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966 - Poland became christian 1000 - Congress of Gniezno. The German Emperor Otto III came to Poland 1018 - War expedition to Kiev 1200-1300 - Mongol invasions of Poland 1226 - Bringing Knights of Teutonic Order to Poland to help fight agains Prussia 1333- Coronation of King Casimir the Great (he found Poland wooden and left bricked) 1364 - European kings meeting in Cracow, founding the Akademia Krakowska (now Jagiellonian University), one of the first universities in the world. 1377 - Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila Algirdaitis) became the ruler of Lithuania 1410 - The battle of Grunwald against Teutonic Order, one of the biggest battles in medieval Europe 1543 - Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) issued a revolutionary scientific work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), development of Jagiellonian University, strong cooperation with western universities 1609-1619 - Wars with Russia 1683 - Battle of Vienna - polish king Jan III Sobieski saves the Europe from islamisation, defending much bigger army of Ottoman Empire 1772-1795 - Partitions of Poland by Prussia, Russia, Austria 1791 - Adopting the Constitution of May 3, the second constitution in the world, after American one. 1797,1806 - Napoleon wars 1830 - November Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire 1863 - January Uprising- national uprising against occupation by the Russian Empire 1800-1900 - Fryderyk Chopin-one of the greatest romantic composers, Adam Mickiewicz-one of the greatest Polish writers 1918 - Poland regain independence (after 123 YEARS of occupation) 1920- Battle of Warsaw. also called "Miracle at Vistula" Poland beated Russia, saving Europe from communist revolution, one of most important battle in the HUMANKIND!!! 1922- Creation of a shipyard in Gdynia 1939- WW II started, Russia and Germany attacked from two sides and divided Poland in half 1940- Battle of Britain, Polish pilots saved England 1944- Batlle of Monte Cassino, The conquest of the Monte Cassino monastery by Polish soldiers. A very important battle in the history of WWII. 1944- Warsaw Uprising 1945- Poland felt under the occupation of the USSR. 1978- Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope and took the name of John Paul II 1981- martial law was introduced in Poland 1989- The 1989 Roundtable Talks, Negotiations conducted by representatives of communist authorities, the democratic opposition and church partiest. First partially free elections brought the long-awaited "FREEDOM".

As a Pole, I can recognize every second, every character and every place, city in this film.

This video is great shortcut of Polish history to those that know it but i doesn't say much to those that lack context. Here's some most important events shown in this video: 0:57 - unification of tribes that inhabited Poland. Mieszko I officially founds Polish state by converting to christianity in 966 1:14 - Holy Roman Emperor visits The grand duchy of Poland in 1000. In 1025 Bolesław Chrobry becomes the first king of now Kingdom of Poland 1:55 - Wars to the east for more land, Mongol Invasions of Poland and feudal fragmentation of Polish Kingdom. Basically many, many wars 2:40 - Duke Konrad invites the Teutonic Order (Catholic Crusaders) to East Prussian land in order for them to fight Pagans in the north while Poland was in the middle of a civil war. The order succeeded in it's task but it stayed in the region taking the land for itself and now fighting wars against Poland and Lithuania, becoming our biggest nemesis for centuries to come. 3:03 - in 1333 Kasimir the III known also as the Great becomes king of Poland. He took power in a only recently reunified country plagued with crisises, political instability, wars and many other problems. Fixed many of them, introduced reforms, mended external and internal politics, conquered land and laid foundations for Poland to become one of the most powerful and thriving states for the centuries to come. 4:43 - In 1410 Poland and Lithuania, now under personal union, defeats the Teutonic Order in the battle of Grunwald. While the orders survives this massive blow, it's influence will only wane untill it becomes a vassal of Poland. 5:00 - Golden age of Poland. The country is prospering politically and economically. Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory of the solar system. Poland and Lithuania unite under the Commonwealth of both Nations. 5:41 - Russian "time on troubles". Polish invasion of Russia and subsequent Wars with Russia. 6:09 - Again many wars. Against the Ottomans, Russia, Chmelnyćkyj Uprising and the "Swedish Deluge"(vey important event where poland was utterly destroyed, it marked the beggining of the downfall of the Commonwealth). 6:16 - Siege of Vienna 7:30 - The First and Second Partition of The Commonwealth 7:34 - Written constitution. Kosciuszko's Uprising and the Third Partition of the Poland. The Commonwealth is erased from the map for 123 years. 7:49 - life under partitions. Repressions, deportations, Napoleonic wars, emmigration of Poles across the world, many uprisings, romantic ideals and keeping nationhood alive through art, religion and culture. 9:09 - Industrial revolution, I World War and reagaining independence in 1918. 9:22 - Polish-Soviet war. The Red army is defeated during the battle of Warsaw. 9:45 - Interwar Poland, Beginning on the second World War, Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. 10:30 - II World War. Concentration camps and in the video shown the most well known Polish contributions to the war effort. Battle of Britain, Monte Cassino and Polish underground state. 11:06 onward - Soviet Poland, rebulding the country, massive protests again Communist Regime, first free elections and fall of iron courtain and into the modern day.

