Uprising - The 1944 Warsaw Uprising - Sabaton History 076 [Official]

[@SabatonHistory]

Are you interested in learning more about Polish resistance and what took place during the invasion and occupation of Poland? In that case, the World War Two channel's series "War Against Humanity" has an episode about just that: "Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists " kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52WoYeeq9yCa6c As always, knowledge is power. Stay safe and take care of each other out there. If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory

[@stoopidphersun7436]

NOTICE ME BRO

[@sid_the_flying_gun-nut2149]

Sabaton should make a song about the Polish anti-Communist resistance, in which they highlight both the evil rapists who murdered anyone who they suspected of being Commies and those who fought for the good of Poland.

[@sid_the_flying_gun-nut2149]

Also, as a Pole, I hate the British and the Brits hate me.

[@Battleship009]

Sometimes I sing along when the song plays in my playlist.

[@nottherealcaboosex5708]

When will you make a song about Pearl harbor....

[@bucherbuddy2237]

During the uprising hungarian units were ordered to guard roads and keypoints to the city from other resistance forces. When polish and hungarian troops met, they symphatized with each other and didn't fight. The hungarians gave the poles guns, ammunition and even a few joined them against the nazis. When the SS leaders asked the hungarians to explain themselves, they replied: "The Kingdom of Hungary is not, and never have been at war with Poland." We always have been and always will be for you our polish brothers! Greetings from Hungary

[@smiglo112]

And in return, Poland was the one to send the largest amounts of humanitarian aid to Hungary during your 1956 struggles. My respects to you and your countrymen my Hungarian friend! May our nations prosper together.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

Apparently, Finland was also left out of this particular schism. Ulike the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, the Polish government-in-exile only declared war on Vichy and Japan.

[@smiglo112]

@@jussim.konttinen4981 Polish government in-exile did declare a war on Japan, but Japanese Prime Minister rejected it by saying: "We don't accept the Polish declaration of war. The Poles, fighting for their freedom, declared war under the British pressure" Poland and Japan even cooperated in their espionage against USSR during the war. Similarly, Poland and Italy were not at war either. Nor Poland and Hungary, Romania or Bulgaria. The only Axis states that were officialy at war with Poland were Nazi Germany, Slovakia and Vichy France. Winter War on the other hand is an even more bizzare situation, where not only the Axis came in to help the Finns, the Allies tried to organize support (and failed by being late - for example only 6 Poles managed to reach Finland in time) for them and most notably the Swedes and Danes came in to help them fight off the Soviets.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@smiglo112 Which Axis are you refering to, because Germany did not aid Finland during the Winter War as they had a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union at the time. I know Italy sent some material aid with aircraft (shipped to Sweden, assembled there before being flown to Finland), but most arrived too late to take part in the war. Edit: I'm not sure how much of the italian materiel aid was actually given contra how much was sold to Finland. Italy was one of few countries who actually sold aircraft to neutral countries at the start of WW2. (Others, like the french and british needed all their aircraft themselves)

[@ascendantfiction7220]

Also at the start of the war, Hungary allowed thousands of Poles, including soldiers, to escape into Hungary and continue through. Many of those Polish soldiers ended up joining with the British and continuing the fight.

[@WPSent]

Those poor brave souls. They did what they could.

[@dorifor4ik170]

непонятно на что они наделись вступая в бой против самой сильной армии того времени.

[@convenientEstelle]

Died where they stood! Sorry.

[@jonbaxter2254]

They fought, they did their best. Now it's time to rest

[@pilentus]

@Simo what are you even talking about?

[@przemekbiaek2698]

Yes, that's sad. They rode to the certain death and pain, sacrificed their lives in vain. Even though they were surrounded and outnumbered by the enemy they did what they could, died where they stood. Oh we remember, we remember, we remember! Shout! Warszawo walcz!

[@Darocfi]

"If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do."

[@liamselle1990]

Who are you quoting?

[@Pkkno07]

@Blaz Blaz Can you provide a source for your claim that Poland signed the Munich Agreement? I was under the Impression that Poland was not represented. Also the Land was ceded to Poland, an Invasion did not take place. I believe not a single shot was fired. I think Poland did however threaten to invade, should Zaolzie not be given to Poland.

[@Pkkno07]

@Blaz Blaz I think you are greatly overestimating the Polish influence on the UK and this ist rather disingenuous. Your initial claim that "Poland signed with the UK" has now changed to the "UK signed for Poland".

[@Pkkno07]

@Blaz Blaz Whatever makes you happy

[@Saeronor]

@Blaz Blaz *"But you are too stupid to understand this history."* Coming from someone insisting WW2 started in 1938 and that "Pilsudsky" signed *anything* in Munich three years after dying. Clearly, we are all too stupid to understand someone who transcends time, space and dictionaries (and even dabbles in necromancy).

[@madogthefirst]

"Women, men, children fight they were dying side by side." Right in the feels man.

[@MarkRMnich]

That is an absolutely true lyric. My father, who took part in it when he was just 13 years old, told me that’s exactly what happened.

[@mrhorrorgaming6909]

The fact that people dont understand the poles weren't pushovers, bugs me. They fought tooth and nail for their home. Unfortunately they just happened to get blindsided. And they still didn't give up. So much respect for the partisans. Great video yet again guys.

[@xcritic9671]

They didn't have enough ground to lose, and they still made the other guy pay for it with more blood than anyone could have asked.

[@Rendarth1]

So true. The Western allies displayed abject incompetence early on, squandered chances, surrendered prematurely in a number of places....but not Poland. Poland fought against overwhelming odds with absolutely everything they had until the bitter end. And then did it again.

[@mikaele9591]

The allies also made propaganda about "weak and powerless Poland crushed by the mighty and evil Wehrmacht" and that is the story that has carried out to today

[@rasiabsgamingcorner2258]

What people dont understand is by the time poland started getting invaded A: it was getting invaded from two different fronts B: the polish military was not nearly big enough to hold a two front war. Unlike france who had the military might to fend off the nazis but chose to ignore scout reports saying the germans were coming through the ardennes and just utterly refusing to adapt to using recent technology ie radio. The polish fought a great war and they held out as long as they could

[@mastercoolguy2809]

In the 40:1 Video he says that the allies spread propaganda that the poles were crushed fast to make the Germans seem as such a huge threat to everyone

[@MocnyBrowarek]

Some of Polish teenagers married at start of Uprising - on the streets, under fire - they knew they would die... I heard some of such stories and they're always emotional. I can't even imagine that those kids knew they will not survive but they fough anyway with hope of free Warsaw just to die together. Also Hungarian brothers that were forced to serve under Germans not only refused to fight against Poles but supplied them their own weapons and ammo.

[@jorosan6600]

O kuźwa, mocny browarek!

[@sab5686]

As a Polish Jew, I feel so bad you guys often get blamed for the atrocities committed by germans in ww2. We both suffered together and you guys for the most part helped us. This song made me so proud cause we always fight back. The Warsaw Uprising is so inspiring to me, always fight back and die for what you believe in. Greetings from America.

