The Complete History of Poland | Compilation

[@TheECSH]

My favorite European country. First time i visited by myself, but I liked it so much that I brought my family and visited again. The people had been through a lot of ups and downs over the centuries, but they are always so resilient. I have a lot of admiration and respect toward Poland, because as a Taiwanese, I think a lot of us can resonate with enduring hardships and prospering through difficulties.

[@nexor7809]

im polish and i also feel like we can resonate with you. Not just taiwan but also korea because they were also in a similar situation to us in history by being inbetween two major powers (china and japan) i feel like korea and taiwan are our distant brothers

[@Potent_Techmology]

and the Teutons were naively GIVEN land by Boleslaw to protect Christians... ironic that the Prussians spent centuries genociding Poland after

[@BonShula]

Why? It has been owned more times than the Balkans has been to war. L country

[@Potent_Techmology]

@@BonShula Every European country has been conquered at some point except... England.

[@amanarya4915]

​@@Potent_Techmologyeven England has been conquered,just not in recent history

[@rivers169]

Poland has a beautiful and rich history. I really hope I could visit one day. Love from your flag twin, Indonesia!! Poland is not yet lost!

[@efryma]

flag twin

[@norbertstankiewicz2179]

Jestem z centralnej Polski i zapraszam Cię. Nikt Ci tu krzywdy nie zrobi.

[@wojo_o]

Unfortunately, our monuments are 70 years old, beacuse of German distraction.

[@kaminski8000]

Indonesia, similarly to Poland, has a long history of being oppressed and occupied and having uprisings against its oppressors. Also, in the 21st century both Poland and Indonesia are finding their ways to grow their prosperity. Good luck to both :)

[@pankolegaSniper]

Popieram ​@@norbertstankiewicz2179

[@siket004]

Beautiful history, greetings from your Hungarian brothers! Polak, Węgier - dwa bratanki! 🇭🇺🤝🇵🇱

[@andrzejostrowski5579]

Lengyel, magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát, vitéz, s bátor mindkettője, áldás szálljon mindkettőre! I will be traveling through Hungary next week. Beautiful country, great people.

[@krzsit25]

I do szabli i do szklank😂

[@siket004]

@@andrzejostrowski5579 Sorry for the late reply, I hope you enjoyed your stay in our country! I look very much forward to visiting your country too one day :)

[@komizaloto]

WOWWOOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWW

[@chris1110]

Greetings ❤ brat…..

[@elyolson3726]

Poland is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to. I was honored to walk through Warsaw and krakow. Interestingly I was given the opportunity to visit the grounds of the auschwitz camp. A truly singular experience and something I recommend every person do once in their life. Poland left me humbled and grateful

[@miroslawbala117]

Exactly 😊

[@kacperm6555]

Thanks for your kind words. We appreciate it.

[@Puppet_da_guy]

I am from Poland and i only visited 2 cities, also, jeszcze Polska nie zginęła.

[@matimatimati1992]

4:40 - It's because in Poland's laws there's no distinction between queen consort and queen regnant, queen's always wife of king. That's why she was named a king.

[@MasterJunus]

Would that make her husband the queen?

[@matimatimati1992]

@MasterJunus that's actually funny, because yes. Jogaila was iure uxoris king of Poland, which means king by right of his wife :D

[@nicholashurst780]

I thought they were just campaigning to make it into an edition of Sid Meyer's Civilization (JK)

[@Nostrama]

@@MasterJunus Yes

[@ondrejlukas4727]

There are SO MUCH similarities tween Czechia and Poland. Anyway - you were first to have such feminist achievement!

[@jackbelinski2661]

I’m part Polish on my father’s side, and I’m happy to learn about the history of my ancestors homeland 😌. Their sense of cultural identity, their sense of hope, and their ability to rise again from the ashes, I love it all!

[@Attila-zx2qh]

Poland and Hungary always brothers. The winged hussar and hungarian hussar they fight together under the banner depicting the Virgin Mary.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Poland has a rich fascinating history of being a super power. Its unfortunate that most of academia only teach about Poland being partitioned and wiped off the map.

