Why didn't the USSR annex Poland?

[@SketchG]

Today is Poland's Independence Day Great timing

[@Melonishy]

Fr

[@lunalingo4461]

Independence from what?

[@tacotaco288]

@@lunalingo4461freedom at the end of ww1

[@GenovaYork24]

​@@lunalingo4461 Germany.

[@Festucius]

​@@lunalingo4461German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires.

[@PolskaAnimations]

Ironic that you posted this on polish independence day

[@The_whales]

But which one exactly?

[@Tom-jg9de]

​@@The_whales if i remeber it's 1919

[@decp12]

@@Tom-jg9de *1918 :v

[@Tom-jg9de]

@@decp12 oh thx

[@Dionysus784]

i dont think it was randomly

[@eospwwk]

Maybe he knew that poles like to make uprisings

[@robertklimczak5630]

Zawsze

[@maki3904]

gypsy tactics

[@PLC_Mapping]

tak, POLSKA GUROM 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@drzewolejhvjgvwnoposting8734]

our tendency to rebel was exactly mentioned in video

[@maki3904]

@@drzewolejhvjgvwnoposting8734 gypsy tactics

[@tkm238-d4r]

Simple. For Moscow, the problem with Poland was that it was too full of Poles. Solution. Shift all the Poles inside pre-1939 USSR to Poland. The de-Polonization of the USSR. Stalin understood Poles would never accept Russia or USSR.

[@StekTM1]

The areas they annexed had Belarusian and Ukranian majorities who were siezed by Poland during the Polish Soviet war. The goal was always to get it back.

[@daniiic5092]

i mean nationalist polish figures with huge impact fled or were killed and im pretty sure some ukrainians went to the newly aquired territories of pomerania masuria and silesia

[@Festucius]

@@tkm238-d4r It's a bit more complicated than that, e.g. Poles while being forced to abandon the Lithuanian countryside, so as to shift the land ownership structure, were not allowed easily to leave Vilnius, as they were to be lithuanised and not weaken the urban economy. Likewise leaving Belarus was made difficult on purpose. In principle you're correct, though. Stalin did consider Poles to be impossible to assimilate and sovietise.

[@Mr_Topek]

​@@StekTM1 These lands were polish long before USSR was a thing.

[@StekTM1]

@@Mr_Topek Poland ruled them but at this point they were under russian rule since the end of the 18th century

[@blueguns15000]

Polish Independence Day is a day where there is a video about Poland 106th anniversary of WWI’s end

[@mariuszlech9173]

Joseph Stalin about Poland. ''Communism and Poles are like fitting a saddle to a cow''.

[@forgott_8182]

it isnt exactly true. Poles could accept communism, but only on the initiative of the Polish lower class revolution and not one that was forcibly imposed by a foreign power.

[@krainex]

poles were already lowkey started to accept communism in the saddle. for example remember the famous line from one of the opposition leaders "we arent anti socialism, we are anti the party".

[@Tessarion7]

​@@forgott_8182 maybe that could be possible in interwar period, but I'm a bit sceptical about it. But today there is about 0 chance Poland would accept comunism, no matter where it came from

[@martinledermann1862]

@@Tessarion7 If it came from America, they'd accept it.

[@TapOnX]

We shouldn’t downplay the impact of international pressure. Before the war, Poland was a relatively populous European country - its population was only about 15% smaller than that of metropolitan France - with close ties to France and Great Britain. It was also a key part of the American vision for post-World War I Europe, as Poland’s independence was one of Wilson’s 14 Points. While the Allies did acknowledge Soviet dominance over Eastern Europe, allowing for military and indirect political control, incorporating Poland directly into the USSR was simply not an option. The Soviets held dominant control within their zone, but they weren’t omnipotent (consider Austria, Yugoslavia, and the Far East). Establishing solid communist rule over Poland took nearly eight years, in part because the Soviets had to maintain the appearance of an organic political shift.

[@talusn9405]

Fun Fact Before the war, Poland had a larger population than Spain.

[@robertklimczak5630]

Ostatni partyzanckich gineli w latach szesdziesiatych.

[@bobstone0]

Yes, the pressure of national opinion was important, but this work was also based on the policy of facts that Poles achieved in winning the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1920. When Poland managed to defend itself, France and England used this fact to balance Russia and Germany. The existence of the second Polish Republic was an argument for the existence of a Polish people's republic, which, as a state, theoretically a quarter sovereign, could more easily reject communism, unlike nations without a state. That's why I believe that the victory of 1920 is the greatest Polish victory that continues to pay off to this day.