[@sharischoll9411]

Greeting from American who studied this war in depth. I hear the war drums from NY Jews accusing the Poles of "collaborating" with the Nazi's. There were some Poles, the named themselves " Juddenrats". Even had their own newsletter.. German stated, ya know I never hated the Jews until I saw how they turned on each other. They got paid for turning in the Poles who hid the Jews. It meant an immediate death sentence for entire family, man, woman and children who were sliced into pieces with long knives. Often the entire village would be burnt alive. Due to food shortages every person was given food coupons and no food could be bought above that. Everybody was hungry. Jews in hiding got no coupons. There was a black market but very dangerous as Nazi's were watching to make sure nobody was buying food for Jews in hiding. Not to mention, there were two "rape units" so leaving home meant a good chance of being raped. People didn't have the money to buy extra food for their own family, so when asked Jews to chip in for their food, they said they were "paid to hide them". On the "righteous Gentile" list, they wouldn't put your name down if you were "paid" to hide the Jews. To be eligible to serve in the rape units, they had to check your mothers DNA. If dead, they would dig up her body. As a matter of fact, shortly before they killed the Poles in the ghetto, they shoved a bunch of people in the ghetto. They said, "I'm not a Jew. They said yes you are. I am? I didn't know that. Well the actual pact between Hitle and Stalin was to kill every Pole and replace with Russians and Germans. Just like in 1920, when the Bolshevik Jews attacked Poland, they were going to spread a Communism world wide over the cold dead white corpse of the zPolish people.....which is exactly the same as the Royal "Entente" of last 1000 years. Entente is when all the Kings and Generals from both sides, have a pact to genocide one particular ethnic group. The European Royals had that pact, since they were all children, grandchildren of the British Crown after they snuffed out the others. The Royalty were the leaders of the Nazi troops. Many of the Nazi's were not from Germany. They were from the same Jews, in 1917, Trotsky came to NY looking for recruits to help with the "so called" Russian Revolution. That was when the Bolshevik Jews went through Russia with long knives slicing, massacre, burn, 66 million zRussians throughout the countryside, many Germans and Poles. You do realize there are Germans and there are German-I s. Germanicics are from the Norse Vikings, Swedes etc. Germany was a state in the United States of Polinia. Germany and Prussia was Pomerania. Bach is a Pole. Then they "Germanized them.. you will never speak your language (Polish) again or practice your culture or traditions. Culture is religion (Catholic) and tradition is history etc. you can only learn to count to 100 but not read. School, they barked orders in German, but didn't teach German 1st. Then they would beat them for not obeying. Not allowed theater, music, dance, art, etc. They had the Police monitor and put in prison if spoke Polish. They killed 160 million Russians from 1917 to 1953 when they started closing the the 467 Gulag Archipelago which had 1000's of death work camps in Siberia. Burnt churches, hung Priests in trees and skinned them alive. Of course they closed all churches cuz under Communism there is no God. As a matter of fact, the NY Jews came to Poland to "help" the Jews by making it a Jewish state and get rid of that pesky Catholic Bill of rights and Constitution. Where all people have inalienable rights which come from God not man. Freedom and liberty for all. No matter what race, religion or creed. But ALL must follow the law. That would be opposite of Communism. There is no God and each Ju gets 2800 slaves. If u'r not a Ju your not human. While they were kicking or beating the Poles to death and the Commies were laughing and cheering, they called them zPolish Swine, cattle, horsepiss. You will drown in your own horses blood (reference to the Polish Winged Hussars. After Stalin, Churchill and the US, the "Big three". Axis Powers. Liberated Europe by putting any country with Slavic bloodline behind the Butcher General Stalin's rule, which includes entire Balkans, the torture of innocents, starvation didn't end. Poland took down the Berlin Wall. Axis was not happy. They tried to do a Coup on Gorbachev after he reached out in friendship. All were not like Reagan who was against Communism. Gorbachev opened churches and gave citizens free speech with no prison terms. They preferred butcher Kruchev.. Many US Jews moved to Berlin to work for Communists. Communism comes directly from your Babylonian/Messianic Talmudic/Kabbalah/Zohar oral tradition. Moses zMarx, Lenin, Trotsky went to London library reading all documents and wrote manifesto. Exactly like Zionist protocols. So next time they blame the Poles, you can educate about the proud Juddenrats. It was also a gathering of all the world's Free Masons secret satanic societies which were started in London. Have a lovely Museum you can visit. . Also meeting of endless secret service from other countries. Nationalism (patriotism) vs Communism is a crime of torture to death. Go study some of the children torture techniques. All had on German or Russian uniforms but were neither. Where are the NY Billionaires today? Oh, I heard they were in Ukraine. Kissinger said, "There will come a day when Israel will have to go back to Ukraine. Ukraine was the first place the Polish settled. It was the 1st country to consecrate its country to Mother Mary. I've noticed several wars are started on Mother Mary Holy days. Talmud says she is a Prostitute so we can agree Communism would not match God's freedom and liberty. My Jewish friends are not a Communists. But nobody wants to reign them in so the good Jews suffer.

[@sab5686]

@@sharischoll9411 uh jews aren’t communists plus get a grip

[@lunarashafowfox1313]

Thank you for emphasizing that the movies are romanticized. That the battles aren't cool, aren't easy. Thank you for this video.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Mad respect to the Poles. Such a shame that the rest of the world ignored their plea

[@Sinstarclair]

Oh hi

[@assslayer6913]

@W Refrigerators because it would be soooo hard to drop some supplies also, did you watch the part about the soviets?

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

@@assslayer6913 Soviets = Everyone, huh?

[@Sinstarclair]

@W Refrigerators I mean, they could have helped AT THE START (Danzig o' War). Like seriously, The French left the Maginot and did a charge on Germany but they never continued and returned to The Maginot DESPITE the region barely having any defense due to the Polish Offensive. That's why the Allies have this weird title called "The Loyal Traitor" and Sorta Evil _insert the more you know rainbow here_ Oh and if you argue "But Japan" my answer would be no because The Japanese joined The Axis by 1940. Plus, they didn't even care about Asia until Pearl Harbor.

[@assslayer6913]

@W Refrigerators ignoring what I said about the soviets again

[@geniemiki]

Sabaton is legally bound to have to play this song whenever they perform in Poland. By legally boud I mean they'll get mugged at the airport if they don't.

[@Zakatak-mf4iq]

That and 40:1

[@kaczuszkapaczuszka7979]

And "aces in exile"

[@CynderDragoneye]

basically if they dont play polish songs in Poland they wont be leaving

[@andrijastefanovic726]

@@Thomas.Wright then the real-winged hussars arrived

[@gerdrseltsam671]

@@CynderDragoneye Iam german and this is a thing i really like about poland. They still have their pride and spirit and are not willing to give it up. Here in germany, most have allready surrenderd and are afraid to even show our own flag.

[@BlondMysz]

This episode left me speechless.. I mean, I'm Polish and I'm familiar with the history about the Warsaw uprising but hearing it this way from you guys, and with all of these wise words at the end.. The moment with the fragment of Polish anthem got me strong goosebumps. Thank you.

[@iVETAnsolini]

The goosebumps Just shows how much power and meaning is behind this song

[@jw8042]

I’m actually planning on going to Warsaw the next time Sabaton is going to play live there. Just to experience the fans going nuts... and I’ve seen them live twice now, Oslo 2020 and graspop 2019

[@BlondMysz]

@@jw8042 I hope to see them in Warsaw next time too :)

[@christiandauz3742]

Should have spent less time on church and more time on science Had Poland invested in Science it would have been the most powerful nation back in the 1000s!