[@joshuataylor3550]

And modern day racist government

[@red.menace0074]

History likes to repeat itself, geolocation of Poland will either make it powerhouse or it will put them in danger. It's one of the most difficult and also the greatest place to thrive. They're working towards - Three seas initiative, if successful, they'll become new worlds factory, together with Romanians, Czechs and Balkan states. From my perspective it's better to onvest there than in China for security.

[@kamalseenivasan2077]

Love Poland from India 🇮🇳

[@arturm6621]

Fun fact the battle of Grunwald is reannacted every year and has been for a while now Its also the biggest medieval battle reanactment in the world

[@rageagainstthebath]

Almost every Polish city has a street named after Grunwald. It's the main street in Gdańsk for example.

[@quincesalty9297]

fr???

[@piotrszczczerbik8630]

Funny because there is no movie about this battle another one siege of Vienna 🤔😎

[@ioan_jivan]

The more I learn about Polish history, the cooler they seem

[@EpicWaffle1128]

Yes!

[@windowsxp900]

The Polish eagle has a crown on the coat of arms, the non-crown version is from the polish peoples republic and it was a symbol of russian influence over Poland. Please note that. (I am talking about the beggining of the video). Also, the police in polish peoples republic (22:42) was called ,,milicja,, not policja. Policja is the recent one :) A Pole was in space too.

[@janrudnicki6111]

Policja zachowuje sie jak milicja dalej.

[@05KAR]

It was more the soviet / communist influence, the soviet puppets at first wanted to replace the coat of arms and add soviet symbolic on a flag, even Stalin thought that was crazy. The lack of crown was about to symbolize the lack of monarchy.

[@aaronhagel9796]

You know I think you meant to be helpful and polite here, but literally ever history video I've ever seen has some nationalist in the comments talking like this and to me and a lot of people, you just come off as a Karen.

[@oskargrzeskiewicz5542]

​@@aaronhagel9796 why?

[@bkgaming9174]

@@aaronhagel9796you seem like the Karen here Ngl

[@BrKowis]

I'm moved to Poland a few years ago and have the benefit of my job has me travel around the country to many different places. I love how as I go to different places you do so many things to include staying the night in castles converted into hotels, explore prehistoric and historic sites, walk/bike trails just about everywhere, and experience regional dishes. Also, the audio tours using headphones and GPS enabled devices when at historic sites is awesome, no need for a tour guide, pop on some headphones and as you walk from place to place the audio changes to tell you a brief history of what you are looking at.

[@AndreyNRey]

hey, I also live in Poland for a few years and love it! can u pls recommend any of this gps backed audio tour apps mentioned? thx

[@patrykc9050]

I am watching this as I just arrived in Poland for a month long vacation. Currently in Rzeszow and about to train it out to Krakow soon. Will visit Wroclaw, Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk, and many more along the way. I love it here.

[@Bakambol]

Dobry wybór miast ale powinieneś tez zobaczyć małe miasteczka czyli ukryte klejnoty naszej matki Polski♥️🇵🇱

[@Lone_Wolf_91]

Wow, that's quite a trip👍

[@arturiskrzycki9726]

2:18 The city name Gniezno is said to originate with the word Gniazdo meaning Nest. Legend says that is where Lech saw the eagle landing in its nest, naming the place after it.

[@bedebezanim558]

Love Poland from iran 🟩🦁🟥❤️🇵🇱

[@PHU0131]

Tanks, the same for You :) I would like to visit Iran in the future.

[@bedebezanim558]

@@PHU0131 i would like to speak polish language which applications do you recommend to speak it? Is Duolingo good for study it?

[@ragnargrabson1287]

All the best to Persian European friends!

[@karczameczka]

​@@bedebezanim558 Wow, you want learn polish? Good luck for you! :D I think duolingo is good for start. In KZbin there're plenty of chanells and vids about polish languages for foreginers - go check them out. Easy Polish is one of them. And a pro-tip - the first first thing you should learn is polish aphabet. We almost read exactly like we write if you decode polish alphabet first. HowToPolish chanell made genial video about it. Much love from Poland to you.❤ Have fun.

[@PHU0131]

@@bedebezanim558 Hi, I don't know. I am Polish. But I try to check it for you. :)

[@padcom]

That was a really nice fly-by over our nation's history. Thank you. It's worth mentioning that Warsaw, although completely leveled after the Germans left in '44, was rebuilt, not unlike Dresden in Germany. It was one of the greatest endevours undertaken in the last centaury. It even had a catchy name: "The whole nation rebuilds Warsaw". The Megaprojects channel did an awesome video about it.