[@generaltiberiusxx2884]

Well, one of the main reasons why Poland was Never incorporated into the USSR was because Stalin believed that the Polish people would favor nationalism over being part of the USSR And even if Poland was incorporated into the Soviet Union it would’ve led to more instability within the nation so in the end, Stalin made the right choice To leave Poland as a Soviet puppet state Knowing that it would be much more beneficial for the Soviet Union if it was a communist satellite state instead

[@justacat2]

lol i bet after you finished the video you realised he read your thoughts 😂

[@SuryaTwo-bk1ky]

yeah no shit thats the whole videos point

[@GenovaYork24]

* -because- , boso.

[@LoLaSn]

@@SuryaTwo-bk1ky You ever thought that maybe, just maybe he left that comment before watching it? Tard

[@lordfunk777]

The people in the comments acting as if this video wasn’t purposefully posted on Polish Independence day 💀💀💀💀

[@cub8280]

Polish here, very well explained!

[@Menzeller]

You posted this on Polish independence day. . . 💀😆 also the animated maps you use in your videos are so good!

[@soumyajitdas1729]

Additional notes- At 0:15 1) not only Finland and Poland, USSR had also didn't controlled the Kars territory/Kars Republic (current-day part of Turkey) which was a part of the Russian Empire till 1914 when the Ottomans occupied it and later subsequently the newly formed Turkey. 2) Even after the continuation war and after the end of WWII, the USSR proposed Finland many times considering joining the USSR with the condition of giving back those territories Finland lost in the continuation war till the mid-'50s. They even had a Soviet Republic for that (Karelo-Finnish SSR) At 1:24 The proposal of the very first Curzon line was different from the current one as this includes some more territories from Ukraine and a bit from Belarus (e.g - Lviv or parts of Grodno, Brest etc.) Overall that's a great video, you got a new subscriber :)

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

You're right👍

[@free_uyghuristan]

0:15 The reasoning for that was because Turkey was going to take Kars, going successful in it’s independence war. USSR made a deal, Batum in exchange for help. Not all of kars because it was ethnically turkish

[@Peopleunder]

"Finland considering joining the USSR" , where your source come from and confirm it as true?

[@armenianmapper3168]

​@@HistorySpeedrun17gonna add, that after WW2 USSR had territorial claims to Turkey, or the Western Armenia abd Lazistan. Only after Turkey joined NATO and Stalin was dead, USsR did not claim anything to Turkey anymore.

[@GenovaYork24]

Occupied lands are still part of the respective country. 😂 The first time Ottomania occupied Kars was on 25 April 1918. It never did in 1914.😂 Learn basic history before embarrassing yourself.

[@MachetManPL]

Fun fact, the first Polish communist leader, Bolesław Bierut (who was a staunch Stalinist), wanted to incorporate Poland into the USSR, but Stalin refused him.

[@salahal-saleh3076]

This channel is going to grow fast. Keep up the good work and the new ideas

[@cortexradio]

Congratulations on 1k subscribers-you truly deserve it!

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Thank you so much!!

[@redagar2894]

Love how clear and detailed your explanation is given the time restriction. Wish u good luck in the future.

[@jeskler]

You know, I clicked on this video expecting a spiel sounded like it was straight from Senator McCarthy himself, but was actually surprised on how factual and objective it was.

[@magdanalepa6881]

i love these short videos, your style reminds me of history matters and oversimplified yet its still very unique and informative. Also, as a pole i gotta say you explained this very well! im subscribing and i wish you luck as i see great potential in this channel.

[@communist750]

So far, this is most underrated history educational channel I have seen, you are doing great videos.

[@KedAR_48]

Fun fact: when the USSR was collapsing, a couple of Poles proposed to Gorbachev that he creates a new SSR comprising of Poland's lost eastern territories. Eastern Polish Soviet Socialist Republic was meant to be a short-lived entity that, after the Soviet collapse, would enable Poland to regain control over their lost land. Gorbachev actually was positive towards the idea, but mainly because it would create friction between Poland, Ukraine Lithuania and Belarus who mainly inhabitted these lands. Polish government, already democratic, realised these and ofc they halted any further talks on the matter. This video makes you wonder how would Poland look territoriarly today if it was directly annexed into the USSR. 😢

[@robertklimczak5630]

Jak to mówił stalin? Łatwiej krowe osiodlac ( uzywac jak wierzchowca)niz wprowadzić komunizm w polsce.