[@dexiPL]

@@christiandauz3742 Poland spent a lot on science. History of Poland started in 966, and it happened thanks to Christianity. The number of famous scientist were Polish, or of Polish origin. Some of them include: Nicolas Copernicus (well known astronomer), Marie Curie (unfortunately, Poland was under occupation during her life, and she took her French husband's last name), Ignacy Lukasiewicz (Invented Oil Refinery), Casimir Funk (concept of vitamins), Ludwik Zamenhof (inventor of Esperanto), Johannes Hevelius (astronomer), Maksymilian Faktorowicz (the founder of Max Factor company, and inventor of a "make-up"), Rudolf Weigl (created vaccine for typhus).

[@WorldArchivist]

Poland, the immortal of Europe, has long earned my respect. They survived partitioning, Nazi and Soviet occupation, economic deppression, military invasions, genocide, Communism, and much more. Thank you Sabaton for introducing me to such history. And respect from the USA. 🇺🇸

[@Dzonnyg]

Thank you bro, comments like yours mean a lot to us because as a nation we still somehow fell like we're lesser and worse because of years and years of unfair treatment in the last century

[@minimal9001]

Yes and most astonishingly they did their own genocide...

[@panzerofthelake506]

They could survive against Russia, they could Defeat the Ottomans. But they couldn't defeat some peasant Bois on horsies and the sweds.

[@ronaldostrowski4014]

@@minimal9001 "Yes and most astonishingly they did their own genocide..' WTF!!

[@WorldArchivist]

@@minimal9001 Example?

[@Sharnoy1]

Respect from Finland to our Polish friends! In this modern world we have no reason to quarrel. We are on the same side now!

[@Sharnoy1]

@Majster Prosty Depends on how you look at it really. But it doesn't matter. We are in peace now!

[@clothar23]

...So we going to ignore the Finnish SS battalion or other Volunteers that fought under the Nazi banner ?

[@Sharnoy1]

@Majster Prosty Poland and Finland as independent nation states of course have not been in conflict. But Poles and Finns have often been warring on opposing sides and sometimes against each other. For example during the Great Northern War Sweden (which Finland was a part of) fought against Poland-Lithuania. In WW2 you can also see us fighting on opposing sides for the early/middle parts of the war, even though there luckily was no combat between our nations. No ill will against Poland here. I'm just glad we are both on the same side of the Iron Curtain in this time we are living now :)

[@Sharnoy1]

@Majster Prosty Oh, and another example is WW1. Most of Poland belonged to Germany and Austria, while Finland belonged to Russia for the first half of the war. Opposing sides again, although no direct contact between our nations.

[@Sharnoy1]

@Majster Prosty History is full of difficult and multidimensional turns. What we can do is to learn from them and try to preserve peace :)

[@strikeforce1500]

The Poles went full madlad. I personally found it disgusting that certain Russian figures act like, and even say, the USSR was nice to the Poles

[@bremc666]

USSR wasn't even nice to Russians.

[@kstreet7438]

September 1939 must be a blur for them.

[@TheFatMob]

Look up recently published NKVD documents. Armiya Kraiova basically refused to cooperate with USSR (after consulting with the govt in exile btw). And they were repeatedly asked by Red Army command through their contacts to postpone the uprising, to let the Soviets properly resupply and regroup after Operation Bagration. Poles refused and this is the result.

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

@@TheFatMob because at the end of the Day Stalin and the Reds were not going to allow Polish Sovereignty post war if the Armia Krajowa had postponed. Because that's not the USSR way. The USSR was going to install a Puppet government regardless unless the Poles succeeded in liberating their own country, thus allowing them a seat at the table, in theory. I still doubt the reds would have left Poland if that happened, cause Stalin, but thats conjecture at this point.

[@bremc666]

@@TheFatMobWouldn't matter if they would "help". USSR ware as much as an occupiers as Germans.

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

From Philippines, respect to the Poles. Never underestimate the Polish fighting spirit. Salute to all those who fought and died in the Polish Uprising.

[@karlangeloarcenas7626]

Mabuhay

[@monjhunesacaguing7195]

Bruh, Manila the Capital of the Philippines was the second devastated capital city in the 2nd world war. A battle between US GI's and Japanese forces, where the GI's only suffered not more than 2k killed while the Japanese suffered nearly 20k. What is popularly known was that the Japanese deliberately killed civilians, which is correct, but are they the only culprit in the destruction of the city? The GI's definitely had a hand in that too. We can't deny the fact that the US helped our country to some extent, but they also have done us bad quite a few times or many times. It is really disappointing that the history of our country turned out to be like this, ever since our country existed we have always fought against each other because of greed, selfishness, and different religions until now we fight against each other. We have never been truly united as a Country, and that is why we are here where we are currently at. 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 But still, I am a proud Filipino!!

[@tomaszlipiec4391]

Greetings from the Poland to Philippines

[@Dulk9]

Love Philippines. My kids will be half Filipino :)

[@Linki8uu]

@@monjhunesacaguing7195 ok now I won’t deny that some of Manila was destroyed by the Americans however much of it was burned to the fucking ground by the Japanese now I won’t ever say that America is a paragon of virtue and has never committed any war crimes because it’s not true however I also realize that in war as much as we would try and prevent it there will be collateral damage be that civilian death or destruction of buildings and the surrounding countryside but the thing that to me your trying to say is that around 50% of Manila was destroyed by the Americans which isn’t true

[@Masada1911]

I love Indy, but it was a blessing in disguise that Spartacus did this episode. His style from War against Humanity lends itself well to this topic

[@jrk1666]

warsaw is the most appropriate name for this city

[@Sinstarclair]

Considering Poland's History, it is very appropriate (From KoP to P-L to the 123 Years Occupation, In between Wars, Nazi Occupation and 50 years in The Iron Curtain)

[@GregoryMom]

Warsaw saw war

[@mantisr818]

Whoever translated it to English must have been a greatest edglord of all time, since Polish name has nothing in common with it

[@chewbaccamon974]

@@mantisr818 Warszawa?

[@mantisr818]

@@chewbaccamon974 Yes. Comes from names of the mythological founders. Fisherman Wars and river mermaid Sawa.

[@Natala781]

We cover the warsaw uprising both in history as well as polish literature classes in Poland and no matter how many times I told and retold the story, it's just as heartbreaking each and every time. Thank you.

[@gabrielrognon6238]

I don't know if you've seen that vid': kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3PNeoyBppl2jM0 (and all those from extra history on the poland invasion). But they are some of my favorit about this.

[@Natala781]

@@gabrielrognon6238 I did but thank you anyway! They made a very good job of explaining the history

[@bruhism173]

We got told they were rounded up and never one word said about polish undergroud or polish homegaurd still underground, we only saw them defenseless and hopeless, little did we know they gave the germans hell just as they had given them hell themselves.

[@jamesmmcgill]

"Poland is not yet lost."

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła More accurately thats Poland has not yet Perished. Slightly different but idea is the same.

[@jamesmmcgill]

@@benselectionforcasting4172 yep

[@ran_afoul]

Words important to remember even today. Here's to hoping Poland remains a free country.

[@msfallonmoran]

Poland... you guys are awesome and such fantastic history... thank you for inspiring the human spirit. Sabaton- thank you for illustrating this incredible story for an American like me!