[@headsuphockeypodcast2707]

As an American of Polish great grandparents I loved visiting Szczecin, Krakow, Warsaw, and sadly Oświęcim(Auschwitz). My family in Poland came from Zolynia in Podkarpacie. Some moved to Warsaw and Zielna Gora. My great grandma and my 2x great grandfather came over to Up State NY to have a shoe store. My great grandfather became her husband and sold shoes. So my family had a business in footwear repair and selling them. I am also Lithuanian too on my dads side and I get to joke around say “Make The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Great Again”

[@maciejgronowski]

Lech became the ancestor of the tribe called LECHICI. In Ottoman Turkish and Persian Poland was called Lehistan (in persia it still is) because of that.

[@Czarnapannajoanna]

Greetings from Poland ❤🇵🇱 I’m proud of being Polish and I love my country. Our history is soooo mesmerising and beautiful ❤ Europa is my home 🇪🇺💗

[@PiotrJaser]

I would like to note timidly that the former power of the Kingdom of Poland would not have been possible without the union with Lithuania. In the Battle of Grunwald, both commanders-in-chief were Lithuanians in flesh and blood. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Lithuanians had their own separate army with their own hetmans.

[@arkhtor]

​@@tatopo40 ty też. Warto się dowiedzieć czegoś, czego nas nie uczą

[@agnieszkazadrozna4476]

Ale bez uni z Polską Litwa mogłaby w ogóle nie istnieć,przez krzyżackie najazdy.....

[@azazeldemon7779]

Tak i należy dodać, że ci Litwini to dzisiejsi Białorusini bo często ich mylą ze Żmudzinami, których dziś zwą Litwinami.

[@pstrzel]

I only wish you had mentioned the forced resettlements of Poles deep into Syberia by the Soviets right after its invasion of Poland. Many died during the weeks long trip in train cattle cars, some made their way back years later, some ended up in Kazachstan even until now. Perhaps a dedicated video?

[@vounsky]

he literally said "millions of POW sent to gulags"

[@wiktornowicki659]

@@vounsky POW yes. But pstrzel is talking about regular civilians, not prisoners of war

[@kuday2703]

wasnt even that many poles in perspective so no. they did the same to russians, ukrainians, kyrgyz and every other nationality. poles were one of the biggerst minorities in this case.

[@azazeldemon7779]

@@kuday2703 Maybe we were a minority compared to other displaced people. But in terms of the population in the "Borderlands", they really did remove many Poles. After all, from those people who survived, two armies were later built XD Anders' Army and Berlin's Army. Generally, in the years 1939-1941, the Soviets murdered more of us and treated us worse. My grandparents lived under both occupations and really, the Germans were cruel, I don't want to whitewash them. They should pay for all the destruction. But believe me, my grandparents, who lived under Soviet occupation, literally dreamed of being under German occupation... You really don't know what was going on there. Children were tied to tanks and rolled on the pavement. People's bellies were ripped open and their intestines were tied to a well and then they were told to run around. Then, during the "liberation of Poland", several hundred thousand women were raped. And everything I describe is only a fraction of these wrongs. And add that at that time the UPA was murdering us there, as well as the Lithuanians...

[@hubertbross6725]

Easiest to comprehend short history of Poland in English on KZbin. My compliments to the author.

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

Poland has a long and interesting history. Great compilation.

[@jasse803]

Hermaszewski did "can into space". In 1978.

[@olgagilarowska1475]

Yes little Mirosław Hermaszewski survived volhynian massacre in 1943

[@piotrszczczerbik8630]

He was 5th in the space without space program in Poland 😎

[@AngelikaBlechacz-l5u]

Poland has a beautiful and rich history. I really hope I could visit one day. Love from your flag twin

[@bladestorm337]

Poland can into space!

[@TheRezro]

Putting memes aside POLSA is major member of EAS. It also has own missile program.

[@Mr_me793]

@@TheRezro So they can into space :)

[@metanoian965]

Yes ! The moon belongs to Poland. It has a Polish name ! - NO TRESPASSING ! - KEEP OFF !

