What Happened to the Old Polish Flag?

[@historywithhilbert]

Thanks for watching everyone, hope yous enjoyed the video! Be sure to check out my other videos on history and flags if you found it interesting and give me a thumbs up or considering subscribbling if you're new!

[@cennethadameveson3715]

Flags are always fun!

[@dambrooks7578]

I cannot wait to share this with a friend and proud 1st Gen. Pole.

[@donpecz1584]

6:31 Actually white and red flag was first used in 1807 by Dutchy of Warsaw during Napoleonic Wars.

[@daimyo_Ikigai]

Hey are you gonna do more Slavic stuff and history cause the topics of Great Moravia and kingdom of Poland and Polish Lithuanian, Commonwealth, The Keivan Rus and Grand Duchy of Moscow would be awesome to cover

[@Speedkam]

It’s so wrong factually! You seem to suggest that flag with coat of arm is no longer in use. How wrong. Also its not only maritime flag or one used abroad, it’s also in use by ports and airports. It was the case throughout the whole PRL and nowadays alike. isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU19800070018/U/D19800018Lj.pdf

[@faegirdariusson2151]

As a pole, I'm honestly impressed by yer pronunciation of polish.

[@historywithhilbert]

Thanks very much! I have just come back from two weeks there so I should hope so :P

[@umad5671]

@@historywithhilbert accent was spot on in most of the words Well done ;)

[@youthinasia4103]

Yee Yee

[@TheMichchaal]

I really just wanted to write this

[@shuttze]

@@historywithhilbert it was flawless really good job

[@vladprus4019]

Finally someone who can pronounce our names.

[@MrNicopa]

We have to in England because we can’t call a plumber unless you know their name.

[@MrCr00wn]

@@MrNicopa poles have over 100 000 companies in UK so... you may work for pole... do you know your CEO?

[@kempo79]

@@MrNicopa so, you guys are so dumb you can't even have your native plumbers? Pity.

[@exoticbutters8171]

GRZEGORZ BRZĘCZESZCZYKIEWICZ

[@MrNicopa]

BartTP True. We like our polish plumbers and all our polish workers.

[@mordapl1641]

Some corrections: •The flag with eagles is used by different government branches, including the Sejm, Senate, president and the army during parades •The modern Polish flag was first used by the Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleonic wars •The the photo of the flag was in Warsaw during the 1944 uprising •It was the 1st Polish Army that faught in Berlin •The communists used the same flag and eagle as before the war, only removing the crown from the eagles head. The flag did change colour in 1980 from the pre-war orangy-red to the modern one, with the crown returning in 1990. Sorry if this is annoying, I simply cannot help myself sometimes, but its still a very cool video like always :)

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

If I may add my own little nitpick: 5:50 That would seem to just be colors of the specific Ułan regiment on the lances. Since the november uprising was fought by regular army, and tradditionally regiments in those times (and even nowadays) would have their own patterns for those flags, coresponding to colors of detailing on their uniforms, and it doesn't have any connection with changes to the national flag some examples: napoleon.org.pl/bbib/1ul.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/U%C5%82ani_Ksi%C4%99stwa_Warszawskiego.JPG i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/65/06/8c65065e0004dab94b602763507084c3.jpg lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9-UZyc22MSaJhZJw2IGH0BjUZwe061DhBSDXkQv1tCJYg5xHrM3gKhEJMzKrj-tOoLiyqSogBxoAv9nuE0Ko2sbU_UHz0t3NbetQ7MKbea2hNVboEjg

[@mikolajtrzeciecki7979]

@@verusmember997 "I have a pilot on board" rather than "ship in distress"

[@therealjackfisher]

Nope its not.. Ita a navy flag for ships.. Army uses red and white. Sejm senat i wojsko nigdy nie uzywaja flagi z godlem. Nie pierdol glupot bo na idiote wychodzisz.

[@tomnovy3476]

its Warszawa

[@adamlatosinski5475]

2:43 The half-lion/half-eagle coat of arms on the presented picture isn't a coat of arms of Poland, it's the coat of arms of duchy of Kuyavia (a region in Poland), and it appears here because Władysław Łokietek was from Kuyavia and he used this coat of arms before he united Poland. A lion was never used on the coat of arms of Poland as a whole, though it was used by some Polish dukes during the period of feudal fragmentation.

[@anthonyoer4778]

Bohemia?

[@adamlatosinski5475]

@@anthonyoer4778 There was a short time when Bohemian kings ruled in Poland, and they indeed were using a lion on their coat of arms, but it wasn't the coat of arms of Poland; it was a coat of arms of a specific person who happened to be a king of Poland, similar to half-lion/half-eagle of Władysław Łokietek from the video.

[@Halera-]

There are many other mistakes. 1:00 Polish flag has got no name. 1:20 I am Polish, and has never heard of the name "Stanica". It sounds like a synonym for "flag" more. 2:06 "Chorągiew" is just translation for "banner". No specific flag is called "The Chorągiew". 3:22 I don't know where did you take this image from. 3:30 Cracow being in "very south west" of Poland? Bold statement. 5:54 I honestly think the blue colour was added since it was associated with nobility and cavalry back then. The clickbait. The flag never changed as shown in the thumbnail. And banners aren't flags (in the narrow meaning). It is also worth noticing, Poland's old traditions don't specify the hue of the colour red. But Poland has been using specified hue. During 1919-1927 and since 1980 it is purplish pinkish red. During 1927-1980 it is orange-like red. The flag in the video is none of them.

