . Mylisz się przyjacielu Roosevelt właśnie był dogadany ze Stalinem, to churchill miał wątpliwości, ale to nie ważne w sumie i tak nic by tego nie zmieniło, tylko maly szczegół
What the fuck are you bullshit - Churchill was the one who try but had not enough power to stand against Roosevelt and Stalin.....the dick on wheal chair was a puppet in hands o papa stalin .... De Gaul wasvery interested in helping Poles regain they freedom but he was lesser to say than Churchill.....
Our “trusty “ allies offered Poland as next soviet republic and it was Stalin himself who refused this offer. He knew that Poland without even slight hint of independence will be in state of never ending uprising. Our british friends are also responsible for fact that in 1939 only 1/4 of polish army was mobilized. They knew not only that Germans will attack but they also knew about Ribbentrop-Mołotow pact and yet they have made great diplomatic efforts to prevent Poland from full mobilization. It is really true that if You have such friends You don’t need enemies.
@@wojciechpatalas6660 Nothing more to say .... Exactly.
You should watch "Bloody Foreigners Battle of Britain." It delves more into what the Polish pilots contributed during the Battle of Britain and it's pretty entertaining
Thanks!
If someone want to watch something about Poland then watch ,,Dywizjon 303" its about polish people who wanted to fly in planes during ww2 in britain.
8:55 That part is about Witold Piiecki, who like you already mentioned volunteered to Auschwitz, organized resistance movement and then escaped and wrote his famous ,,Report W,, which BTW if you haven't red I do recommend it, you wont regret. But it was Jan Karski a courier of Polish Government in Exile who delivered a report about situation in German occupied Poland to president Roosevelt himself. You can read this story and also how the Polish underground state was organized and functioned in J, Karski's book ,,Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World,, personally, one of my favourite ones
There were exactly three of them who cracked the Enigma code. Rejewski, Zygalski and Różycki
Whether you won or lost the WW2 in the economic sense was determined not by your allegiance, but by which side of the iron curtain you ended up on. Despite all of her contributions, Poland effectively lost the war.
Polsih destroyer ORP Piorun took part in the sinking of Bismarck. Reportedly the ship send a message to Bismarck saying "I am a pole" before opening fire.
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I am related to Marian Rejewski, the man who broke the Enigma code. Also my great grandfather was a pilot in the UK, he was one of the few that got invited for the tea with the Queen of England. My family still owns their letters and pictures. Also while taking apart one of our old homes, we found a sztandar (which is an official national/regional flag/banner) hidden under the floor boards from the occupants (We live in the part of Poland where the Germans occupied). We gave the findings to Polish museums of war. I'm very proud to be a part of this family.
Battles with the participation of Polish troops During the Second World War - Polish Armed Forces in the West 1940-1945:
Norwegian campaign
The Battle of Narvik
Battle for France
Battle of Britain
Battle for the Atlantic
Battle for Tobruk
Operation Jubilee
Landing in Normandy
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Mont Ormel
Operation Market Garden
Battle for Ancona
Battle of Bologna
Polish Armed Forces in the USSR 1943-1945:
Battle of Lenino
Pomeranian operation
The Vistula-Oder operation
The Battle of Studzianki
Battle for Berlin
Prague operation
Battle of Bautzen (1945)
I dont know if someone write this already here, but one thing for remember is that Polish Army fought so well against Germany in September and October 1939, so Germany need to allocate large portion of their forces from western front to Poland to fight. And If French and Brits moved to attack Hitler on 1st Septeber 1939, WW2 will end sooner than you think. Stalin wouldn't move his troops seeing that Hilter is about to be crushed by French and Brits on western front. Remember also that Poles singlehandenly repel bolshevics in 1920 back to Russia.
French or attack. Choose one of two ;)
The "Black Devils" is General Stanisław Maczek and the 1st Armoured Division. Fascinating story, highly recommend to explore.