[@ryjowkacaa5949]

Poland did into space already.

[@Doomer_Optimist]

But can Poland into deep ocean?

[@paulmartin9869]

Absolutely brilliant video, for a Brit married into a Polish family this is so informative. One thing I would say, Majdanek is not in Warsaw....it's in Lublin.

[@Kkk-ic4oz]

I am a Pole and I am keen on history of my country and I can say, that this video is really good

[@Przeciętnyzjadaczchleba]

YOU DIDN'T EVEN MENTIONED EVYRYTHING THAT POLES DID IN WW2! Poles broke enigma,captured Monte Casino,best squadron in battle for Britain was Polish(1-~126),Poles had own bear Wojtek and he was a private,Poles fought for ~6-7 days on Westerplatte(they we're expected to fight for 6 hours) and on Hel they fought longer than it took Germans to take Warsaw

[@MrStanislav]

Wojtek was private at first but was later promoted to corporal. He was a Brave Soldier.

[@realmyka]

I will visit soon 🇵🇱 I love Poland from the UK. Our brothers in arms 👍

[@miroslawbala117]

YNWA❤😊

[@raphealmartin9497]

​@@miroslawbala117 😑 That's Liverpool Motto

[@hracekk]

@@raphealmartin9497doesn’t change that fact that YNWA

[@raphealmartin9497]

@@hracekk Yeah I'm Cool with that since Dudek Saved our Ass in Istanbul

[@olliet4264]

And we welcome you! Zapraszamy!

[@MatheusCayresdeMello]

Thanks for another wonderful video! Can't wait for the next! Love form Brazil!

[@Krasnal_213]

Thank you for showing my country’s history , I really appreciate, 🇵🇱POLSKA GÓRĄ🇵🇱

[@mustardsauce8688]

Growing up in poland my mum used to read the 3 brothers Child book and I loved it

[@piotrzwirowski8435]

I think the reason Jadwiga was crowned King may be that in Poland the term for a Queen (PL: Królowa) is derived from the word for King (PL: Król) by addition of the suffix "-owa", which usually is used to make a term to address the wife of someone; e.g a General's (PL: Generał) wife in polish would be a concatenation of "Generał", and "owa" (PL: Generałowa), or the wife of a man with the surname "Fox" (PL: Lis) would analogically be "Lis"+"owa" (Lisowa), therefore the term "Królowa" was probably at first used to refer to the wife of a king, rather than a female monarch. Given that it was her, who was to rule, and not her husband, once she got one, she was crowned a King, and not a Queen.

[@chrisrut2664]

Poland could into feminism before it became popular!

[@christophersolies9122]

@@chrisrut2664 And it was healthy one... Todays is just to make double tax payers and buyers : (

[@thanonyx]

Can Poland just be allowed to exist? Seriously, how many times did they get invaded and stop existing as a country? Just let Poland be Poland!

[@seboho6938]

Jako państwo nie istnieliśmy tylko raz - 123 lata. Wygraliśmy większość wojen i odparliśmy większość najazdów. Wygraliśmy więcej razy niż imperium rzymskie - więcej szacunku gnoju 👆

[@BB-mt5sb]

Yup, and the USSE is trying to erase it again with their federation project.

[@alanixon5]

Poland got invaded like 10 times but only 2 times they stopped existing completely

[@42VS42]

What a rare gem, thank you! My ancestors were Polish, and I'm always trying to understand their cultural context.

[@miroslawbala117]

Thx😊

[@Bakambol]

Przyjedź do Polski bracie to zobaczysz i poczujesz to coś w sobie😉🇵🇱🦅

[@olliet4264]

We really love meeting people with Polish ancestors, they’re very welcome here!

[@TheonEinHoLogos]

I was born there, went back this year, was very beautiful and friendly, and met friends from childhood. The comraderie was amazing and ppl are friendly

[@Wladyslaw1440]

Poles in wwii fought in Berlin too and Norway, France, Britain, Italy, USA, Libya…

[@Bakambol]

Anglia,Holandia…

[@Prushinthespirit]

... Antarctica, China, Australia...