[@adamlatosinski5475]

@@Halera- "Stanica" is a word in Polish, though I have never heard it as denoting any kind of flag. For me it always denoted a certain kind of a border fort.

[@michuXYZ]

As a polish i'm surprised that finally someone from abroad knows how to read our Ł :DD

[@jakubdzwonkowski]

And other polish Letters ż ć ą ę dż dź ź ł ó

[@lastar6118]

your Ł is the english W

[@ASSIMO]

@@lastar6118 not really, is WI

[@lastar6118]

@@ASSIMO wl or wi? And what do you mean?

[@ASSIMO]

@@lastar6118 wi, we not speak only Ł , we add Y , its english i, ŁY

[@maciek_k.cichon]

Fun fact, it's also old Czech flag, so in 1918 they were flown on both sides of Polish-Czech border

[@anthonyoer4778]

Lech and Czech were brothers.

[@staszekr03]

@@anthonyoer4778 and still are!

[@joe-ob3se]

@@anthonyoer4778 Kain and Abel too .

[@kryokori]

@@MikiUchman it made it easier on local populace, no matter which side was the victor they did not have to change the flags :D

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@MikiUchman Two units cooperate to take a town and hoist their flag, only later do they realize they're on opposing sides.

[@rutgerw.]

The old/'new' Belarus flag also has a lot of similarities, white-red-white with the pursuer-knight in the middle. Presumably because it was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or some other historical connections? *Actually, they were already part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania before the Commonwealth.

[@jankubiak324]

It is worth noting that the Lithuanian nobility by the end of Middle Ages, largely spoke Ruthenian.

[@loooli.7396]

because the lithuanian part of the commonwealth was mainly ruthenian( belarussian)

[@sayori265]

@@loooli.7396 Ruthenian was transformed to belarussian and ukrainian?

[@derinthebest]

Belarus is true heir to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania so no surprise.

[@audiobookfr5845]

@@sayori265 ~ yes.

[@ManiacalForeigner]

"Poland was a very Catholic colour" Yes, indeed.

[@maciejtedeque8096]

@@romanstaniszewski1030 xddddddddXDDXDDDDDDDD

[@romanstaniszewski1030]

@@maciejtedeque8096 ŻE CO ?

[@Speedkam]

ROMAN STANISZEWSKI rozbiory... powstania... księża patrioci, nie słyszał?

[@romanstaniszewski1030]

@@Speedkam NAJWIĘKSZY POLSKI BOHATER NARODOWY Z EPOKI ROZBIORÓW TADEUSZ KOŚCIUSZKO POWIEDZIAŁ : " KLER ZAWSZE BĘDZIE WYKORZYSTYWAĆ CIEMNOTE ! " OGARNIASZ CIEMNIAKU ? m.facebook.com/notes/nowy-ateizm/historia-zakazana-czyli-jak-ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82-niszczy%C5%82-polsk%C4%99/722582487819280/

[@piotrwisniewski70]

@@romanstaniszewski1030 nie potrzebnie piszesz capslokiem

[@HistoryHustle]

I am traveling through Poland. I see both flags used by people. The Polish people are proud people.

[@falkon_today]

yep, but those with code of arms and/or beer brands are incorrect and are a sign of ignorance.

[@falkon_today]

coat of arms* :-D

[@mountainhobo]

@@falkon_today Flag with coat of arms reflects Polish fighting spirit, particularly after a few "głębszych". ;)

[@iamk4474]

Yea unlike the dutch

[@samuan001]

You happened to see lots of flags because we had a national holiday of Polish Army on the anniversary of Polish-Russian battle in 1920. Were you in Poland around 15th of August? That would explain numerous flags.

[@Ussurin]

Well, Polish Eagle comes from the legend of Lech, Czech and Rus. The mythical founder of Poland, Lech, arrived at Polish lands and saw an eagle nest and a giant white eagle flew up before the setting Sun. Lech on the sight of this decided that it's the good spot to found a settlement, which became the first Polish capital, Gniezno, which derives it's name for Polish name for a nest. Of course we don't know what was first, the flag or the parts of the legend about an eagle, but we never think of it as derived from Romans.

[@joew9690]

Exactly my brother - Pozdrowienia.

[@jarlfenrir]

I heard an... hypothesis? Or some kind of modern myth that legendary king Krak is the same person as a roman politic Graccus. That's only connection with roman empire I heard of ;)

[@joew9690]

@@jarlfenrir Very bold Hypothesis.

[@kryokori]

Right, since Romans had a hard time trying to conquer this part of Europe their influence was not that big to claim our emblems are derived from theirs if they truly were present, it was more likely them being spoils of wars of our ancestors :P

[@zwiadowca6129]

lech named it gniazdo and then we change it to gniezno

[@jonix1974]

My wife is Polish and she was impressed with your Polish pronunciation. Please more history on Poland love this video 👍🏻

[@jarlfenrir]

It was indeed impressive ;) This guy must be polish.

[@JohnDoe-vt3pk]

@@jarlfenrir no he isn't... but he is not natural English speaker as well...

[@Ok-rd1zd]

He’s Frisian

[@bennieboi3802]

*Hears Hilbert say* "Poland was a very Catholic colour" quick boys! to the comment section!!!

[@ZWIREKiMUCHOMOREK]

Poland has always been a colorful country ^^

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I've seen the flag with the eagle on it in NYC, I see them more often than the regular Polish flag. Thanks for talking about the flag

[@historywithhilbert]

No problem, thanks for tuning in!