If you are so interested in the history of Poland, you must know that there is quite an important contribution of South Africans to the history of Poland during World War II. On August 1, 1944, an uprising against the Germans broke out in Warsaw. A hopeless and disastrous case. The Soviets who were approaching the Vistula from the east after breaking through the German front in Belarus were stopped east of Warsaw. The Germans brought the last select reserves to the front (SS armored divisions "Totenkopf" and "Wiking", the Luftwaffe armored-parachute division "Herman Goring" and Wehrmacht armored divisions) and managed to stop the Soviets in heavy fighting. After the outbreak of the uprising, the Soviets, on Stalin's orders, did not want to help him due to its political nature. The only trickle of help could come from the west. From Allied air bases in southern Italy behind the Allied front in Italy. On August 4, 1944, planes began to take off from air bases near Bari and Brindisi to drop weapons and supplies over Warsaw. In addition to Polish pilots from the Polish Air Force, pilots from the Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the South African Air Force (then SAAF) took part in the action. It was a long night flight from the south of Italy over German-controlled areas over radar batteries, observation posts, anti-aircraft batteries and fighters. They flew over burning Warsaw at night, where the Germans immediately activated searchlights and anti-aircraft guns. Aircraft crews had to almost descend over the roofs of the burning and shelled city to try to see the insurgents' positions and drop supplies by parachute. Polish, South African and Australian crews made almost superhuman efforts to drop this supply. A description has been preserved of one of the planes with an Australian crew, the commander of which flew almost literally over the roofs of buildings and the whole plane, with all the engines hit, flew over the city and its crew threw out containers with supplies until the very end until they crashed and died. After three weeks, losses in terms of crews and aircraft amounted to 150%. Then the British issued an order to suspend flights. Polish pilots can fly and no one will stop them, but the rest of the soldiers of the British Empire must stop sacrificing themselves. The next day, pilots from South African squadrons came and said that they had decided that since Polish pilots were flying, South African pilots who decided also fly. They flew until the end, i.e. until mid-September 1944, when the flights were interrupted because it no longer made sense. The uprising failed on October 2, 1944 and Warsaw was almost completely destroyed. In 1945, the city was almost 85% destroyed. During these events, approximately 150 South African Air Force pilots died. Like the graves and remains of all soldiers of the British Empire who died on the territory of today's Poland during World Wars I and II, they were exhumed, moved and buried by the British War Graves Commission at two Commonwealth Cemeteries of Fallen Soldiers in Poland: Poznań and Piła. I live in Poznań. The British Commonwealth Soldiers' Cemetery is located in the complex of war cemeteries next to the former Poznań citadel, not far from the city center. Around November 11, our Independence Day, I always go there. The tombstones of South African pilots occupy two avenues. The dates of death were August and September 1944. I always lay flowers at the beginning of the avenue. The grandfather of my best friend, with whom I have been friends for over 30 years, was an insurgent in Warsaw in 1944. He talked about, among other things, these airdrops and how they found downed planes and their crews. Including those from South Africa. I don't know if anyone ever talked about it in South Africa, but here in Poland there are still a few people who know and remember it.

Poland has stopped Mongol expansion, Ottoman expansion, Bolshevick expansion.... It is truly the protector of Europe.