[@adamkiraly9805]

I was hoping for mention of the Hungarian corridor where the Hungarian army provided passage to Polish home army fighters, medical supplies and even weapons and Hungarian deserters who joined the fight

[@adamkiraly9805]

@Majster Prosty Polak, Węgier - dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki, oba zuchy, oba żwawi, niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi.

[@tomskonieczka2385]

Polish Hungarian brotherhood is a bond centuries old.

[@gregj4564]

A lot of respect to our Hungarian Brothers from a simple Pole who remembers.

[@pantherace1000]

that's going to need a citation.

[@adamkiraly9805]

@@pantherace1000 there's the Hungarian documentary on it. Or u can Google Warsaw uprising Hungarian corridor

[@toro55ful]

This one hit hard! When I hear the lines "Women, men and children fight They were dying side by side And the blood they shed upon the streets Was a sacrifice willingly paid" oh Man that make me tear up ... We are lucky to live in these times ... And there are still places in the world where innocent people die in wars, this song and this band make you reflect and give thanks for never having gone through something like the Warsaw Uprising ... Thank you Sabaton for your amazing music!

[@biswaroopmukherjee7450]

"We wanted to be free, and owe our freedom to nobody" - this is written on the wall when you enter the Uprising Museum in Warsaw. Gives you some idea on what the Poles thought about the so-called friends the British and Russians claimed to be. Poland went through hell right up until 1990.

[@lavrentivs9891]

It shouldn't be ignored that both Britain and France went to war over Poland and lost many of their citizens in the following years of World War.

[@jurtra9090]

@@lavrentivs9891 the point is that France should have struck German's rear during the Invasion of Poland

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@jurtra9090 Considering their problems fighting a defensive war, I have my doubts about how effective they would be during an offensive into Germany.

[@Kurtownia]

We know in hindsight that if the French pressed into Germany immediately, the Germans would collapse before they'd even manage to redeploy their army, as they had pretty much everything in the east. The French didn't know that though, and had to act with limited knowledge. It's understandable that they put themselves first, but it also certainly doesn't make them seem like trustworthy allies.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@Kurtownia "Know" is a strong word. We can make a counter-factual assumption, but we can never know for certain. Besides, they still declared war on Germany for attacking Poland, but they sacrificed Czechoslovakia before that to try and keep the peace, that is a worse crime against another nation than not being aggressive enough.

[@thevozhd8688]

This song explains why Poland today refuses to let anyone step on them or their sovereignty, regardless of being an ally or enemy

[@irina49125]

really emotional ending!! to all the other annas,to all the other people who fought for their lives and died and for those who lived: We remember you.

[@Jan-rv1qs]

we have the same profile picture lol

[@veritasaequitas2386]

what germans did in Poland is indescribable. they destroyed 38% of Polish GDP sending us to stone-age and killed 25% of its population. what happened in western Europe was vacation compared to eastern Europe

[@jhnshep]

If the germans sent the poles to the stone-age where did the ussr send it? Ahhh bad dig, I'll see myself to the gulag....

[@smiglo112]

@@jhnshep Nowhere... They sent us nowhere. Quite literally (Gulags, you can say they were in the middle of nowhere, siberia is, after all, quite an inhospitable place with few people around) and figuratively (they've rebuilt our country but only to fulfill their own goals, not to build a succesfull and relatively self reliant state).

[@jhnshep]

@@smiglo112 I served in the legion with poles that remember bad stories of the german occupation, yet look on those stories with nostalgia compared to communism. It was bad swing at the past dont take it further, I'm irish, i've my own cake to eat

[@smiglo112]

@@jhnshep I'm Polish myself and we look at neither with nostalgia really. Some of course will complain that "Oh, communism era was better than today" but that's mostly either them being nostalgic about being young or the typical "My generation was better" bullshit. A friend of mine had his family escape from Warsaw during the war, having been through both German occupation and later Communism era and let's just say that his family doesn't see any of these as better. Ultimately though, while the Soviets were terrible and one can even argue that they enslaved us in a way (draining our economy and resources through the decades to keep USSR from falling apart), they do have one positive compared to the Germans... They didn't industrialize murder.

[@DickerSandmann]

about a sixth (16 - 17%) of all poles died, but that is still the largest percentage of any people in all of WWII

[@Dwagginz]

You can really see how heart-broken Indy feels about this topic in how he talks and engages. It is... unthinkable. Completely unthinkable.

[@kornaros96]

And we have two years before he has to cover the events

[@gregorykent4440]

The tank was a panther tank. They actually captured two panther tanks and named them Pudel and Felek ;) Love Sabaton and this series. Keep up the great work.

[@averagedemographic8933]

This song makes me cry tears of remembrance every damn time, never forget.

[@Kanbei11]

Having Spartacus on this one made it all the more powerful. For anyone doubting the brutality have a look at what Warsaw looked like at the end of the uprising. It's a stark reminder of what man can and has done to others

[@thescollard8764]

Amazing episode. The series of episodes over these past few weeks, with 'Ghost Division', 'Primo Victoria', and now 'Uprising' have been the songs I've most looked forward to being covered. It's amazing what the Polish resistance managed to accomplish, considering they might have won had the Red Army not turned away. Once again showing that same 'Spirit of Spartans' we saw all the back in the very first episode.

[@ElDiablo123]

this episode hits right in the feels. Makes you think that our "problems" are almost insignificant compared to what people suffered during WW1, WW2 and any kind of war. I am so glad and grateful about Sabaton's music and this channel's content. Love you guys from Greece

[@vcpartisan12]

Little note here: Berling’s army was not made of comunists and collaborators. They were accually polish soldiers and men send to the gulags when nazis and soviets had worked together. They joined THIS army because they did not make the cut for general Anders’ second corps that went on to fight in Italy.

[@Saeronor]

Yeah, saying it was *commanded* by communists and collaborators (and basically Soviet officers themselves) would be far more accurate. Grunts were hardly communists and many of them had a lot of reasons to hate them, which they were obviously not airing in a fear of being... uh... cancelled.

[@vcpartisan12]

@@Saeronor Even considering polish officers is kind of a long shot since most of them was shot in Katyn and Charkov

[@Saeronor]

@Blaz Blaz Imagine taking history lessons from a KGB goon... *"Poland was acctualy the first country as an agressor in WW2."* WW2 started in 1939. *"Polish fascist dictator Pilsudsky"* "Pilsudsky" was a fascist in the same way everybody right of a tankie or r/chapotraphouse is. *"together with United Kingdom signed Munich agreement"* Zombie "Pilsudsky" then, as he was already dead for three years. Even a dumb POS can check that detail in like... a minute or so. So, what's your excuse? *"(friendship and cooperation agreement with Adolf Hitler)"* Seems like a creative edit to the name. Also, neither Zombie "Pilsudsky" nor Poland signed anything in Munich. *"and invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938."* So... "invasion": "When Country A suggests a border revision, Country B agrees but demands it happens sooner, Country A agrees and Country B takes over territory" You should propose that definition to dictionaries, first. Laughing might ensue, though. *"After the WW2...Poland gained huge territories of Germany and Prussia"* Primarily due to Stalin, who preferred his newly established Polish communist puppet regime staying in constant fear of German revisionism, which would make them even more servile towards him (as if it was possible). Oh and it was sold as a compensation for stolen eastern territories, which Soviets officially accepted as not theirs like... three or five times before changing their mind in 1939. *"after the end of WW2 in 1945. Poland was acctualy agressor state before and after WW2."* Congratulations, this is actually partially true! Poland invaded Bohemia in 1003 and Kievan Rus in 1018, for example, so it was an aggressor state before WW2 for sure. After WW2? Everything east of Elbe took place only with explicit consent or because of a demand of uncle Joe. He was the one responsible for local border rearrangements as the ultimate authority.