[@julianshepherd2038]

USA is a backward looking country.

[@POWROTTATY]

@@mire873 Even of their own country.

[@firstconsul7286]

@@POWROTTATY Even the basics are twisted to a degree that you just can't really fix.

[@rebralhunter6069]

@@POWROTTATY not really

[@leszekkadelski9569]

One thing you have missed is exact colouring that also has changed. The flag of 2nd Polish Republic was white & crimson, while the flag of Polish People's Republic (Communist Poland) was white & vermilion. After 1989 we have reverted to a lighter shade of crimson.

[@piotrjankowalczyk]

Not exactly. 1928-1980.

[@romanstaniszewski1030]

U SERIOUS ? WHITE IS WHITE AND RED IS RED ... GOT ANY PROOF OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS ?

[@joe-ob3se]

@@romanstaniszewski1030 Kings color was burgundy, or crimson, or cherry. The joker/jester used red cloth .

[@romanstaniszewski1030]

@@joe-ob3se I DON'T THINK THEY HAD CRIMSON BACK THEN IT'S GAY INVENTED NAME - REAL MAN CALL RED ALL ITS SHADES ! GOT ANY PROOF OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS ? AS FOR JESTER HE WAS JUST FUNNY GUY AND IN FRANCE THEY WEAR BLUE ROFL

[@piotrjankowalczyk]

@@romanstaniszewski1030 dla niedowiarków ustawa z 1982 i przekonwertowanie tych kolorów do RGB. Okazuje się że nie są to ani biały ani czerwony. Raczej biały srebrzysty i czerwono-karmazynowy. Nie używamy czerwonej heraldycznej barwy i mnie to cieszy, choć wolałbym powrotu do barwy z 1919 - bardziej karmazynowej. Do godła jest sporo zastrzeżeń. Wystarczy sięgnąć do informacji w internecie, a nie polegać na swoich domysłach.

[@HieMan-g1n]

Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815) used pretty much modern Polish flag so it could've been the first use (at least as the official flag of a state).

[@superkoksu487]

U said "flaga polski" correctly . You are a good man. Thank you.

[@janeisklar3923]

(fun) fact: the communists took away the crown from the white eagle

[@cacto748]

The thing is that this old „flags” with an eagle were all called chorągiew which means a banner so they naturally had a coat of arms on them. The white and red coloured flag was first specified in 1831 and comes from the colours of the coat of arms

[@mariaciesla4951]

I dziwnym trafem ma barwy Turyngii. Z Turyngi pochodzą Wettynowie, dynastia niemiecka, której na mocy Konstytucji 3 maja Polska została oddana we władanie. Jako monarchia dziedziczna.

[@nmzc1]

Great video. I have a two supplements: 8:20 this is a photo taken during Warsaw Uprising, most probably it shows flag on top of the Prudential building and in 8:40 its a soldier from Polish 1st Infantry Division on Siegessäule. This division with few other Polish units took part in battle of Berlin.

[@BASSOSOVIETICO1987]

One important fact. This first eagle's before 1320 are called Piast Eagle's and they are without the crown. The polish legions in I World War and government of People's Republic of Poland reffered to that fact when they introduced the "crownless" eagle

[@Fergunator]

Wow nice pronunciation! :)

[@historywithhilbert]

Thank you!

[@Kamarovsky_KCM]

Wow! Your polish pronunciation is really impeccable! Thank you for that vid!

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

We have a saying here in Poland: Our national colours are white, and red, but never white, and never red. and a second one about the meaning of colours: White stands for honor Red stands for sacrifice Blue stands for dependable allies.

[@rex5282]

And Black for food

[@arteyy3388]

@@rex5282 co?

[@gorylatko]

Where's the blue?? LOL. Are you Czech?

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

@@gorylatko that's the joke. Blue represents dependable allies. The flag is white, and red.

[@gorylatko]

@@jakubfabisiak9810 OIC.

[@arvedui89]

It's just a shame that you haven't shown the actual flag with coat of arms introduced in 1919. One shown in 7:44 was introduced in 1930. More or less as there were minor tweaks with it in 1944, 1955, 1980 and 1990 if I recall it properly. Main one of course was removal of eagle's crown after the World War 2.

[@johnynawalony5333]

the blue-red colour of the pennons of the 1831 uhlans isnt meant to symbolise anything in particular, those were simply that regiment's colors. Different uhlan regiments had differently coloured pennons etc.

[@bunkol294]

Kiedy dwóch Polaków pisze do siebie po angielsku

[@bunkol294]

Tu chyba akurat odjechał wyjątkowo autor oryginalnego obrazu bo w królestwie kongresowym nie istniała żadna jednostka używającą takich barw

[@bunkol294]

Udało mi się znaleźć jest to sformowane już podczas powstania pułk ułanów poznańskich

[@samuan001]

@@bunkol294 pisze po angielsku, bo audytorium międzynarodowe

[@bunkol294]

@@samuan001 znaczy rozumiem dlaczego ale trochę śmiesznie to wygląda trochę jak w tym żarcie o tym jak zamknęli 5 polaków i każdy znał inny język obcy

[@wwiwwin]

6:20 I've heard an explenations that the red colour was on top only during battles- so that the blood of the enemies would only stain the red fabric and the white fabric would remain clean. On the non-battle occasions (like on parades), the white would be on top.

[@makouras]

According to wikipedia, the flag at 8:16 is actually from '...the final days of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944' And indeed a "Polish flag Monte Cassino" google search gives different results.

