American Reacts 001 -The Polish-German War - WW2

[@DarthBill-h6f]

12:33 I would agree the Polish were possibly the some of the bravest solders in WW2. My Uncle (a WW2 vet) would always tell me the Polish were deserving of respect.

[@ireneusz-u9i]

Poland announced general mobilization on August 30 (earlier, an emergency mobilization was carried out, as a result of which approximately 800,000 soldiers were mobilized under individual call-ups), but under pressure from its allies (Great Britain and France), it canceled it and announced it again on August 31. Allies

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Ultimately, the terrible thing that many leading figures in the Entente had already foreseen in 1919 has come to pass. I would like to give a voice to perhaps the most important of these voices... Sir David Lloyd George, First Minister of His Majesty the King of England, said in a speech at the Peace Conference in Vesailles in 1919: "Germany may be stripped of her colonies, her army reduced to a mere police force, and her navy to the strength of a fifth-rate power. Nevertheless, Germany, if she feels that she has been treated unjustly in the peace of 1919, will at last find means to compel her conquerors to make restitution. In order to obtain redress, our conditions may be severe, they may be harsh and even ruthless, but at the same time they may be so just that the country on which we impose them will feel in its heart that it has no right to complain. But injustice and arrogance, displayed in the hour of triumph, will never be forgotten or forgiven. I can think of no stronger reason for a future war than that the German people, who have certainly proved themselves to be one of the most vigorous and powerful tribes of the world, would be surrounded by a number of smaller states, some of which had never before been able to establish a stable government for themselves, but each of which would contain large numbers of Germans eager to be reunited with their homeland." But that is exactly what happened! And curtains up for the Nazi show...

[@ireneusz-u9i]

If you want an interesting story about the courage of Poles (or their madness), I recommend you look for information about the adventures of the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł. What they did in September 1939 is almost unbelievable.

[@filipohman7277]

Happy New Year 2025 Connor!!🎆🎇 Greetings from Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Wasn't the US just a small cog in the overall war, plus the US took up it's ususal position of always late. The main reason the US was in the war was to make money from it's allies

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Worked well for them in WWI, right?

[@FrierPl]

16:35 You are right.

[@hermionepickford4304]

Hey Connor, Happy New Year✨

[@Datznet]

Capture some towns? There is Berlin, not very far...

[@dnocturn84]

Regarding your final thoughts: There were attempts to turn Poland into a fortress (or at least to improve their defences) after Germany turned into a dictatorship, with the scale of each attempt increasing, the closer you get to the start of the war and the tensions towards it increased further. But they were rather slow and expensive and the decission making wasn't all that decisive all thoughout this process. Germanys capability to build up for this war, was highly underestimated at this point and their slow reactions wasn't able to keep up. It would have required a massive build up in the twenties and all thoughout the thirties, to even stand a chance here.

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

Germans voted Hitler to power.

[@mep1990]

About the starting date for WW2 and what should be considered part of it, I think september 1939 is the most widespread and traditionally accepted date due to western historiography being a bit biased. There's a very valid argument to be had that the start should be 1937 with the sino-japanese war. The sino-japanese war was a separate conflict until Pearl Harbour, but everyone agrees that after Pearl Harbour it is very much part of WW2, afterall the immediate cause of Germany declaring war on the US was Germany's alliance with the Japanese (also, Japan attacked British and Dutch colonies at the same time as Pearl Harbour). So, if two separate wars are merged into a larger one, where should we put the start of the overall conflict? On the other hand, a valid argument could also be that the sino-japanese war was not a World War (as in a war fought on multiple continents) until it merged with the european (And African and Middle Eastern) war. But that argument is not that strong. France and the UK had colonies in Africa and Asia and they pulled resourced and manpower from there, but Germany had no overseas colonies in 1939, so there was no fighting outside of Europe until Italy joined the war in 1940. By that definition, World War 2 became a World War only in june 1940.

[@FireEagle1796]

Did you see Epic History’s new Napoleon mega compilation? You should consider re-watching all of them in a marathon!

[@adi5950]

My fist is clenched as I always see it, today fortunately Germany and Russia can only scratch Poland's back - know the grace. We remember and will not forget about these ungrateful countries. Thanks for the reactions and greetings from Poland, POLSKA GÓROM!

[@letheas6175]

Also, the Tonkin incident. 1:44

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

And in fact, the attack on Fort Sumtner in 1861. Lincoln send a gruop of supply ships to the south and let the southerners know this. And that lead to the attack on the coastal fort. If they didn't know that, the chain of command would be much to slow in the south. Here it is... Never change a winning lie!