[@Saeronor]

@Blaz Blaz *"My mission"* A zealot, then? That at least explains incompetence and almost religious fervor. *"neonazi hipsters and postmodernists"* Given how "Pilsudsky" was supposed to be a "fascist", your competence at applying such labels is pretty much non-existent. *"how very complex was the history of pre-WW2 and WW2 indeed."* Nothing of what you wrote was complex. Just a bunch of errors, caricatures and word weaseling... *"Poland was not the inocent victim."* ...and a bunch of straw. *"When Russian and German empires collapsed venomous Polish nationalism, imperialism and fascism emerged."* Oh, look, labels again, coupled with emotionally charged language. What could possibly go wrong? *"And this reulted in Polish invasion of Ukraine."* Which took place directly after Ukrainian armed takeover of Lviv. Also, which Ukraine? The one being invaded by bolsheviks at the same time? *"And war against Soviet Russia."* The war that started as a continuation of operation Target: Vistula, during which bolsheviks invaded lands they already gave up two times, filled with states and peoples with zero sympathy towards them? The one that brought Soviets (over a corpse of Belarus) right into territories populated by Poles, who were "imperialistic" enough to resist them before reconstituted Polish state managed to send actual military? That war? *"And all the later imperial militaristic expansion of Poland into Czechoslovakia and Polish participation in Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler."* Poland was not even invited to Munich. If, by the grace of your sentence structure, you refer to some earlier "militaristic expansion" (ie. earlier than Munich) then it could only be military operations in 1919, which was initiated (and won) by Prague. Uh? The funniest thing is there *was* a bunch of cases when Poles bullied neighbors with limited cause (if any), but your reliance on shit sources makes you focused on Putinesque vision of Munich and other similar narratives that are as shallow as they are fake. Imagine being so full of yourself to take on a "mission" while being unable to tie your own shoes.

[@Saeronor]

@Blaz Blaz *"We can only mourn"* Yes, "we" all mourn for the times when self-determination was discarded in the name of dynastic interests. "We" as in "incompetent edgies on a mission". I too remember many "problems" caused by US stationing nuclear weapons only a bit to the West from Poland. Wars, destruction, mayhem and stuff. Oh, wait. Didn't happen. Almost as if "problems" are just "limiting aggressive options" for a certain neighbor. How horrible. Taking that away is basically like threatening their sovereignty:)

[@danielplant3219]

This is my favourite Sabaton song of all time. For what it represents, the sacrifice, the bravery and the pure hopelessness of the situation. I have so much respect for Poland and the Polish people. Sadly Covid has stopped my trip to go to the Uprising anniversary this year.

[@ziomeke5580]

wow, this episode felt different from all the other ones, you could feel that in the first 10 seconds of it. I was always trying to explain to my friends and family members that history isn’t what it’s depicted like in movies and video games. Thank you Indy, Joakim, Pär, Spartacus and others for creating this series. Keep up on the great work!

[@wiej007]

First I want to say thank you for making this video. I waited for this long. Second. If we had national say it think it would be what Witold Urbanowicz (303 Squadron Commander) said... "Because we do not beg for freedom. We fight for it" Third. On the 1st of August on 17:00 (know as "W hour") the whole Warsaw stops. They just stop everything they do and stand as the sirens calls for minute. Thats how we show we remember Warsaw Uprising

[@asasasania]

All of big cities stops

[@metalizer6435]

One of my favourite Sabaton songs, and definitely one of the greatest stories in WW2. I've visited Poland in 2018 for the first time, thanks to Sabaton's songs, and had to go back again because It really was an amazing experience. Hopefully I'll get to visit Warsaw soon as well! So, thank you Sabaton, greetings from Serbia! WARSZAWO, WALCZ!

[@pacthug4life]

quoting Wikipedia " It was the single largest military effort taken by any European resistance movement during World War II", yet it is very little known

[@teemup9247]

Here in Finland is was taught quite well, though briefly. It was covered the most out of any resitance movements. That is what I liked about Finnish schools (great in most ways and) they teach very objectively about world history compared to many countries. That is how I see it from talking to people online.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Only to the general public. Anyone that's moderately interested in the Eastern Front will have heard of the uprising. Maybe not details but they'll know about it.

[@MrKersey]

What about resistance in Yugoslavia? Why is that forgotten?

[@teemup9247]

@@MrKersey I remember there been some talk on that too in school. If I recall correctly it was more covered as prelude and background to Yugoslavian breaking crisis.

[@pacthug4life]

@@MrKersey Poland and Yugoslavia had the biggest anti-nazi resistance in Europe. They were outnumbered by the Soviet resistance but it was so for a short period of time only.

[@darthcalanil5333]

this one has to be one of the most powerful episodes yet. I was in the WW2 museum in Gdansk last December, and the tragic but heroic story of Poland in WW2 always moves me.

[@kryssulich5016]

I'm first gen American and my father was polish. And I am sooooo damn thankful for what happened today back in 44. And very patriotic in July and extremely patriotic to Poland in August

[@MarkRMnich]

Me too! My father took part in the uprising when he was just 13 years old.

[@sgtsnake13B]

I remember working at Home Depot back in June, my mother who also worked there introduced me to a friend of hers, She was from Poland and she told me (my mother) that she was 92. She had fought and did direct combat on the streets of Warsaw in 1944. At the end of the conversation I remember saying "Warszawo walcz" and she hugged me and almost cried.

[@SabatonHistory]

Thank you Adam, for sharing this wonderful little story, now you have the memories of a generation who will soon dissapear. This moment treasure it forever.

[@sgtsnake13B]

@@SabatonHistory I plan on it

[@blurrpp314]

movie "Warsaw 44", tribute to Your mother and others kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYndpp2FedqWepY

[@sgtsnake13B]

@@blurrpp314 it was my mother's friend

[@blurrpp314]

@@sgtsnake13B ups sorry my mistake , but still, respect to her and You mother of course :)

[@thescollard8764]

About what Indy said about war not being like how they show it in movies, apparently one of the more realistic war movies is the 2005 film 'Jarhead' starring Jake Gyllenhaal. It's about a sniper in the Gulf War, but most of the focus is on the characters dealing with boredom, with the little action, mainly taking place in the background or far away. The main character goes through the whole movie without firing his gun even once.

[@kanapkuba4072]

Jake was also play in spider-man Far from home

[@stc3145]

War is alot of sitting around and doing nothing. I often read stuff from war veterans many say war is boring

[@devinshort8150]

@@stc3145 yep, I've heard it described by an army infantryman I was in physical therapy with as "days or weeks of the most intense boredom imaginable, followed by moment of the most intense terror you could possibly imagine, or not imagine depending on how demented your mind can go."

[@luftwaffle173]

"Come and see" Is truly terrifying too

[@hamers651]

a good ww1 movie is 'the trench' starring daniel craig. its about soldiers on the eve of the battle of the somme and how they deal with preparing for the upcoming battle.