[@zeknight4352]

Sometimes in stadiums polish people would keep the white eagle in the flag

[@historywithhilbert]

Interesting how it's still used by certain bodies in government today as well.

[@gaetano_kojj]

@@historywithhilbert I've also heard that it's quite popular among the Polonia, the Polish diaspora in many countries.

[@georgeptolemy7260]

@@gaetano_kojj Definitely.

[@leszekkadelski9569]

@@historywithhilbert People use it out of ignorance, because they think a flag with eagle is better (=more "premium") than the correct one. Running joke is to refer to such person as "captain" (of a warship).

[@Artur_M.]

@@leszekkadelski9569 But for such person to be a captain of a warship the flag should be swallow-tailed (as I just learned this shape is called in English). If the flag has a regular shape they apparently are the captain of a civilian merchant ship or a civilian airship on an international flight, an ambassador or a consul, or are in charge of an airport or a seaport. ;-)

[@niluscvp]

Think you accidently made a new metal genre by deep-frying sabaton music. Deep-fried metal? I kinda dig it tbh.

[@Fummy007]

Pretty sure they used the same flag under communism, just a different shade of red until 1980.

[@Artur_M.]

Yeah, plus the Eagle was without the crown.

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

@@Artur_M. The eagle was without the crown from 1944 ☺

[@Artur_M.]

@@user-vs6oe8fl3m Only under the authority of the Soviet-instaled PKWN (Polish Committee of National Liberation), which became the communist government after the war. In 1944 the Polish Government in Exile was still internationally recognized by most of the Allied and neutral nations and it was using the eagle with the crown, so was the Polish Underground State loyal to it.

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

@@Artur_M. Oh, I've heard the version that the government in exile/AK used the crownless one

[@dreamofspring7930]

@@user-vs6oe8fl3m nope they used with crown ( crown is symbol od independence as far as i know)

[@IGNACY-fp8zo]

I’ve always liked the one with the coat of arms more

[@szndm]

Impressive pronunciation of Polish words! also: Poland is still very Catholic color. ;)

[@Skallva]

Sadly, still is

[@christopher-polishuhlan1502]

@@Skallva Why do You think it's sad????

[@Skallva]

@@christopher-polishuhlan1502 Because it's currently being used as a scapegoat for spreading hatred and discrimination and allowing the gvmnt to get away with doing some unprofessional or straight-up disgusting things. Nothing wrong with believing in what you want to believe, but religion should NEVER be a highly influential political player and Poland is a primary proof why.

[@andridefian]

@@Skallva well why Europeans are weird? they're becoming anti religion but when Islam on European soil, why don't they defend the Christendom? Religion control every aspect of life, it's used to make people live morally according to society. Liberalism like Zoophile, MAPs, LGBTQ are the ones who pushing hatred, why? their agenda trying to brainwashing children, so it's actually modernist globalist agenda that brainwashing people, not religion Religion is important and beneficial for culture and use it as folk's moral strength, as it used moderately... not too fanatic. all kinds of fanaticism are bad except monasticism. that's why Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth was very tolerant country like the Dutch Republic.

[@krftschwrzn4338]

Slight mistake - november and january happenings were not revolutions, those were uprisings.

[@kryokori]

this might actually be quite big mistake if we think about it - one is fighting against proper, native, local government and it's order - other is fight against occupant forces

[@antonikudlicki1100]

so they were oriented toward changing ruler and not the system?

[@damianstelmach4427]

Dude, your Polish pronunciation is perfect. I’m a native speaker living abroad and I don’t think I can pronounce it as good as you did.

[@arachnocraft1675]

Im pole and honestly love your yt channel. Love you when you speak polish .

[@daimyo_Ikigai]

Hey are you gonna do more Slavic stuff and history cause the topics of Great Moravia and kingdom of Poland and Polish Lithuanian, Commonwealth, The Keivan Rus and Grand Duchy of Moscow

[@TrustyEngineer]

You have no idea, how heartwarming is, that someone is determined to show detailed history of Poland with proper polish pronunciation. Dziękuję! 😁

[@user-sm5sj6mg2t]

A bit of a correction: Polish People's Republic kept the flag. They've only used a somewhat darker shade of red, I think.

[@mariaciesla4951]

Kiedyś każdy z kolorów miał swoje znaczeni, biel niewinność, czerń żałoba, zielony nadzieja, żółty o ile dobrze pamiętam zdrada, karmazyn władzy i dostojeństwa.

[@robertedwards9254]

Your pronunciation is terrific! Well done.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

That is obviously the flag of Lübeck, sillies.

[@yakotako717]

or Bohemia

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

@@yakotako717 no >:(

[@Artur_M.]

I'm so happy to see Hilbert celebrate the Polish national holiday (anniversary of the victory at Warsaw in 1920) with this video, and showing of his amazing language skills! 😉 I just wanted to point out a couple of details: - The little banners decorating the uhlans lances (edit: pennons) can be misleading, as they usually represented the regimental colours. - It was a nice touch to mention the often forgotten involvement of Polish troops in the battle of Berlin, which was actually the entire 1st Army of the LWP (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie - Polish People's Military). - The only change that the communists made was striping the Eagle on the coat of arms of his crown. BTW Cold you consider making a video about the flag and coat of arms of Belarus? It's very much connected to the legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the current political struggle in Belarus.

[@Artur_M.]