[@janrudnicki6111]

Very good

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

At 8:50... He elegantly fails to mention that Poland was re-established as a state by the German Empire in 1916. That sounds as if the Entente was responsible for Poland being re-established. As has already been said elsewhere... The whole series is designed to make the British in particular look good, while not missing any opportunity to point out German crimes... 12:00 The list of Polish troops is not even remotely correct. The Poles had significantly more material at their disposal than is shown here... 4300 guns, not 500, but 900 aircraft. The next nonsense... German aircraft attacked the cities in order to hit communication centers and other infrastructure. There were of course civilian casualties, because these communication centers were not located on the green fields outside the cities, but were of course facilities of the Polish post office and therefore in the middle of the cities.

[@angelabushby1891]

Trump look's Mussalini

is the same war japan were allie to germany

[@Hubabe008]

If you're interested in a video about the german/soviet occupation of Poland during World War II, I recommend this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2mbcp6EZs2Bj68&ab_channel=IPNtvPL

[@obserwator1766]

You think well about this deployment of the Polish army more in depth, hidden like a boxer, "behind the guard" and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. But political arguments won. The Polish authorities feared that if they did not defend the entire territory and the Germans occupied some part of it, England and France would more easily agree to peace with the Germans in exchange for that part of Polish territory.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

lol... These are the hidden treasures that the masses of people have no idea about. In fact, in the short period of time between the German attack and the entry of the British and French into the war, there was a diplomatic advance by the West, which offered the Germans the old eastern border of 1914 if they immediately stopped their attack and withdrew their troops. But Hitler preferred to wage his war, which he had already had to postpone several times. And so there was no cheap triumph for Germany, but a terrible war that devastated almost all of Europe... Source: Prof. John Lukacs "The Last European War 1939-41"

[@jankock-bx7ps]

we germans where tools for him , he is from austria

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

Don't disgrace yourself and your ancestors by disrespecting Hitler. He was voted to power.

[@Grafganja420]

​@@PaulVincent-n2x38%? (41%?) Not even half thats often overseen

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@PaulVincent-n2x Hitler was never voted to power, in fair elections. He most get 38%, in his best result, in summer '32. In the next election in November 1932, he lost almost 5% votes. He came to power by an intrigue and a "flaw" in the constitution. By the way... The Germans "loved" their Führer so much that there were 42 attempts to kill him...

[@timokohler6631]

On Hitler: Carl Jung had an interesting take on Hitler. Jung belived in Archetypes that exist in the collective uncounsciousness. Jung met Hitler personally and belived him to be posessed by Wotan, an ancient germanic god of war and death. Regarding your final thoughts. Poland was not exactly popular with their allies. In the interwar period Poland was a facist dictatorship, plus their aggressive behaviour was very frustrating to the british. Churchill famously refered to Poland as the greedy hyena of Europe after Poland joined Germany in invading Czechoslovakia for example. He also said after the war that Poland made pretty much every mistake possible. Poland by trying to play Russia and Germany against each other pretty much outplayed itself, which is why their allies ultimately did nothing to help them. Not that they could have done much.

[@krzychch8937]

sure sure ivan 😁🤡

[@piotrcieplucha4405]

@@timokohler6631 facist dictatorship? What are you on Ivan?

[@piotrcieplucha4405]

On the topic of Poland please react to Poland: the unconquered.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

This would be fun, to show, how the Poles fight with all their neighbours for land, since 1918...

[@PaulVincent-n2x]

Watch Tucker Carlson interview with Daryl Cooper, then watch Europa the last battle for context.

[@krzychch8937]

go away with your lies ivan 🤡

[@maverick627uk]

Happy New Year from England! I would take this video with a pinch of salt. No matter what the history books say, German did not start WW2.

[@Yuudaddy]

Then who did?

[@maverick627uk]

@Yuudaddy Well the very fact that certain statements can't be made especially on KZbin tells you all is not as told. Truth shouldn't fear speculation. But here are some pointers. Who invaded Russia in 1917 and systematically murdered millions of Christian Russians? Who then publicly declared war on Germany 6 years before the start of WW2? Finally, a quote from the monster Winston Churchill "We will force the war upon Hitler, if he wants it or not". Britain systematically bombed Germany cities, yes cities for 3 months before a single bomb was dropped on Britain. 3 months. Peace offers ignored (more than 16 officially acknowledged). Bottom line, we have all the official documents publicly available, declassified transcripts here in England. The history books paint a very different picture because of censorship, and the winners do indeed write the history.

[@marcinszrajber]

I’ve never heard more absurd statement. Of course they did

[@maverick627uk]

@marcinszrajber That's what they have you believe. Read my comment.

[@maverick627uk]

@@marcinszrajber My comment was deleted. Point proved.