It is difficult to answer the history of Poland in a comment. This is a lecture for several years. The film shows the years in which the most characteristic thing in Poland's history happened. You can check individual dates. The film was made for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. And it presents the development of Poland over the years. Growth is the main theme of this film. As the filmmakers describe: "History of Poland" is a visual poem in which important moments of Polish history are mixed with associations, symbols, presentations of cities, people, characteristic buildings; it is an image on which a map scrolls, visual explanations of specific situations, important gestures, important words. The most characteristic dates in Polish history: 800/900 - In the lands between the Odra and Bug rivers, a state originating from the Polan tribe was established, ruled by the Piast dynasty and called Poland. 966 - The first historical ruler of Poland, Mieszko I, was baptized. This connected Poland with the circle of Christian culture and the Christian countries of Europe. 1000 - Congress of Gniezno - meeting of Emperor Otto III with Prince Bolesław the Brave. During the congress, Otto III placed an imperial diadem on Bolesław's head and gave him the Spear of Saint Maurice. 1018 - Bolesław the Brave's military expedition to Kiev and the annexation of Cherven Castles to Poland. 1000/1100 - Fights with the Germans, Czechs and Kievan Rus', as well as with the Slavic tribes settled between the Oder and the Elbe. 1100/1200 - Bolesław Krzywousty divided the country between his sons, Poland was divided into districts. 1200/1300 - Tatar invasions, part of Polish lands occupied by Brandenburgers and Teutonic Knights. 1226 - Beginning of negotiations with the Teutonic Knights regarding their settlement on the Masovian-Prussian border. In 1228, the Chełmno land was given to the Teutonic Knights. 1300/1400 - Occupation of Gdańsk Pomerania by the Teutonic Knights. Polish-Teutonic war. 1333 - Death of Polish king Władysław the Elbow-high, beginning of the reign of Casimir the Great. 1364 - Congress of monarchs in Kraków. Founding of the Krakow Academy (Jagiellonian University). 1377 - Władysław Jagiełło takes power of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 1410 - Battle of Grunwald - one of the largest battles in the history of medieval Europe. The battle was fought between the forces of the Teutonic Order, commanded by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen, and the combined Polish and Lithuanian forces under the command of the King of Poland, Władysław Jagiełło. 1400/1500 - Reign of Władysław Jagiełło, then Władysław III of Varna and Casimir Jagiellon. 1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus's work "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" was published in Nuremberg. Copernicus presented a theory of the structure of the Solar System, stating that the Sun is in the center of the Solar System and all the planets, including the Earth, revolve around it. 1500/1600 - The flourishing of the Krakow Academy (Jagiellonian University), Electoral Sejm - a congress of the nobility that was to decide on the election of the new king. 1619 - Truce in Dywilin ending the Polish-Russian war that had been going on since 1609. 1648-1655 - Uprising of the Cossacks and Ukrainian peasantry under the leadership of Cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky against the Polish nobility. 1683 - Relief of Vienna - a battle fought between the Polish-Austrian-German army, under the command of John III Sobieski, and the army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of vizier Kara Mustafa near Vienna. The battle ended with the defeat of Turkey, which did not recover from this attack and ceased to pose a threat to Christian Europe. 1700/1800 - Poland in Saxon times. Secular and clerical magnates indulged in lavish consumption. On the one hand, construction was developing, churches and palaces were being built. On the other hand, the economy and agriculture were in decline. 1772 - First partition of Poland - Prussia, Austria and Russia ceded part of Poland's territory. 1791 - On May 3, the first Polish constitution was adopted (Constitution of May 3). 1793 - Second partition of Poland. 1795 - Third Partition of Poland - the last of the three partitions of Poland carried out by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Poland ceased to exist. 1797 - Polish army units called Polish Legions were established in Italy. The commander was General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. The song of these units entitled Mazurka Dąbrowskiego became the official anthem of the Polish state in 1926. 1806 - Greater Poland Uprising - armed actions of Poles ended with complete success. The victory allowed for the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw, a substitute for the Polish state. 1830 - In November, the Polish national uprising against Russia broke out, which on January 25, 1831 turned into the Polish-Russian war. This war ended with a Russian victory. 1863 - Growing Russian terror against Polish society led to the outbreak of another Polish national uprising in January 1863. Despite initial successes, the January Uprising ended with the defeat of the insurgents. 1800/1900 - The period of struggles to regain the independence of the state lost as a result of the partitions. The history of this period was also characterized by the following issues: Artistic works with patriotic and political themes (Adam Mickiewicz, Fryderyk Chopin), the Great Emigration - one of the largest emigration movements in Europe at that time, mainly Polish nobility, soldiers, members of the National Government, politicians, writers, artists , intelligence, Organic work - a postulate calling for involvement in the economic and cultural development of the country. 1918 - November 11, 1918, with the end of World War I, Poland regained independence. 1919/1920 - In the years 1919-1920 there was a Polish-Russian war, the culmination of the fighting was the Battle of Warsaw called the Miracle on the Vistula. Winning the battle allowed Poland to maintain its recently regained independence and stopped the spread of the communist revolution to Western Europe. 1922 - Construction of the port in Gdynia, which was to provide Poland with access to the sea. 1939 - On September 1, Germany attacked Poland, which gave rise to the Second World War. On September 17, in agreement with Germany, Russia attacked Poland. The attack of Germany and Russia from both sides, and the lack of help from other countries, resulted in Poland losing after 35 days of fighting and losing its independence once again. 1940/1944 - During World War II, Polish soldiers fought on many fronts, including: the pilots became famous for their heroic fight in the Battle of Britain, inflicting severe losses on the Germans, and the capture of Monte Cassino by the Polish infantry in 1944 is also worth mentioning. 1945 - In May, Germany signs the capitulation, marking the end of World War II in Europe. Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed at the Yalta Conference, Russia received "sovereignty" over Poland. 1945/1970 - After the war, Poland became a state dependent on Russia (USSR), but with limited sovereignty. The socialist system came into force. Polish society put a huge effort into rebuilding the destroyed country - houses, factories were built, and agriculture developed. 1970/1978 - Wasteful management, irrational investment in the economy resulting from political and propaganda priorities, insufficient qualifications of management staff caused the Polish economy to lose its previous development dynamics, the economic backwardness of the country and the dissatisfaction of society began to deepen. In December 1970, demonstrations and workers' strikes against rising food prices began. The authorities used the army against protesters, 44 people were killed and 1,160 were injured. 1978 - In the Vatican, Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope and took the name John Paul II. 1981 - The authorities introduced martial law in Poland. Its goal was to stop social unrest and extinguish the emerging opposition movement against the current government. 1989 - Round Table Talks - talks between the ruling camp and the opposition regarding changing the political system and repairing Poland's economic system. As a result of the agreement reached during the talks, democratic elections to the parliament were held. The opposition party "Solidarity" won. This moment is considered to be the end of communist rule in Poland. 1990/2010 - After the introduction of democracy, Poland began reforms and experienced extremely rapid economic growth. On May 1, 2004, Poland joined the European Union.