@Piotr Sawicki @Piotr Sawicki Nie słyszałem tej wypowiedzi, nie znam kontekstu. Jeśli rzeczywiście powiedział dokładnie tak, to faktycznie niefortunne słowa. Nie da się jednak zaprzeczyć że wielu Polaków jest niestety trochę homofobicznych (a niektórzy trochę bardziej niż "trochę"), w tym część naszych "genialnych" polityków, którzy robią nam teraz fatalną reputację w tym temacie. Nie wiem czy obrażanie się jest dobrą metodą walki z tą opinią. Szczerze mówiąc chciałbym żeby więcej KZbinrów wpadło na pomysł "zarabiania na tendencyjnych polskich widzach" (i jeszcze zadało sobie odrobinę trudu by poprawnie wymawiać polskie słowa), jeśli miałoby to zwiększyć wiedzę o Polsce. Wydaje mi się jednak, że Hilbert jest szczerze zainteresowany naszą historią. Nie wiem oczywiście czy specjalnie zamieścił to wideo 15 sierpnia, czy to tylko przypadek. Ta część mojego komentarza była trochę żartobliwa. (If anyone is wondering what are we talking about here, Piotr is basically mad at Hilbert for allegedly saying somewhere that "all Poles are a bit homophobic" and is accusing him of making this video just to get some Polish views. I responded that I don't know this statement or its context, it does sound unfortunate but it's sadly not like we are getting this bad reputation out of nowhere and I don't think that getting offended is the right response to that. I also believe that Hilbert is genuinely interested in our history and I wish that more KZbinrs were.)

[@aleksjabonski6560]

Huge thank you for making Polish history more approachable and props for your pronunciation ^^

[@p_mouse8676]

What's about the screen tearing in your videos lately? (Especially when things move horizontally) Nice video btw 👍🏻😎

[@generalping999]

I thought my phone was glitching lol

[@jarlfenrir]

Also seen that, and I wonder why...

[@thediaxd3747]

I'm happy because he is rhe first one who said correctly all of names and he didn't guess how to pronounce that...BUT JUST CHECKED THAT AND SAID THAT CORRECTLY ;_;

[@Daangalf]

Beautiful Polish pronounciation, Hilbert :) You nailed it! Pozdrowienia z Polski!

[@chocolateorange]

History with Hilbert: Fun with Flags edition

[@derinthebest]

Good video. I am little surprise u didn't mention issue with "crown on the head of an eagle". It would be nice inside. ;)

[@HUNdAntae]

If you're Polish and you have a Lithuanian girlfriend, on the day of your marriage i want you to shout out "For the Commonwealth!"

[@jakubdzwonkowski]

Heh

[@jarlfenrir]

Lithuanians don't like poles so much because of commonwelth... I don't get it why... but bringing something like that into party with poles and Lithuanians might bring a disaster ;)

[@yurisv7315]

@@jarlfenrir probably because Vilnius

[@Fireballun]

@@jarlfenrir it's because of an attempt in 20 century of bringing back commonwealth. Unfortunately through military means which answers the question why they don't like us.

[@jarlfenrir]

@@Fireballun Maybe you are right.

[@apolishscot3377]

8:43 My great grandad was in that batallion, he treated Germans, Russians and poles the same way. He was a truck driver and he was a good man. Never got shot and died naturally in 1987 (I think).

[@joe-ob3se]

It was 6 Batalion pontonowo- mostowy .After war they stationed in Włocławek .

[@edim108]

You didn't have to flex so much with your pronunciation of Polish words... No, honestly, that's probably the best pronunciation I've heard from a Non-Native speaker. It's almost flawless. One thing though. During the Communist Regime the only changes to the flag were a slightly different shade of red and the crown was removed from the eagle emblem.

[@titanuranus3095]

5:17 there is something about that hanging sheep that strikes me as deeply comical.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Its quite obvios coats of arms are not good for mass production. While colored lines are the easyest thing you can make.

[@kwartylion8134]

1:32 it is related to the legend about Gniezno The name Gniezno comes from the nest (gniazdo) of the white eagle Which inspired Lech (the leader of the first polan ) to build his city And since then, the white crowned eagle is on the coat of arms of Poland (with a short break during the PRL when the crown disappeared)

[@takeru2702]

Japan is deeply involved in Polish independence. Japan continued to support Poland's independence.The first Polish head of state, Piłsudski, came to Japan around 1904. And he asked Japan to beat Russia and support Polish independence. Japan has promised to help Poland. Japan beat Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. There were about 4,600 Polish POWs in the Matsuyama POW camp. They were forced to be Russian soldiers. Japan treated Polish POWs as friends. Japan was kind to Poles. 4,600 Polish POWs were very pleased with the victory of Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. With this victory, Poles have a chance to resurrect Poland. After that, Japan continued to support Poland's independence. Piustsuki awarded the medal to about 30 Japanese soldiers. Piłsudski taught Japan how to crack cryptography.The soil of Yasukuni Shrine in Japan is placed in the grave of Piustsuki. The colors of the Japanese and Polish flags are the same. In 1920 and 1922 Japan rescued 765 Polish orphans in Siberia. Poland asked Japan to rescue an orphan. Japan used 73,000 people to rescue 765 Polish orphans. More than 3000 Japanese have died in Siberia.Japan has spent more than $10 million in salvage for orphans. The youngest orphan was a one-year-old girl. Almost all Japanese donated money to save the orphans. Japan loves Poland.