"We are waiting for you, red plague... you will be salvation welcomed with revulsion... we are waiting for you, our eternal enemy... bloody murderer of so many of our brethren.... Your red, victorious army has been lying at the bright feet of burning Warsaw and is feeding its soul with bloody pain of a handful of madmen who are dying in the ruins." "Red Plague" by Józef Szczepański
This what Poles think of their "help"
09:00 part Sabaton has a song about him, Inmate 4859
also about polish pilots, the warsaw uprising and the battle around Wizna (40:1)
And that's why I'm proud to be Polish
Fun fact: That "anchor" sign (W written into P) is an explication from "Polska walczy" (literally "Poland fights").
Additionally there were fun explications, like NSDAP - Nasi Są Daleko, Ale Przyjdą (Our [men] are far away, but will come).
I recommend you the story of "wojtek". Quite interesting soldier mainly for the fact that he was a bear
Other countries have dogs for company mascots. POLAND HAD A BEAR!
Saying Stalin made a valid argument is the same as saying Hitler did. Don’t take the side of monsters
Arnhem was Operation Market Garden, a defeat for the Allies in September of 1944. Check it out Essek that was a battle made on bad intelligence and Polish paratroopers had some of the hardest fighting out of the allied units that day, having landed in an open. Field where they were met immediately by machine guns and German Infantry.
Considered one of the last German tactical victories in ww2
5:52
- sinking of Bismarck: during search for Bismarck, polish destroyer ORP "Piorun" was part of admiral Vian's fleet and the first ship to made contact and exchange fire with Bismarck.
- Lenino (Belarus) - battle of Lenino (12-13 October 1943) was the first time 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division (pro-communist and not accepted by Polish Government in London) fought along Soviet forces on Eastern Front.
- Falaise: Polish forces played an important role in stopping German retreat from "Falase pocket". That led to final destruction of German forces in Normandy.
- Arnhem: 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade under gen. Sosabowski was a part of Market-Garden operation (as shown in a movie "A Bridge Too Far").
11:50 - actually, about 50% of Warsaw was destroyed during or just after the Uprising. Unfortunately, there were german urban plans to "rebuild" the city in a way that would change metropolis into a typical provincial town, to destroy even a memory of polish capital. Unfortunately, Soviets found those plans and decided to use them to rebuild the city after the war... and destroyed yet another 30-40% of old Warsaw during the process.
14:47 - the bitter thing with Jalta is that no polish representation was present during the conference, when the future of Poland was decided. Stalin's argument was valid (especially since USSR was in control of Eastern Europe at the time), but he actually made it valid by taking, but not acknowledging significant help Soviets got form Domestic Army during liberation of cities Vilnius and Kowno, and by refusing help to Warsaw Uprising. The whole idea of Warsaw Uprising was not to defeat Germans, but to push them out of Warsaw just before coming of Soviets, to show that "Polish people fought and liberated their capital instead just waiting for liberation". That's why Stalin decided to stop advance to Warsaw - to deprive his opponents of the most valid argument.
When you go through Warsaw there is nearly no building which stand over after uprising, people rebuild a Capitol by looking into a city plans and paints from XIX century that is why it looks like that
Lenino was a massacre btw because of USSR strategy of "combat" reconnaissance which means no reconnaissance at all
My great-grandfather fought the entire military route from Lenio to Berlin and was awarded the Virtuti Miltari and i have this order .
Lets face it. Polish soldiers took part in almost every single battle of WW2 xD
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"I wouldn't say freed. More like under new menagment."
Mamy people I talked to and even Pilecki said that german ocupation comparing to russian ocupation was like "Disneyland".
I agree that Stalin had a point, but if enemy of my enemy is my enemy, does he help me?
12:00 Warsaw was reconstructed after the war in exactly the same shape as it was before it and before the Warsaw Uprising. The entire old town is mapped 1: 1.
You are joking. Nowadays Stare Miasto is a fraction of the prewar one.
What does mean the word "liberate"? Am I correctly interpreting the word as making someone free? The soviets enslaved Poland, because they wanted to establish puppet government to take over full control over the land and nation. This closes discussion on this topic. I personally understand the word "liberty" quite different then "removing occupation forces to put another occupation forces". You woldn''t like to hear what my grandma was saying about this "liberation": rapes, murders for items/food and for sick idea that society is much more important than one. Human kind is too stupid for this idea - most of population thinks of themselves and their children than society. Communism would be valid only if every person was thinking of GROUP insted of HIM/HERSELF. That's why the ending of communism was just a matter of time.