[@diamondbackdt]

The Polish DESERVE more Respect and Props. They are amongst the strongest peoples of all of WW2, to keep fighting and digging, and hoping against EVERYTHING. And for all footage to survive especially the colored photos is behind INCREDIBLE. Seeing the destruction of the city, the people being massacred and being sent to the camps... THANK YOU SO MUCH Sabaton History, Time Ghosts, WW2 for helping to preserve the ABSOLUTE TRUTH, in all its horror, ugliness, disturbing deplorableness. LONG LIVE PEACE!

[@AnIndianPatriot]

You forgot about the British colonies like India? Churchill was like Hitler to us.

[@diamondbackdt]

​@@AnIndianPatriot Honestly I didn't know. Not through willful ignorance but main study of WW2 have been main land continental Europe and the Pacific (China, Japan, and Korea) due to my own interests in studying current socio political climates and how alliances and treaties over the past 300 years have impacted the global geo political system of the past 50 years. Are there any books in particular I should read to remove this gap in my knowledge?

[@AnIndianPatriot]

@@diamondbackdt well I think u should read the book “No hanging please shoot us”by Bhagat Singh and “The Indian struggle”written by Subhash Chandra Bose as far as I know. Actually I have read these books. Well actually most of the people think Hitler was a Terror but surprisingly for us he was a hero. I mean Subhash Chandra Bose knew he was a demon but he said “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and “If I have to take help from a devil to gain my country's independence, then I would not hesitate”. Well but there were some people who hated Hitler like Congress Party of India, Noor Inayat Khan, etc. You know Noor Inayat Khan was a spy who helped in the liberation of France and hated Nazi Ideology, she was captured due to the betrayal of a French Spy and shot dead by Nazi Although she was born in Moscow, her nationality was Indian. There is also a memorial of her in Britain, I don't remember in which state. OK talking about the terrorism of Churchill, he wiped out 10 million people Indian farmers due to Famine in Bengal, and where that food goes? To the front where the soldiers were fighting against Germans, and other thousands of people were wiped due to the genocide done by him. He also said that he hate Indians they are cowards. Seriously? I mean from this conclusion I learnt that the vectors wright the History as Stalin was also the same as Hitler and Churchill. I mean I also know the Terror in Poland, France, and other European countries and in the Pacific. But think about Africa, India and other British colonies. I mean Africa was controlled by the both Sides, they also suffered the same as the Europeans did, they had to fight in the war in which they had nothing role just like in Warsaw Poles fighting against Allies, I mean they didn't but they were told to. But in India we build our own liberation army, it was called Azad Hind Fauj. My Great Grandfather was also recruited in it. Yeah and from where we launched the attack? From Singapore, yes Japanese helped us in launching the attack but we failed to liberate India as the Japanese had surrendered and the war was over. But in 15th August 1947, this finally happened.

[@Phonixrmf]

Poland, your tenacity is inspiring. You got hit by everyone and their mothers, and still you asked "is that the best you can do?" Much love from your upside-down friend of Indonesia

[@exohead1]

I actually straight up cried from this

[@CssHDmonster]

spartacus sabaton history? now thats a pleasant surprise

[@leethear3303]

God bless Poland... really heartbreaking story... thank you Sabaton 👍🏻

[@janezhrzenjak6541]

Was it just me or did joikim at the start nearly cry?

[@331coolguy]

Well it’s a story about people fighting a bitter and hopeless battle against a ruthless and brutal enemy that ended with the entire city being destroyed and it’s Citizens being slaughtered and having our homes destroyed and exiled so yeah it’s a sad story then works a lot of emotions.

[@WorldArchivist]

Well can you really blame him?

[@destro6971]

Duty is as heavy as a mountain, death as light as a feather.

[@v0w1x2]

As a Scot I will always admire and respect the Polish people in their determined resistance against oppression by both the Nazis and Soviets

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Top three Sabaton Song. My Polish Grandmother forever hated Churchill for leaving Poland to Stalin.

[@Wanys123]

I mean... Churchill proposed Operation Unthinkable - war with USSR in 45... Nobody wanted to act on that ... there is pretty much anyone but Churchill to blame

[@Rendarth1]

@@Wanys123 Stalin himself is clearly to blame. But think about the possibilities, had Churchill (and Roosevelt) sent even just a few hundred paratroopers in. They could have made a difference, and Stalin would have had three options: to accept an independent city that would have been able to influence the post-war arrangement, to declare war on the Allies, or to delay his advances even further and possibly lose Berlin to the Allies. He would have been forced to choose the first option, to the benefit of Poland.

[@basementkidd6818]

Churchill didnt even let Poland to be in The victory parade after The war in fear of offending Stalin. But I do believe that if Instead of Nevil, Churchill was the leader of The Commonwealth, we wouldnt reffer to this war as WW2, we would reffer to It as, Britain France And Poland sandwiching Germany from both fronts in 1935 for breaking Versalles.

[@1234lorddaniel]

@@basementkidd6818 Churchill wasnt prime minister during victory parade.

[@basementkidd6818]

@@1234lorddaniel Still he was in It and probably one of The organizers of The parade

[@nickvenuto9803]

Death is inevitable but giving up or losing heart in the face of defeat is not and is unacceptable

[@ThePuma1707]

from the Shiroyama episode, i see, you are a man of culture aswell

[@nickvenuto9803]

SovietPuma Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

[@imranhazim5434]

Fought two front, survived hell on earth for 5 years, so-called friendly nations never came. Respect to Poles.

[@shanhavael2640]

Had the song playing in my head for entire visit to warsaw uprising museum few years back.

[@ironduke7423]

76 years ago today after five years of occupation the whispers of freedom had become voices again, and their cry was heard throughout the city: ’Warszawo Walcz!'

[@marchingbandboi553]

I must say thank you to you guys who keep the history and memories of those who fought for the homeland who defended what they believed in so that the horrors of the world wars and many other conflicts will not repeat, so that those who lost their lives didn't die for nothing.

[@averagedemographic8933]

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, Kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wzięła, Szablą odbierzemy. Poland has not yet perished, So long as we still live. What the foreign force has taken from us, We shall with sabre retrieve. Never forget, also, they may have found Witold Pilecki’s body after all these years.

[@nilswettlin2012]

Source for that last one?

[@averagedemographic8933]

www.thefirstnews.com/article/are-skeletal-remains-found-in-commie-horror-prison-those-of-wwii-hero-witold-pilecki-13909 Here ya go

[@thenexus8384]

How did they identify Witold Pilecki's body

[@Breidablik06]

Hey Sabaton, I dare you to make an Emu War song for April fools day

[@glitchtastic759]

We*

[@anemu3819]

Yeah

[@profharveyherrera]

This would be epic!

[@xsteeldragon]

An emu war song from the POV of emus, with joakim singing like "eewk eewk eewwk" xD

[@anemu3819]

@@xsteeldragon we should make lyrics

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

That live performance of uprising in Wroclaw always brings tears to my eyes. I can feel the emotion through the screen every time I watch it.

[@mats7492]

I had the honor to speak to one of the uprising fighters a couple years ago in Poland who spoke fluent German ( I’m German). This and meeting a Holocaust survivor in auschwitz are probably the 2 most moving experiences I’ve ever had in my life

[@MarkRMnich]

I had the honor of being raised by one…my father took part in the uprising when he was just 13 years old.

[@TofiSerb]

Brave Poland's people... big respect for Polish brother's. Brave fight against biggest evil in human history, second biggest evil after Croatia in WW2 and ther monster rezzim. Polish brother's and Serbs had biggest casualties in WW2.