[@danimalplanet18]

Being both Dutch and Polish it's nice to see a sort-of fellow countryman telling about that other country of mine :) I give history tours in and around Kraków and one is focused on Poland roughly in the time when Kraków was capital: so the mid-part of the video is among the things I tell a lot. And thumbs up for your pronunciation, not many Western-Europeans can do that unless -like myself- they have ties with the country.

[@filipkopec525]

3:20 there are 6 voivodeships with some sort of white eagle on the coat of arms

[@samuan001]

Also counties(gmina) or towns have eagles in their coats of arms.

[@dawnandy7777]

As a child I was told that some nobleman, after a bloody battle, while looking at the horrible aftermath decided that peace was better than war. Hence the white symbolism of peace over the blood stained land became the colors of the flag to symbolize a better future. I can't find any validation to the story, but it's lovely anyway.

[@bardgaming6157]

"Polish" in the title Me: I'M INTRESSED

[@jakubdzwonkowski]

Yay spmebody likes poland!

[@AltHistoryByOsov]

Jango fett Likes poland!

[@arekk4772]

Hello, I am Polish - not a historian, but I am interested in the history of my homeland. I'm very pleased that such a movie was made, showing some part of the history of Poland. Apologise I'm unable to do this in detail, but I see some bugs here. First of all, you showed that there were two flags in Poland, but according to the Constitution of 1997 our flag contains only 2 colors (like on the left side). The flag with the emblem on it has never been the flag of Poland. For the rest, forgive me, but I would have to dig deeper, for which I am currently lacking time :)

[@mariaciesla4951]

Z tego co wiem flaga z orłem to flaga polskich placówek dyplomatycznych.

[@aleksandersokal5279]

Respect for including the winged hussars!

[@labocavista_me]

Good stuff, very interesting!

[@dasboot5903]

Very well done and nicely presented !!!! Thank U !!!!

[@TheStickCollector]

Nice. Also I have the first one

[@historywithhilbert]

Congratulations

[@AmberKets]

It’s your big day

[@Lukasz.Warzecha]

First of all, let me congratulate you on your Polish pronunciation - it's absolutely impressive as for a foreigner. Second, let me share with you a literary hypothesis on how the Polish national coat of arms with the Eagle was created. It's contained in a novel called "Srebrne orły" ("Silver eagles") by Teodor Parnicki (1908-88), a Polish historical novelist, himself a very fascinating person. Born in Germany, having lived in Russia as a teenager, raised in international circumstances, he only learnt Polish at the age of about 15 to become one of the most illustrious Polish writers of the time. He was fascinated by antiquity, middle ages and late middle ages events and based his novels on real characters from those times. In "Silver eagles" he describes the fates of a monk who happened to live at the end of the 10th century and who finally finds himself at the court of Bolesław Chrobry, who at the end of his life became the first Polish king. As the imaginative plot goes, it appears that Chrobry was at some point made a Patrcian of the Holy Rome Empire, being thought of by the emperor as a friend. Patricians' symbol then was an ensign with a silver eagle. In one of the last scenes of the novel we find a description of a very worn out ensign hanging behind Chrobry's throne with an emblem of a silver eagle so paled that it's almost white. And it's when Parnicki makes a clear allusion to the Polish coat of arms. It's of course only a literary vision but it's very alluring and I like it a lot! Thank you and cheers!

[@mjhout]

Live in Poland, struggling with the language, idk where you're from but props on the pronunciations dude

[@stevensonbak]

Hey Hilbert, just want to say nice job with your pronunciation! I was preparing to cringe when I saw, "Przemysł" and then you nailed it, haha

[@macieksikora7809]

Very well done on the pronunciation. Great content as always. Goed Gedaan!

[@piotr6379]

Thank u very very much for your hard work and great video!!

[@Terrus_38]

0:29 Nah, that isn't why, but nice explanation. Also, as far as I know, we, Poles, never had such flag as shown on the miniature (the one with the CoA). Your pronunciation is very good!

[@loshadkinloshadkin725]

This is funny how a combination of colours, formed due to a mix between the banners of a Polish and a Lithuanian royal families now serves as a symbol of Belarus independence and the national idea, nevertheless жыве Беларусь

[@Vitalis94]

Not funny at all, Belarus was most of the Grand Duchy lands, by 1410 most of the nobles spoke Ruthenian/Old Belarussian, the Lithuanian Statues were written in it... TLDR it's all historical, Belarus was as Lithuanian as it can get.

[@loshadkinloshadkin725]

Vitalis yep, I know that Those are still Polish-Lithuanian noble banners, not national Belorussian

[@Vitalis94]

@@loshadkinloshadkin725 Do you prefer the current flag, then?

[@loshadkinloshadkin725]

Vitalis I don’t show any preferences I’m not even Belorussian

[@Artur_M.]

Yeah, what we now call Belarus was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for about 500 years, over 200 years of that in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Vitalis is right to point out the role of the form of Ruthenian that became the modern Belarusian language in the GDL. This legacy is the main thing that makes Belarusians different from Russians. Additionally for example the (mainly) Polish January Uprising of 1863-1864 and its local leader in the Lithuanian-Belarusian lands, Konstanty Kalinowski played an important role in the development of the Belarusian national movement.

[@podunkman2709]

For me, as a Pole, the only acceptable form is the one with the eagle. Yes, I know it's not an official flag, but the one without the eagle looks like there was no flag material. In front of my house I always display the one with the eagle. It is really embarrassing that quite a large population of Poles are ashamed of our flag. Even the previous government did everything to escape from the national symbols. On our national holidays they organized the Festival of Colorful Balloons, the Chocolate Eagle March ... they waved the symbols of the European Union so as not to display the national colors. Shame.