[@azeroth2994]

Basically, we fought almost everywhere

[@verdasney]

Thank you for the video! It's fun watching this while traveling in Poland.

[@ThePiciolet]

"Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, Kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wzięła, Szablą odbierzemy. " Takimi słowami zaczyna się nasz hymn

[@detroitpolak9904]

As a Polish-American, I can confirm that we LOVE that Eagle. I probably have 30 different things (shirts, plaques, Xmas ornaments) with Bialy orzel on it.

[@Bakambol]

🇵🇱🦅💪🏻🍻

[@d4rtyr]

well it's not your eagle btw

[@detroitpolak9904]

Not our Eagle, eh? Please, continue…I gotta hear this one…

[@schizotypical]

keep it up:)

[@d4rtyr]

@@detroitpolak9904 which part dont u understand

[@IronDragon-2143]

If I were to immigrate from the United States to any country in Europe, I would happily choose Poland 🇵🇱

[@PiotrJaser]

And more and more Americans choose Poland.

[@1024det]

Me too! Im hoping to get a second home and duel citizenship. My family left Poland in 1917.

[@d4rtyr]

@@1024det stay away

[@ppls997]

@@1024det I think there shouldn’t be an issue as long as you can prove your blood ties. You should be able to obtain Polish citizenship without much trouble. We also have tax reductions for returning Poles. These incentives were primarily designed for Poles who emigrated in the 2000s, when we were a much poorer country, and are now coming back because the situation here has improved significantly. Additionally, they can take advantage of these tax breaks. I recommend looking into this topic-it’s possible that these reductions could also apply to you if you plan to stay longer. By the way, I’m a Pole working remotely for U.S.-based companies. Assuming your English is at a much higher level, you might consider a similar option depending on your profession. If you work in services or within a corporation, there’s no reason to hesitate. With your level of English, you certainly won’t struggle financially in Poland.

[@ulencja9607]

Wow I love this! I'm Polish, so I have been learning all of that from books, but when it is made this way, it is easier to picture (especially the changes of the Poland's borders) and definietly more fun. Thank you!

[@gloriajones1204]

Just in time for bed, thank you man for all the hard work and adorable animation ❤

[@WanessaSanow-w6x]

Poland has a beautiful and rich history. I really hope I could visit one day

[@dkexpat2755]

My polish brothers

[@cub-square]

Thanks kind stranger❤

[@talusn9405]

How much hostility is there from India towards Poland on Indian channels when they found out that Poland will have nuclear warheads but when Putin sent the warheads to Belarus they were somehow silent xdddddd

[@krzychch8937]

@@talusn9405 who cares what india thinks XD

[@maggies9597]

@@krzychch8937no one

[@underated17]

@@talusn9405so what are you trying to say? India is against only Poland?

[@fullmetaltheorist]

It's so cool how Poland brought itself back deapite mamy efforts to erase it.

[@Pencil2292]

Amazing as always mate.

[@GenSecPL]

22:42 During Stalin era of Poland cops weren't called Policja but instead they were Milicja (Militia instead of Police).

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Poland Forever!

[@kaminski8000]

Thank you for making this video :)

[@mctottem4636]

Here in Czechia, we go a little bit more into Hisory, as our tradition says that Praotec Čech and his brothers were migrating and split up.

[@cinderanmagnus]

I always admired poland for their resilience and endurance To think even 10 years before i was born that this country was just free and now here 2024 and it's the most powerful European country

[@wojciechryszardgola]

Excellent summary of Polish history

[@NiepoprawnyKomentator]

Perfect! Poland reborned as phoenix from the ash!

[@marcinswiostek]

Thanks for the great video and kudos for the pronounciation!

[@OldPoppyHistoryChannel]

Very simple animation, but due to the quality of the illustrations it looks super. Juicy colors, I like it)

[@callnight1441]

The prophecy was right: the legend has returned!!!

[@tf3st]

A natinon betrayed by everyone again and again lives to fight another day and lead by example.

[@Bakambol]

Jesteśmy jak pieprzony feniks i zawsze się odradzamy z popiołów🔥

[@Nokard]

And remember folks, Vodka is Polish, cheers from Mexico!

[@byMinho]

Thanks for this video, fantastically packaged with history!