[@pruts3323]

got chills going down my spine hearing this.

[@wintermanthenforcer]

When I first learned about this topic, it was so emotionally moving. I am astounded and jealous of the Polish courage, as I wished we had the same courage as theirs.

[@franktuminski8460]

This courage is called patriotism: love for freedom, even sacrificing your own life

[@Jordan77831]

Only recently I've learned about the Warsaw uprising by listening to this magnificent song. It should be played at history lessons at school, this forgotten event of WW2 deserves more attention then what it currently has. The Polish people deserves huge amount of respect for all the suffering they went through. Rise up and hear the call. History calling to you, Warszawo, walcz!

[@creepysniper117]

Love this channel, it's amazing, hey emm... have you consider putting on captions in different languages? My mom really wants to see this videos and know more about history and I just told my old history tescher about this and she wants to recomend this to her students but... they don't speak english, I live in México and truth be told not eveyone speaks english, so just like a suggestion, love your channel and music, please keep on doing it, I may be poor and can't be a pattreon but I can share this with my friends and famili, thank you so much Sabaton, you've done so much for so many. Love from México P.s: sorry if my english is not good

[@jasse803]

With whole of my heart I thank you for this episode! I kneel and bow with utmost respect in front of those young heroic people, patriots, who so willingly went to the fight, and bled for Poland. And so that we all could be free today. And I cry with enormous pain knowing how they were betrayed by the leadership of AK and sent to be slaughtered. Just like the civilians of Warsaw and the city itself... "If the poles do nothing, then Red Army would overrun Poland and the government in exile will be powerless in the newly communist Poland". Well, they were allready powerless since Poland was sold to Stalin A YEAR BEFORE at Yalta conference. An thus the Upprising would achieve nothing, nothing but deaths of so many young poles, the elites of youth, the future of Poland, which ofcourse, was Stalins plan from the beginning. He provoked poles to fight and then laid back and enjoyed germans finnishing the job (for him). Oh, btw, the AK soldiers who "reveled" themselves to Red Army were not only disarmed and removed, most of them were executed or send to gulags. Only few of them were forced to joind Polish Army under the soviets. Ps: And Stalins motives regard Warsaw Uprising, AK, and poles in general were made very clear in a book "Madness of 44" by Piotr Zychowicz. Which I highly recommend!

[@rustnok12]

This is so respectful. I love Sabaton and all the WW channels.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

I’m not Polish but it warms my heart to know that these heroes and their deeds are remembered and celebrated

[@C.Dankertsen]

I've been waiting for this episode, finally it's here

[@TheMmus]

Thanks for this important lesson! One I've been waiting for. You talking about the fact that war isn't what it seems like in the movies or games, made me remember how this one guy I've known for years came back from peacekeeping mission feeling sad he didn't get to engage in a firefight or to kill anyone. Hearing that was heart breaking. It shocked me how can anyone have such light attitude towards these kind of things. But apparently that's possible. You're doing important job, keep on rocking and take care!

[@lexingtonbrython1897]

Oftentimes, its those who have never felt destruction and war who desire it; often here across the pond in the US. At least Sabaton and TimeGhost let us see that, indeed, war is Hell.

[@TheMmus]

@@lexingtonbrython1897 Well said.

[@therumjacks]

Was doing some research for some songwriting and had no idea Sabaton had a history channel! Fucking awesome, lads!

[@SabatonHistory]

You're most welcome to our channel 😎

[@ironduke7423]

''There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.''

[@iVETAnsolini]

I like the documentaries. They don’t have to glorify the war. Show me the monotonous parts. Screw Hollywood

[@kremsii8724]

thanks for doing this, it´s so overwhelming thinking of the scale of the world wars and i cant pichture the horror and fear that must been present at the uprising in their hopeless situation

[@Ally5141]

If anybody is interested there is a Darkest Dungeons-style game about Warsaw Uprising called "Warsaw".

[@Rendarth1]

Thanks for that. Just purchased it.

[@wiej007]

Yeah I know that game. Somehow I managed surviwe all 63 days and keep all districts.

[@marcinrybinski4423]

Is it any good?

[@Ally5141]

@@marcinrybinski4423 certainly better than Darkest Dungeon. The story is much more engaging and the gameplay is a straight-up a better version of what we see in Darkest Dungeon.

[@wiej007]

@@Ally5141 I dont think is better then Darkest Dungeon but still realy good game.

[@cameronii5979]

Amazing episode as always, loved the Spartacus cameo

[@lexierr404]

I'm so glad i came across your channel! My Dziadek was in the AK and i have discovered many amazing things he did in his lifetime. I sadly never got to learn much as I'd like to of as they didn't talk much about those times and most close family have passed away but I'm so excited to learn more!

[@SabatonHistory]

You're most welcome on board Lexi!

[@paladynwiecznegostazuzkraj75]

We are not The most modern The most tolerant and most powerful nation in The World... but we'll face any enemy and we'll stand our guard for god honor and our country (Thank you for making me proud of my country and my countryman I wish sabaton and Indy all The best... god bless you guys)

[@spingboydc2514]

I... I don't know how to pronounce your username.

[@paladynwiecznegostazuzkraj75]

@@spingboydc2514 I know that was The point xD

[@potatoreborn7848]

And to be fair to the Polish intollerance of the LGBTQ community mainly comes from the Generational PTSD of living through the hell of Soviet Occupation so any leftist and liberal movements are seen fearfully in Poland because it reminds them of the hell under Soviet rule so as a Trans person myself while I can never see the LGBTQ discrimination in a positive light, I can atleast understand the fear and do hope that one day the Polish can learn that just like them the LGBTQ community just wants the right to exist and be themselves without hurting others

[@mastercalabaster9824]

@@potatoreborn7848 Polish people are very divided on this topic, it is annalmost half and half split. We are probably getting legal abortion or abortion compromise soon!! It's a step in the right direction. I think, my beloved Polish society still needs some time to fully tolerate the LGBTQ community. Hopefully, with time, we will solve this issue as well. Love from Poland

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

The Rising Museum in Warsaw Joakim talked about tells this story very, very well and is one of the best put together museums I've ever visited. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone who has at least a few hours to spare.

[@ElGordoBandito]

Can we take a moment to shout out the World War 2 channel for having so much knowledge and charisma all in one place? We are very lucky to have them us for Sabaton History.

[@elmo2you]

That song, and in particular the official video, always gives me instant goosebumps (and not in a pleasant way). Heck, even the first few notes and "Warsaw Rise!" does it. There are a few other pieces of music art that can move me this much without fail, but this song is definitively in a class of its own. The choice of actors, for the official music video, was also outstanding. EDIT: After hearing all this, how it was even more gruesome than I already knew, makes me wonder if my imagination may not have suffered PTSD, right now. That's only half-joking, for the music video will never look the same for me, and it may take a while before I can watch it again. Sincerely, thank you. You (the whole team) have achieved what no history lesson ever could have. If there exists such a thing as an award, for producing this kind of material as you do, I'll gladly nominate and vote for you. This episode would deserve to win. Outstanding achievement, on all fronts!

[@MarkRMnich]

When the video starts, I got goosebumps from the kid spray painting the symbol of the Polish Underground (the P with the anchor) because that was one of the things my father actually did during the uprising.