[@_FireHeart]

@History With Hilbert , 1:45 Ruthenians are the people from Ruthenian state with the capital in Kyiv. Ruthenians live in Ukraine and modern-day Belarus. No Ruthenians lived in Russia.

[@przemekbiaek2698]

5:29 Thank you Hilbert

[@filipkopec525]

Almost perfect spelling. I appreciate the effort put into that

[@19Koty96]

One controversy with the bicolour in 1918 was with Czechoslovakia; the white-red flag was used as a banner of kingdom of Bohemia up until that point and the new-born country wanted to keep the banner as their flag (and unofficially used it for a bit). They didn't exactly like the fact Poland came up with the same design (this bicolour goes back to Polish-Bohemian commonwealth), but eventually settled on adding a blue wedge, especially as the country no longer was just Bohemian kingdom, but also Moravia, remainder of Silesia (both formerly part of Bohemian kingdom), Slovakia and Ruthenia.

[@ecurewitz]

I noticed you properly pronounced all those Polish words (I used to work with someone from Poland who explained all these pronounciations to me)

[@TheSlavGamer]

Man my polish brothers have some good history. Sup my polish brothers from Croatia 🇭🇷❤️🇵🇱

[@mklaklaa]

ok, sometimes they get it right. DUDE, are you polish?

[@johnfoxe2000]

Overall, this is well done and you are to be commended. Your command of the facts/history and pronunciation is spot-on. However...the music. Something by Ignacy Jan Paderewski would have perfect. Not only is a well-known Polish composer, he was prime minister for most of 1919, which is when many of the events that you name in the video occurred.

[@PrawdziwyRapuFan]

1.23 The Legend bout Lech, Czech and Rus. So, Lech (Polish people they were called lechici) go on the north, and walking and walking when suddenly he saw white eagle on tree. Its amazing but white eagle they are in the mountains. Lech saw him in the lowlands and founded the city Gniezno (the nest birds?) germ. Gnesen. Mam nadzieję, że dobrze wytłumaczyłem. Dzięki za video! Sorry for my eng. Pozdrawiam serdecznie

[@mesientogut6701]

Heckin weird coincidence that you post this 2 days ago and that's roundabouts the time my neighbors put up the "old" flag (overseas flag not old flag but call it what you will) in their ever revolving repertoire of flags

[@thewingedhussarpl6613]

In Poland we are told the legend of three broders Lech (Polish), Czech (Czechian) and Rus (Russian) who all led the slavic tribes searching for place to settle. They stopped under the great oak on which white eagle had a nest. Rus then tried to shoot it down for food/trophy but Lech stopped him. Then the eagle flew up in the dusk red sky when it noticed them. Lech amazed with it's grace decided to settle near this place and named the village Gniezdno which in polish 'Gniazdo' means bird nest, and decided that white eagle on red background will be the symbol of his village and dynasty. So it is likely that it had to do with Romans using eagle as their symbol of power, but I want to belive that the legend is true. Also your pronunciation is prima sort comparing to other English speakers. :)

[@madaffi2434]

your pronounciation is so good!!

[@MaciejowPL]

Wow, I'm really impressed by this video and your pronunciation in Polish, congrats

[@JakubMMajewski]

Good work! This is an informative and generally accurate video! But let me add a few bits and pieces: - The flag with the coat of arms is used in a variety of circumstances - on ships, aircraft, airports and harbours, and diplomatic posts. There is also a separate flag for the Navy, which is practically identical to the flag with the coat of arms, except that there is a triangular cut-out at the end, to create a fork-like tail. - The idea of using just the two colours without the crest is not really new. For centuries, most European countries did this - they would have fancy royal standards with the coat of arms, and then they would have more ordinary flags with just the colours. It didn't start with the French tricolour by any means. The setup of these flags is an old enough tradition that there are strict heraldic rules on how they should be constructed - with the most important rule being that whatever the background of the coat of arms is, ends up at the bottom of the flag, whereas the colours of the symbols on the coat of arms go at the top. Hence the white (technically, silver, in heraldic terms) eagle gives a white stripe at the top of the flag. When the Commonwealth was formed, it had three stripes - red-white-red, because when the two coats of arms were combined, they decided to add the second red stripe (the background of the Lithuanian Pogoń) on top instead of at the bottom where it would have gone under normal circumstances. Fun fact: the kingdom of Bohemia, which had a white lion on a red background, also had the exact same arrangement - so, back in the day, the Polish and their immediate neighbours to the south shared a nearly identical flag. Another fun fact: in 1919, when Czechoslovakia formed, the distinctive design of the Czechoslovakian flag stemmed from a merger of the Czech and Slovak flags, but Slovakia having less to say in the union, their contribution of a blue stripe ended up just as a blue triangle. In 1990, when Czechoslovakia broke up, technically the Czechs should have gone back to a white-and-red flag, and I believe they were even obliged to do so under the terms of the treaty they signed with the Slovaks. In the end, though, they stuck with the old Czechoslovakian flag, which is no longer heraldically correct, but has the benefit of not being identical as the Polish flag. - As far as I know, there was never any discussion under the communists concerning the replacement of the Polish flag. The only revisions they really made were in the coat of arms, where they removed the crown. They would eventually revise the shade of red, however. Which leads us to... - Colour! While white had always been... well, white, the red colour has an interesting and convoluted history. During the Commonwealth period, there wasn't really a specific shade of red being used, probably because it would have been utterly impossible to pin down a standard. Nonetheless, the shade of red known as crimson (RGB#DC143C), which is a deep red with a slight blue tinge made from the kermes vermilio insect, was commonly considered one of the national colours (the others being white, for obvious reasons, and navy blue, which often showed up in the clothes of the nobility, and later on in military uniforms). Nonetheless, as far as I can tell, crimson didn't show up on the Polish flag until after the partitions - the Duchy of Warsaw seems to be the first to have used crimson. When Poland was re-established in 1916, the red was just red with no specific definition (I imagine that the shade of red most commonly used at the time would have been that of the Russian Empire, since that's the shade most flag manufacturers in Warsaw would have had experience with), until 1921, when it officially became crimson again. This, however, only lasted until 1928, when the government decided to revise the design of the coat of arms. They changed the background colour on the coat of arms, which also meant a revised flag - the new shade was vermilion, which is a kind of orangy-tomato-like red (RGB#E34234). It is likely this change was specifically intended to convey the ideological shift of the times - the II Rzeczpospolita was a republic and had a socialist bent, so they wanted a more down-to-earth red instead of the shade associated with the nobility. After the war, the communists stuck with vermilion until 1980 when, seemingly for no apparent reason, they decided to change the shade. Not to crimson, mind you, but to a shade kind-of-similar to crimson. I suppose one of the reasons for the revision was also the fact that by 1980, technology allowed the exact shade of red to be pinned down in numeric terms (specifically, in the CIELUV color space). I imagine they may have actually been going for crimson, but simply didn't get the numbers quite right, hence the final outcome is more strawberry than crimson (RGB#D4213D). But at least the numbers have been pinned down and standardised, right? Well... wrong :). In spite of the official definition, and the fact that the CIELUV colour coordinates can easily be converted into all the standards, CMYK, RGB, HSV and whatever else... flag manufacturers mostly ignore all this, and just use the most basic red (RGB#FF0000), or whatever shade is convenient for them. In other words, most of the time when you see a Polish flag - you're not actually seeing a Polish flag.