Bo Polacy nie proszą o wolność. Polacy o nią walczą✌🥰

Jestescie niesamowici .❤

there is freedom in our souls!!! nothing and no one will ever extinguish this flame!!! sola scriptura!!! God Bless Our Nation Lord Jesus!!!! Poland Land of Freedom

Jestem dumny z bycia Polakiem ❤

Thank You for this material. I'm think, that very young people see that 🙂

9:36 It's actually not, between WW1 and WW2 Poland was invaded by the Soviet Union and won. Then the Soviets invaded again at the start of WW2 together with the Nazis, and after WW2 Poland became a satellite state.

You should definitely watch Geography Now: Poland. It's a fun video going into a little more context but also discussing culture, Geography, etc

In Poland we learn about history of England, we know about William (or Wilhelm) the Conqueror, we know about Aztecs, Japan and Roman Empire. We learn about Revolutions in the USA, about Boston Tea Party etc. Thanks for the video.

I am proud to live and know the history of Poland and sacrifices that millions of Poles have done to give me and my daughters to live in this country. I thank everyone from other nations for understanding. I have some stories from my grandmother about times in WWII e.g. how an unknown brave man save her sister when Germans catch random people in one of villages and they took only one person from the same family. He saved her life and probably died in the camp.

Telling over 1,000 years of Polish history in just a few minutes of film is a very difficult task. The above film contains nice pictures and animations, but someone who knows little about the history of Poland will still not know much after watching it, besides, there has always been a war in Poland, but it is not clear with whom ;-). You can learn much more from the video linked below, which has very simple animations, but shows and talks about "who, where and when" well and synthetically. The video consists of 3 parts, here is the link to the first part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV98XaAlg1o

2:34 She is right, it's the Mongol invasion of Europe, and the battle takes place in Cracow.

11:27 demolished ON PURPOSE as a punishment by the germans on their slaves (Polish peoples) for the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

Didn't watch all your videos about poland you reacted to but you should definitely do a video about the polish hussars