[@emeraldvalkyrja225]

Sadly it seems that many in Poland now have forgotten that those brave people fought and died for the freedom of *all* Poles. I hope they'll remember it soon.

[@zuzaa.7]

Not really. Every year on August 1st, when the "W hour" strikes, the sirens sound in larger cities and everyone stops. There are also concerts where songs from the Warsaw Uprising are sung.The insurgents themselves are present at these concerts

[@emeraldvalkyrja225]

@@zuzaa.7 I know, my comment was more in reference to how Poland has become more right-wing over the past few years and especially denies their LGBTQIA+ citizens their rights. With that being such a characterisitic of facism, it would seem to me they forgot that those who bravely fought and died in the Uprising and other parts of the Polish Resistance fought against exactly that kind of oppression and hate.

[@zuzaa.7]

Emerald Valkyrja yeah, you are right here.This is actually so sad.

[@philwoj8112]

@@emeraldvalkyrja225 Historians: DOUBT.

[@MarkRMnich]

Yes, I’m now seeing comments about revisionist historians asking if their efforts were really worth it. What they don’t understand is that people were meant to be free and not to be ruled.

[@mikewhicker9771]

Was just listening to this song on the way home from work. One of my favourite songs on coat of arms with happy memories of visiting warsaw while on holiday with my nan. Great video as always gents.

[@Numorfutinca]

In heaven Me: God let me reincarnate as Polish God: Why? Me: shows god the song God: understandeble have a nice life

[@krzysztof3925]

I was waiting for this one. Thank you!

[@tomm9963]

"Because We Do Not Beg For Freedom, We Fight For It" 🇬🇧❤️🇵🇱

[@Tfichtenbaum]

I cant imagine what my dad went through growing up in Poland , he was born in 1936 and he was 3 years old when the Natzis occupied Poland and he grew up during this time and ended up moving to the US in 1960

[@blurrpp314]

There is great movie about uprising kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYndpp2FedqWepY Warsaw 44

[@supreme3376]

No Germans

[@MarkRMnich]

My father was 8 and he still remembered years later the day the Nazis arrived in his hometown. He thought Poland was having an earthquake. He too took part in the uprising at age 13. The video for this song gave me goosebumps when I saw the kid spray painting the P with the anchor because that was one of the things my father did back then, along with carrying messages through the sewers and fighting when necessary.

[@MarkRMnich]

To those who denigrate the effort of the Poles who took part in the uprising, remember that most of the people who fought in it were average Joes and Janes who never picked up a weapon before in their lives (including my father who was 13 at the time) and they were taking on a battle-hardened, very well trained military force who took over nearly the entire continent by inventing a new style of warfare. OF COURSE they had no chance of victory but they were still winners in the eyes of GOD and that’s all that matters! Thank you, Sabaton, for recognizing that “they never lost their faith!”

[@GugnarManomartillo]

Absolutely amazing video and channel. What it most impressed me was when you talked about that time you met that old woman, Anna, a survivor of the Warsaw uprising. It'd be something good for any of us and for everybody around this word to have a talk with that Anna's to understand that wars are nit a cool thing. Something to think about. Keep on doing so. You're SO great.

[@SabatonHistory]

Thank you for the support Jordi!

[@MarkRMnich]

I was privileged to be raised by an ‘Anna’…my father took part in the uprising when he was 13 years old.

[@JuanMatteoReal]

Everyone: Talks about the song, the history, etc Me: What's that? A medallion?

[@Cybermat47]

It’s a medal that he earned by having that facial hair and that name.

[@homefront1999]

I think it's unspoken. But whoever does the music and visual footage of the battles. Does a great job. They set a great mood that fits with the subject of the song.

[@xcritic9671]

As an American, nothing the Soviet union ever did made me truly hate them. I always understood it was evil, but hearing this now... that awakened some rage in me. Nobody screws with my Poland!

[@Nick-rs5if]

One of Sabaton's greatest songs!

[@spartan2299]

In Poland we have TV series "Czas Honoru: Powstanie" (Time of Honour: Uprising) which shows quite accurate vision of Warsaw Uprising.

[@kstreet7438]

What do you think about the polish movie Warsaw 44?

[@kstreet7438]

@Majster Prosty What the fuck are you going on about? Was just wondering if OP thought it was a good movie or not.

[@stc3145]

The Pianist also shows the uprising from the perspective of a civillian. Really good movie

[@kstreet7438]

@Majster Prosty I saw it as well it was incredibly violent in some scenes just awful. I only did because you said made before made absolutely no sense suspecting I'm "from reich"

[@kstreet7438]

@@stc3145 that's a good one too remember watching it on tv when I was younger.

[@Artur_M.]

This was such a nice surprise! I honestly did not expect to see a video about this song so soon. I'm definitely looking forward to when you will revisit this topic in due time on the WW2 channel, in regular episodes and probably some specials because there is so much to talk about. Making the Germans start negotiations and ending the Uprising with a capitulation (instead of complete slaughter) was in a way a semblance of success for the insurgents in the middle of this disaster. It could and should happen earlier - in the middle of September, and I'm glad that you showed that what little inadequate help the Soviets started giving to the insurgents at that moment looks suspiciously like a cynical play to prolong the agony of Uprising. That being said, I think it's a bit unfair to describe the "Berling's Army" as made of "Polish communists and collaborators", as most of the rank and file soldiers were initially the unfortunate prisoners and deportees back from 1939-41, who didn't manage to leave the USSR with the "Anders' Army" and later the recruits enlisted (or pressured to enlist) once the Soviet forces entered the Polish lands, including many of those Home Army Soldiers you mentioned earlier in the episode, as trying to cooperate with the Red Army, only to get disarmed and arrested. They fought bravely from Lenino in Eastern Belarus all the way to Berlin, suffering heavy losses (arguably often unnecessarily so). After decades of being used in the communist propaganda, their memory got in a way pushed aside in the free Poland. It is understandable but still a bit sad and unjust. They deserve to get their story told too, but honestly this time. Edit: BTW due to lack of Polish officers (especially ones that would be willing to cooperate with the Soviets, and considered sufficiently trustworthy by them) many officers of those troops were actually Soviet ones dressed up in Polish uniforms. One of the most memorable for me parts on the excellent documentary miniseries "World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West" was an interview with a very likable Russian veteran who, as a young Red Army lieutenant, got delegated to serve in the Polish Peoples' Army, with an instruction to literary pretend to be Polish (to his absolute dismay). He described how eventually himself and some other people in his position ended up being treated as suspicious by the Soviet authorities for apparently integrating with the Poles too well.

[@OtterSam]

One of my professors, her mother fought in the uprising and survived by escaping in the sewers and she's still alive.

[@MarkRMnich]

My father fought in the Warsaw Uprising when he was just 13. Then, at 17, he was a member of the first group targeted by the Communist government as an “enemy of the state.” I may not be here today if he was present at his high school that day. Because he was out sick, he managed to escape arrest. For the next five years, he lived under the floorboards of his uncle’s barn outside of Kraków, only coming out at night to take care of his basic human needs.

[@kirstenmcintosh5899]

I've been waiting for this episode since I first heard this song. The music video is amazing.

[@TylerRapp825]

One of my favorite Sabaton songs!!! Finally a Sabaton History video!!

[@michalsawa881]

I remember this Sabaton Concert at Woodstock. IT was amazing.🔥🔥

[@SabatonHistory]

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