[@adamghareib]

My great grandfather fought in the Warsaw Uprising, he told me that after WWII people who were part of the Warsaw Uprising were hunted down by the soviets as they were deemed as too dangerous

[@CuriosityPilled]

Watching these as a teenager, I often wondered at the thought of running my own value-driven channel like this one. After a long fascination with animation, I took up the challenge of finally building my own animated storytelling channel, and around 90h of strenuous work finally produced my first ever video just the other day. That's the impact of these masterpieces for me - they expand your horizons and make you seek value within your own self, so thank you for that! :)

[@GrandDuchyOfOldenburgfanbase]

Im about to watch this video, but i need to say that this thumbnail is wild

[@CuriosityPilled]

@@GrandDuchyOfOldenburgfanbase Wild indeed...

[@bethmarriott9292]

Yasss love it every time I see an upload from you ✨🙌

[@zosiaolszewska4923]

As a polish person I think that the informations in this video are pretty acurate, however, at the beggining it says that Rus found Russia, but the legend actually says that he found Ruś, which was partially in Russia but also Ukraine and Belarus. I understand where is the confusion coming from, but just wanted to clarify.

[@izabelabak9898]

Yes, I think that’s why it’s called “Kievan Ruś”

[@АлисаВиноградова-ч1ч]

I was looking for this comment 🙏

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@Kartofl12]

the Union signed at Lublin didn't entirely make one of the two countries. The Polish Crown and Lithuanian Grand Duchy would keep separate treasuries, high courts of law and even armies

[@Winter_Maus]

A weird coincidence that out of all European countries with eagle in coat of arms, only Poland has white, rest is black or yellow

[@nikja8902]

Love this!!! One small note here: in 1968 Poland nad „milicja” not „policja” (police in english). The name changed in 1990 and the name milicja has negative association to it.

[@byjordi2185]

I wrote it below your other videos but I always have to point out how perfect the videos are due to you being objective.. most history is teached only by winners and show only one side as evil, but its the grey observation as you videos are providing, that bring the light of truth into the history

[@leorek]

I'm a Pole and I'm proud of my country's history.

[@The.marauders]

I love Poland

[@sashad1926]

🇮🇩❤️❤️💖💕💕

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

The winged hussars belong to the early modern period not the midle ages. In the midle ages Poland had regular knights which whent out of favor as pike and shot was developed. Leaving the auxiliary light hussars as the only cavalry, but with more and more being asked of them they got heavyer and heavyer before becomming the shock cavalry backbone of the army.

[@Suibhne]

This is correct. It's a mistake I should have caught in the editing phase.

[@DylanMatthewTurner]

Mexico really took the Polish eagle story smh

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Could be a case of different isoalted cultures coming up with similar stories. It happens surprisingly often.

[@azeroth2994]

​@@fullmetaltheoristcould be, however I want to belive that Poland was a great inspiration for Mexico

[@greengeck0]

Poland is called Lenkija in Lithuanian, meaning people of fields. but it's also closer to Lech's name as well I guess. We have actually other unique names for countries like Germany being called Vokietija, which is still not clear how it originated. Also could you explain how we ruled ruthenia from Livonia, as Livonia is modern day territory and country of Latvia, Lithuania was ruled from Kernave and Trakai until Vilnius was established by King Mindaugas As well for the Commonwealth it was not a single entity as the union of Mielnik was never adopted and that was a very important distinction that was passed by Alexander Jagielio enshiring our seperation and rights as an equal partner in our joint republic as well its right to issue it's own lawns and rule, it's actual name was Reczpospolita Obojga Narodow or Abieju Tautu Respublika otherwise reffered as ATR (modern Lithuanian name for it) meaning "Republic of Both Nations". It had seperate armies, treasuries, laws and rights (Lithuania had adopted the Statutes of Lithuania in 1529, 1566, and 1588 giving rights and responsibilities to both nobles and the common people). i love your videos and been following for many years, but I am not sure how you made these statements without confirming and crosschecking sources. Late into demise you could say it became closer to a single entity but that was when foreign powers had more sway on internal politics of our countries. It's incredibly sad to see that our countries history is so readily ignored as a footnote by what I can only assume is lazy research in this case, not just by you but by general historical sentiment in the western educational system, as the history of the both countries strife and achievement, rivarly and cooperation, betrayal and unity amongst ourselves is an incredible story, it's a shame it barely ever comes to the surface due to convenience to skip over any depth. You cannot tell the story of the commonwealth without looking at both sides. It's like looking at Austria-Hungary and pretending Hungarians just appeared after ww1. And lastly Liberum veto was not complicated, it was incredibly straigforward and due to that incredibly abusable. If 1 person called liberum veto on a vote it would have to be scrapped, meaning you need to bribe 1 noble to tie up the hands of the whole parlament. The complicated part was the actual elective monarchy and parlament as the king would call session (usually to ask for raising taxes for money for some personal war) or could choose to just never call a session leaving him to semi absolutist rule, as years passed each elected monarch had to sign ever more decentralizing "contracts" with the nobility to be elected which in time left the position more ceremonial than executive, asides that right to call parlament.