It's not that glorious anyway now - now we see groups that collected so much power and wealth that our representatives are not working for us - people - they work for them because that gives them more profits. We are just stupified that they care about us - especially before elections. The only hope in free internet and free flow of ideas connected with wise education and discussion hoping that none of the internet "owners" will have another idea about using it.
I really appreciate your knowledge, you're always understanding and smart, I love your reactions and historical commentaries
I'm glad you did this broadcast. that will englighten the minds of many people!
Sinking of Bismarck - ORP Piorun and its unit (4th destroyer flotilla) were detached from the convoy they were escorting and tasked to locate and shadow Bismarck. The story goes that after finding it, Piorun... Charged the battleship, signalling "I am Pole". During the exchange, Piorun got so close they fired EVERYTHING, including smaller caliber aa guns. British command ordered Piorun to withdraw, officially because the destroyer was low on fuel, though some say they were afraid it might sink the Bismarck on its own...
Enigma - Polish intelligence and mathematicians were working on enigma machine ever since it was introduced, iirc the codes were broken before the war and later the decryption methods and copies of the actual enigma were transferred to western allies. Basically everything done later was to adapt to German changes to the machine and faster decryption.
Yalta - It doesn't hold water. Soviets liberated Austria, yet withdrew from it. And according to some historians (like Wołoszański), Roosevelt was pretty much under Stalin's influence, at least since Tehran and canceled German Operation "Long Jump"; and it got worse as FdR got more and more ill. Churchill wanted an independent Poland, but not just Poland - evidence would suggest that he wanted all the countries that later formed the communist bloc free and democratic (proposed landing in the balkans, trying to sabotage operation Overlord by feeding information to Cicero and even operation Unthinkable). But stalin being the bastard that he was, did as he promised, and there were elections in Poland. As he supposedly said "it doesn't matter who votes, it matters who counts the votes" he finally got what he wanted ever since his failure during the Polish-Bolshevik war and Poland fell to communism. The imprisonment, torture and executions of the Home Army (AK) members were carried out well into the 50s, even after destalinization the repressions continued.
Utmost respect to you, sir, for caring to learn the proper pronunciation of Polish names and city names. Great job!
Bismark was searched by British Navy, but it was Polish destroyed which found it. Belgium was a Maczek Army, Lenino was a second army introduced in in Rushen
Sinking of Bismarck: Polish destroyer ORP Piorun took very active part in the action. During night 26/27th of May 1940, Piorun was the first from group of 4 destroyers to detect Bismarck. She fired several rounds of 150 mm, but such small shells could do no harm to the battleship. Luckily she avoided hits from Bismarck.
Battle of Lenino was fought by 1 Polish Infantry Division on 12th and 13th of October 1943. Small town of Lenino was captured but division lost about 25% of the troops and had to be withdrawn for 3 months from the front.
Arnhem: In September 1944 Polish First Independent Parachute Brigade under command of gen. Sosabowski fought south of Arnhem during failed operation Market Garden.
Falaise in France: Polish troops took part in 1940 campaign in France, but battle of Falaise was fought in August 1944. 1 Panzer Division under command of gen. Stanislaw Maczek
fought there a very fierce battle. It suffered huge losses but managed to stop withdrawal of most of German forces from Falaise pocket.
Information from Auschwitz was indeed passed from colonel Pilecki but on the map route to Washington DC is shown. Information to USA was delivered by Polish courier, Jan Karski.
He was an official representative of Polish government in London. There is also an image of Irena Sendlerowa. She managed to save many Jewish children from Warsaw ghetto.
ENIGMA wasn't sent by Rejewski to UK. Entire hardware and software was handed over to British and French Intelligence on 25th of July 1939, just before German invasion.