[@TomoyoTatar]

Wait what...when did it change...the flag I have still has the eagle...man your pronunciation is pretty good. Also the king during the Polish-Luthuanian commonwealth was a 12 year old girl called Jadwiga, that's an important note. 🤣👍

[@marekmazurek8459]

Wow I'm impressed by the way you pronounce Polish language, good job man!

[@uwagajedzietramwaj_]

It’s so refreshing to hear a foreign youtuber put effort into pronouncing Polish words correctly

[@detroitpolak9904]

They NEED to reinstate the white eagle flag. Only one I’ve ever bought.

[@Discontinued-leavemealone]

2:13 YOOO THATS THE CLOSEST CITY TO ME IN POLAND (except its przymysł 1)

[@Lystr0saur]

Dude, your Polish pronounciationbis spot on. There's people out here reading "twardy" as "twahrdee" while you say "chorągiew" effortlessly. I am in awe.

[@KukurydzaPL400]

Hes slavic probably

[@mikdukevich9838]

Fun/Important fact about the white eagle. In Polish nursery they teach the kids the tale of Lech, Checz and Rus when learning about the flag; It goes like this, “Three brothers went hunting together but each of them followed a different prey and eventually they all traveled in different directions. Rus went to the east, Čech headed to the west to settle on the Říp Mountain rising up from the Bohemian hilly countryside, while Lech traveled north. There, while hunting, he followed his arrow and suddenly found himself face-to-face with a fierce, white eagle guarding its nest from intruders. Seeing the eagle against the red of the setting sun, Lech took this as a good omen and decided to settle there. He named his settlement Gniezno (Polish gniazdo - 'nest') in commemoration and adopted the White Eagle as his coat-of-arms. The white eagle remains a symbol of Poland to this day, and the colors of the eagle and the setting sun are depicted in Poland's coat of arms, as well as its flag, with a white stripe on top for the eagle, and a red stripe on the bottom for the sunset.”

[@leonstevens1382]

In times of national emergency flags are often displayed upside down as with lancers’ banners. Maritime naval flags feature the coat of arms. Landlubbers who find the official flag too boring, naively fly the naval flag.

[@martypatric1101]

Nice video, very interested to getting knowing more about the national colours of POLSKA, the flag looks familiar to that of Rep of Indonesia (the oposite way you hoist the flag) The flag of polska looks beter with the Eagle on it, I love it with the Eagle and thanks for all this usefull information. I watching from Paramaribo

[@KroolZboza007pl]

I love this video and comment section underneath

[@Waltuh22232]

My girlfriends father (from a town in wielkopolska) quipped that the SB (and later the milicja) would arrest fliers of the flag with the crowned eagle, but many flew it anyways. I’m reminded of the famed polish stubbornness when arguing with my girlfriend. I love her though.

[@hgjhdsgjgkjkhhh]

Your Polish pronounciation is really good! And I'm proud to say that as a Pole 🇵🇱❤

[@eo5485]

crazy to see how much views this video got comparing to his other videos. just shows how much poles studying their own history

[@EndexPlay]

Due to the fact that the image of the bird in the Polish coat of arms was highly stylized, there is controversy as to which species can be considered its prototype. Apart from the white-tailed eagle, also nine other species can be considered to be a bird in Polish coats of arms, such as: golden eagle, imperial eagle, steppe eagle, greater spotted eagle, lesser spotted eagle, southern eagle, eastern white-tailed eagle, gadożer and osprey