[@Bakambol]

Jesteśmy Lechitami tylko ze wymazali nam historie😢U was mówicie lenkija i Węgrzy mówią Lengyel,Ukraińcy mówią Lachy i nawet Persowie/Irańczycy mówią o nas Lechy/Lachy a przykładów jest znacznie więcej…Mogli wymazać nam historie ale ja to czuje i wiem ze byliśmy WIELCY i znów będziemy!🇵🇱🦅

[@siarampoo1834]

The name Poland comes from the Polanie tribe, which probably also comes from the work "Pole", meaning field. So in Poland we are also called people of the fields.

[@PiotrJaser]

I respect Lithuanians and regret that their role is diminished in the Polish historical narrative.

[@pawlo8307]

Szczególnie Oligarchowie litewscy

[@bozydarziemniak1853]

Its because first tribes which were living in the area of Poland was mainly field harvesters. Their name was Polanie which can be translated into people of fields as you say. Pole means field in polish language.

[@Naviachi]

It makes my head spin when I think that 123 years of Poland being gone from maps, WW1, WW2 and USSR's occupation of Poland was all in such a short period of time, and not that long ago, that I can basically touch the past with my hand. My ancestors had to go through so much horror for me to peacefully exist and watch this video. It's so crazy to me that Polish nationalism was so strong that even 123 years wasn't enough to eradicate it.

[@Jarosław-p5d]

У вас было своё королевство внутри Российской империи.

[@curtpiazza1688]

Fascinating history! Thanx! 😊

[@VictorG-zh]

Loving your videos, but you're not gonna cultivate a viewer-base without a regular upload schedule. I really don't want this channel to disappear in a year, it's so good! please keep uploading

[@daikolirae155]

He has reuploaded this video like twice, now. I remember seeing this video years ago.

[@VictorG-zh]

@@daikolirae155 He has one of the better animation styles on history YT, i swear if he uploaded regularly and tried narrating a bit better he'd blow up

[@paintingdreams290]

@@VictorG-zh thats the thing animation itself to be rlly good takes time and seeing as this is a channel that also involves heavy planning it does take some time

[@AjAj-uv4dv]

If you want the complete history of Poland, it woud take more than a lifetime to put it in perspective

[@imp1kamil]

9:44 Error of animation: Gdańsk wasn't been taken in I patrition

[@bananbananowy3552]

czy to imp1kamil?

[@imp1kamil]

@@bananbananowy3552 m

[@PiotrJaser]

Gdańsk was not occupied because the people of Gdańsk hated the Prussians. Gdańsk remained part of the Kingdom of Poland until the Second Partition, but had no land connection with the rest of the kingdom.

[@imp1kamil]

@@PiotrJaser You didn't have to, but thanks for elaborating on your reasoning.

[@WszystkoZajeteOMG409]

The thing about beginning is that Poland was called Lechia or Lechistan by some countries.

[@p.volansky]

0:33 "Because who cares about consistency?" - The first name was Lechia (in ancient times). Then, in medieval times, it slowly shifted to Poland. Lechia is still used to this day by some countries, from Lithuanian to the Persian language. Worth highlighting to make sure it actually was consistent 😊 Also, great content. Keep it up ✌

[@Miki99432]

Great video! Thank you for your work.