Mathematicians Rejewski, Zygalski and Rozycki were employed at University of Poznan and decided to cooperate with Polish Military Intelligence ( Section no.2 ). Each of them contributed significantly to the general effort of solving the problem. The best material on you tube is undoubtedly a very detailed film by Sir Dermot Turing 'The real story of how Enigma was broken'
It is really worth watching.
you got falaise wrong it refers to the largest encirclement on the western front which was after d day in which the first Canadian army was tasked with sealing the encirclement attached to it was the 1 polish armored division which pretty much was the spear head in closing the pocket.
Battle of Arnhem refers to the failed British paratroop landings thou that one is not much considering that the British dropped polish paratroopers so late that all we could do is help the surviving brits to escape.
As for sinking of Bismark ORP Piorun polish destroyer was the first destroyer to spot the Bismark which initiated the chase, at one point piorun decided to charge the battle ship closing to anti air range by some reports to fire torpedoes and give the two British destroyers a better shot. in the end piorun exchanged fire for an hour with Bismark without ether side scoring a hit. piorun after the engagement lost sight of bismark and had to return to port do to running low on fuel.
dont know about narvin and lenino
7:50
they were called "cichociemni"
or Silent Unseen in English
I need to say I watched severeal of clips like that (reactions of people throught the world) and you are the one with So much knowledge about my country. Respect and Thank you!
This video makes me tear up every time. My great grandfather fought under Monte Cassino
Yes, the Armia Krajowa and the Polish Underground State did have the same symbol. It’s not surprising because the AK was apart of the Polish Gouvernment in Exile and made up the armed wing of the Polish Underground State.
As a Pole, thank you very much for your work and statements about the history of Poland. It is very difficult, a lot of blood has soaked into the Polish soil. I am proud of my country's history, but as a society we are still being destroyed by politicians who have devoted themselves to foreign powers for money.
We have fought, we are fighting and we will continue to fight! Peace for good people.
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To jest cała prawda o naszym narodzie.... Bóg, Honor i Ojczyzna!!!
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5:58 Battle of Falaise was a part of the Operation Overlord not the Battle of France
U have to have in mind that, when Soviets coming to "liberate" Poland, first they kill many pro-Independence soldiers, and people. They were fighting against Germany, but at the same time they were killin pro-Independce resistance movements. Read about "Obława augustowska" if u have a time.
They kill everyone who don't want co-operate, they give land to people and they must work if they not do it this , communist governent give you fine
Hello, my name is Ula and I come from Poland. In Poland, the Second World War was very sad and truly cruel
your knowledge about Polish WWII is really amazing!! I've listend to you very pleasent. Greetings from Poland! 🤍❤️
Regarding the letter 'Ł' 'ł', here's the tip. Read it like the English 'W'. For example Polish "ła" in Wojtyła would be read like "wa" in Waluigi.
Fun fact: This change is relatively young (100 years max). Before, we used to pronounce ł the same way, as Russians did the l.
I am in tears! Som guy knows a ha blood history of my people! Thank you sir!!!!
6:34 battle of Arnhem - The 1st Independent Parachute Brigade of Gen. Sosabowski took part in Operation Market Garden. Together with the British, they defended the bridge. it's This one bridge too far. Sinking of Bismarck - it is often forgotten that the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun took part in the search for Bismarck. found him first, followed him for an hour. There was even an exchange of fire. The shots from the destroyer were not significant for the bismark, but it gave courage to the ORP Piorun crew.
Battle of LENINO - 1 Polish Infantry Division Tadeusz Kościuszko and the tank division of the USSR took part there. they suffered heavy losses but broke the defense. And they could go to Warsaw
I have seen many reactions to this film. Yours is the most complete and most professional. Very well done. You know well the history of my country. Thank you.
7:49 - u must check something about Krystyna Skarbek i think they are talking about her.
Ian Fleming was inspired by her story to make James Bond. sry for my language
That "P with the hooks" is "P" and "W" stands for "Polska Walcząca" - "Fighting Poland"
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for your work
10:43 the sign is a letter P combined with a letter W and is an acronym for Polska Walcząca (Poland Fighting). It was first used by the Wawer scouts which were responsible for the 'Little Sabotage' as they started painting this sign on windows and walls
Poles had actualy the same fate as Czechs or Slovaks. Both were sold to Soviets in Yalta conference. Czechs were however sold two times. In 1938 in Munich and then in Yalta.
And even more funny fact is that the Czechs tanks witch was obtain after Munich Agreement take huge role in Germany Blitzkrieg in war with Poland and France so in short france dig their own grave (Germany gained 2,175 field guns and cannons, 469 tanks, 500 anti-aircraft artillery pieces, 43,000 machine guns, 1,090,000 military rifles, 114,000 pistols, about a billion rounds of small-arms ammunition and three million rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition. That weaponry was then sufficient to arm about half of the Wehrmacht.)
@@DUBSpecter Czechoslovakia in 1938 fully armed 41 divisions. Allies lost 41 divisions and Germany was able to arm their new 40 divisions which makes 80 divisions difference. As Churchill and Beneš said. "They chose dishonor but they will get war". Or something like that.
@@saiien2 Yeah most people dont know about that Czechs army was one of the most modern one and had a lot of equipment and one of most technology
developed military
factory in world at that time.
@@saiien2 :O really :O
@@monikakozicka780 Yes it's true :)
These are amazing animation, their history of stubborn resistance, a beautiful country that is soured by its politics today
Especially politics, the country is literally decided over this
Poland didn’t resist, but collaborated with Hitler .. she didn’t give a normal fight and killed more of the Army of the Red Army than the Germans
@@user-kv5xw4go8v What you say is a slander that be easily corrected by obvious facts:
Poles fought against the Third Reich from the very first day of the war to the last day. They fought against Hitler even when Stalin was his best ally. There were a very few collaborators in Poland and they were sentenced to death by the Polish Underground State. Even after Barbarossa, one million Russians served the Third Reich
Russische Befreiungsarmee
1. Russische Nationalarmee
29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „RONA“ (russische Nr. 1)
30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr. 2)
Waffen-Sturmbrigade RONA
Ostlegionen
Russisches Schutzkorps
XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
Sonderdivision Russland
Wolgabulgarische Legion
Kalmückisches Kavalleriekorps
Schutzmannschafts-Bataillon 57
Sonderverband Graukopf
Republik Lokot
Pls stop spreading you biased antipolonism
Иван Коротков - its a lies. If Poland collaborated with Hitler then Russia never be in Poland.
@@user-kv5xw4go8v If Poland really cooperated with Hitler, the Europe we see nowadays would never exist (maybe even your country).
the "p" with the hooks symbol is actualy "p" with "w" as anchor... it means "Polska Walcząca" - Fighting Poland
*Black Devils was a 1st Polish Armoured Division. They were called the Black Devils because of their black berets, black leather jackets and above all because of their crazy, sometimes even suicidal courage. The Germans had nightmares because of them, and they used to call mama, whenever someone mentioned Black Devils* 😎 *This is what Maczek, the general of the Polish division, said (A Polish soldier fights for the freedom of all nations, but dies only for Poland)* 👍
8:42 It was about Irena Sendlerowa
10:50 The P-W-Anchor symbol originally meant "We remember Wawer [ Massacre]" "Pamietamy Wawer," later on it came to mean "Polska Walczaca" "Fighting Poland."
More like Wola
;) Poles and Enigma In 1932, mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski learned the secret of the operation of the German electromechanical encryption machine Enigma. They did it for the first time with mathematical methods. So far, mainly linguistic methods have been used in cryptology. Students of the University of Poznań participated in a course for cryptologists organized at this university with the participation of the military. After completing the course, they were employed in the Cipher Bureau of the General Staff of the Polish Army. In 1929, the course selected a smaller group of young mathematicians who were involved in the Poznań exposition of the Cipher Bureau of Division II in the City Headquarters building. Ultimately, they were: Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki. The Enigma, constructed in the 1920s, was to be used to classify commercial correspondence. However, it was quickly used in the German armed forces. Three mathematicians designed a copy of the encryption machine. Copies of this device were produced at the AVA Radio Engineering Works in Warsaw. In the summer of 1939, the Polish military authorities handed over copies of the machine to France and Great Britain along with information on the broken code. In September 1939, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski evacuated through Romania to France. Jerzy Różycki died in January 1942 on a ship that mysteriously sank in the Mediterranean Sea. The two remaining mathematicians were still working on German ciphers, working in a unit of the Polish Army in Great Britain. The British continued work on the Enigma. Work on breaking new versions and improving the Enigma cipher continued at the British cryptology center in Bletchley Park. According to historians, thanks to the fact that the Allies knew the information sent by Enigma, World War II lasted 2-3 years shorter. In 2000, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski were posthumously awarded the Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2007 in their honor In Poznań, a patinated bronze obelisk of four meters in the shape of a prism with a triangular base was unveiled. On each wall, the names of the cryptologists appear among the numbers.