[@MattnessLP]

Nice Scorpions reference when talking about 1989

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

0:30 Poland was the first major kingdom of the Lechite people (it's how Pommeranian and Vistula slavs were called back then)

[@kacpermaciejewski8354]

It's tho just a rumor, casue we don't have much evidence of it, but yes. Theory says that Vistula slavs had some kind of union called great Lechia around I - V century. There is also the fact, that Cossacs refered to Poles as Lachs.

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

@@kacpermaciejewski8354 Im not talking about union of those people, they were just divided tribes, but they all were called Lechites back then because it just made talking about them much simplier

[@anetastryczek6999]

So many kind words about Polans 😢 thank you:) we are far from perfect, but as you see, we suffered a lot in the past.

[@octaviusmorlock]

To quote the crew of the Polish destroyer Piorun: JESTEM POLAKIEM! JESTEM POLAKIEM! JESTEM POLAKIEM!

[@pzielonykp]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@AnnabelleBeaudoin]

Great video 🎉❤

[@owengenyie7882]

Great video thanks

[@fizjoterapiasan9359]

There was no police (Policja) in Polish People's Republic as you have shown. The policing body was called "Milicja" (Militia/Milice). Riot squads were called ZOMO, infamous brutal supressing force. It lasted till 1989.

[@patrykozicki]

Dzięki za ten film🎉 IF you add polish subtitles it will getting more views👍🏻

[@compatriot852]

Still waiting for the day that Lithuania gets covered. It comes up all the time (even in this video) but has yet to get its side covered

[@shortjab979]

Yes, In the Video Author used to many times name of Poland instead of Poland-Lithuania. But we remember about our brothers. Greetings from Poland. Proud for the ages of common history. In my house -you are welcome anythime.

[@Bakambol]

My o was pamiętamy🤜🏻

[@Roman-hj1ip]

Św. Siostra Faustyna bardzo kochała Wilno. W Wilne powstał obraz Jezusa Miłosiernego. Chociaż nigdy nie byłem w stolicy Litwy, to dzięki Św. Siostrze Faustynie bardzo kocham to miasto❤❤❤.

[@PiotrJaser]

Mam wielki szacunek do Litwy i naszej wspólnej historii. Nie byłoby zwycięstwa pod Grunwaldem bez Litwinów. Nie byłoby potęgi Rzeczypospolitej bez Litwinów. Do końca Rzeczypospolitej mieliście własną armię, własnych hetmanów, w tym Jana Karola Chodkiewicza, który wygrał pod Kircholmem w 1605. To było litewskie zwycięstwo nad Szwedami. Jedynie Odsiecz Wiedeńska to było zwycięstwo polskie, bo armia litewska wtedy nie dojechała. Król Sobieski był na Was wściekły.

[@bozydarziemniak1853]

Polsko-Litewska Unia to był wspaniały czas dla naszych narodów.

[@Shymon87]

24:50 - Poland was in space in 1978 😉

[@Delma69]

AŻ DZIWNE ŻE NIE MA ŻADNEGO POLAKA POLSKA SIŁA POLSKA MOC!!! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@adamk.837]

7:25 don't tell anyone cuz it's State secret that sounds wasn't created buy wings yeah maybe a little but most of the sound was created by a little Flag on the lance (weapon approx. 6 m)

[@katarzynakasperczyk6211]

Thank you so much. I'm Polish and know our history. It's so complicated but you did it in a simple way so everybody can watch. Maybe if many people watch this film other nations can understand us better. Thank you. Aha- one criticism, allow me pls- you completely omittet the Pope John Paul 2 and his role in the eighties. HE mustn't be forgotten. Otherwise hugs and kisses from Poland

[@GeorgeSemel]

You should have noticed Pope John Paul II, a crucial figure in Modern Polish History and one of the most influential Popes in the last 500 years..

[@andrzej2501]

Maybe it is best to skip that pedophile enabler...

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

What did he do tho? Like for real he was not much more than a mascot promoting Poland

[@DominikaDutkowiak]

Anti-jewish rights? Give me ONE example! I studied history of Polish ław and I am Polish. Synagogues bunt? In medieval Poland there was a codex of legal protection of Jewish People and their property. This is why they prospered. Learn, kid.

[@Agimam]

Poland did into space, granted under the label of USSR but still. Mirosław Hermaszewski.