Canadian here. Didn't learn about Katyn in high school (mostly WW1 and the end of WW2, focusing on the connection between the two wars), but I did learn about it in my university history classes as part of our focus on the eastern front.
Poles broke enigma system, English improved it to work it fast enough. Period.
On the subject of Yalta, we remember Churchil. We know that he did not betray us.
You are a very wise man GREETINGS from poland
You can watch also " Poland first to fight!" created by Historia bez cenzury what means History without censored
Hello Essek
I think that You could make a video with one of our youtubers, Historia bez cenzury. He has much knowledge about polish history.
Please consider watching Sabaton History's video on Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler. It's a great video breaking down the story of WW2 pilots from opposite sides having a moment of true humanity.
Warsaw Uprising sign was created by two start letters from two Words,
P - Polska, W- Walczącą = Polska Walczącą what means Poland fighting. :)
Probably someone already answer this.. the P with a hooks is actually P with the W and it stands for
Polska Walcząca - Poland Fightning
Sorry for my english
The warsow was more Dystroy than London.
the "p" with hucks it's mean Poland fighting
Polish - Polska walczącą
Hey! Thanks for the amazing video. I know it's over half a year now since you've posted it, however, I thought I'd share some info on the Battle of Arnhem, sinking of Bismarck and Lenino you were asking about. So, to put it in chronological order:
1. Sinking of Bismarck. As you probably know, there were a lot of Allied ships involved. One of them was a Polish destroyer ORP Piorun (the abbreviation is something like HMS; in this case the meaning is The Ship of the Republic of Poland; Piorun = Thunder). Piorun detected Bismarck and was first to shoot, even though its salve can hardly do any damage to the German ship. It took place at the dusk on the 26th of May 1941. During the night Piorun was dispatched due to the fuel shortage and got back to Plymouth, so it didn't took part in the actual fight.
2. Battle of Lenino. One of the greatest battles of Polish soldiers during WWII. You mentioned Anders Army formed on the southern outskirts of the Soviet Union, however, there was also formed a Polish Divistion (1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division) in the East, completely independent from the Anders Army and Polish government in the exile but greatly infiltrated by Soviets and commanded by Polish officers they had trust in, and it is the one which fought by Lenino. What is more, soldiers who fought for Anders and most of whom ended their combat trail in England either stayed there after the war ende or got back to Poland, in which case they would most likely be sentenced to death for treason by new communist Polish authorities (they were considered, to put it simple, as of Western capitalist origin and, because of that, could post a danger to the newly built communist state). On the other hand, soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division were most likely to became part of newly formed Polish People's Army after the war (because of being trusted by Soviets).
3. Battle of Arnhem. We're talking about part of the Operation Market Garden. Polish participation is well known and was depicted in the famous movie "A bridge too far". To put the long story short, Polish commander of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade, gen. Stanisław Sosabowski, strongly criticised the plan and insisted on having a better look on the Dutch Resistance reports about German forces in the area. He was put on the margin, however, in the end it was obvious that all his doubts was more than accurate. After the war, Sosabowski stayed in England but died in poverty working like a regular guy. Many of his colleagues didn't even know he was a soldier. Combine that with the fact that Polish soldiers were denied permission to take part in the victory parade in London and... that the Operation Market Garden was planned by the British Field Marshal Montgomery.
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Thank you form your comment, I am Polish and i am proud of it. (Dziękuje ci za skomentowanie, jestem Polką i jestem z tego dumna.)