[@kindlingking]

Probably the same way as it does now. USSR wasn't keen on merging territories with different dominant ethnic groups together, unless they were very small. There's no reason for hypothetical PSSR to have parts of BSSR and UkrSSR, especially considering those state havs their own nationalists.

[@krzysztofr899]

Not Poles to Gorbachev but Gorbachev to Polish communist party. Thanks God Poles didn't agree

[@baltuss76]

​@@krzysztofr899 exactly 😅

[@fudotoku8179]

"Already democratic" Dude, ordinary citizens were shot in the main square, workers' councils were liquidated, workers' unions were liquidated. What democracy? Already dictatorial Poland, you wanted to say

[@ruslendii6001]

The USSR did not try to annex Poland because it would have been hell for the USSR bureaucracy and also the economy.Imagine that your country is destroyed. And instead of focusing on itself, the country takes new territories that are in the same condition . As proof, I can give the example of Bulgaria in the 70-80s, they wanted to integrate it into the USSR. Bulgaria borders two NATO countries, Greece and Turkey, but this was not a problem for the USSR. From this we can make the conclusion is that Poland was not annulled for a lot of reasons reasons. 1.Strong nationalism in Poland. 2. Unacceptability of this by the allied countries. 3. Potentially dangerous territories for the regime (chance of starting separatism in bordering SSR Ukraine Belarus Lithuania in the USSR) 4. The general situation after the Second World War 1945 - the destroyed economy of 1960 - a banal lack of need for territories. 5. Raising tensions in the world - neighboring countries such as Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia would not appreciate such a maneuver and would put their sovereignty at risk.

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Thank you everyone for 1000 subscribers 🎉

[@jameloncio644]

I can't believe this channel has just 1k subscribers, keep up the great work!

[@GenovaYork24]

It was made last week lmao. It has very many.

[@jameloncio644]

@GenovaYork24 WOW!

[@年輕女孩瘋狂]

your videos are great, happy to see them have that much views for a new channel, hope u succeed bro

[@MrScar88]

Well, you nailed it. We rebel, because we dont like being controlled, and then when we get independence, we invite others to make decisions for us. Oh the irony.

[@insomnia1437]

great video, though there's a minor mistake on polish-german border at 2:00 (silesia) anyway, you've gained a new subscriber;)

[@lookash3048]

1 There were much more Poles than Finns, Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians all together. 2. There were fresh ethnic conflicts between Poles and 4 other Soviet nations (Lithuanians. Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Russians).

[@moonlight.6969]

Also The borders were already decided before the end of war, and Stalin didn't knew if he's gonna control berlin, so he gave Poland the east german teritories, which they wouldn't agree to just give it to the USSR. That's one of the main reasons, but the second is that Poland never was one state with the ussr unlike the baltics that gave up their independence to the soviets after threatening them. Also Poles craved for independence and to the last day believed that their allies would not abandon them. There was held a rigged elections in which communists won by 90% of the vote in 1945 thus Poland joined the warsaw pact and had communist dictatorship, however hte point is, the Poland was supposed to be independent country not part of the USSR

[@robertklimczak5630]

Nie zapomnij że o mało co po 2 światowej byłaby wojna o granice polski i czechoslowacji.

[@foreignreacts]

Someone recommended me to do a reaction to this video. I hope you gain a lot more attention Your channel is amazing.

[@bebesin162]

Mark my words, you will become a BIG channel

[@whitehawk4099]

Fairly good video, just one thing to add: Another reason to not establish a PSSR was that a nominally independent Poland would be justified in gaining western territories due to their territorial losses in the east than the Soviet Union annexing that territory directly and ethnically cleansing the German inhabitants.

[@GenovaYork24]

Relocating.

[@whitehawk4099]

@GenovaYork24 From Wikipedia: "Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area"

[@whitehawk4099]

@@GenovaYork24 From Wikipedia "Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ... groups from a given area" Edit is checking if this posted

[@whitehawk4099]

Also, relocating people in trains in the winter, then stopping them and forcing them out into the elements in the middle of nowhere and forcing them to strip as you do so is not exactly something you do to someone you want to survive

[@GenovaYork24]

@@whitehawk4099 Yes, relocating is ethnic cleansing.

[@pawelmod3292]

Poland as part of Warsaw Pact has destroyed not only the pact but also initiated the democratic changes influencing German unification and USSR collapse. Good job! Please just do not destroy EU ;-)

[@czarnywilkgaming8255]

Even tho Poland wasn't part of USSR, it still kinda inspired whole eastern bloc to fall. Problem with Poland was that they won't listen to anyone trying to control them against their will. Funny enough, time when Poland was under the partition was time when Polish culture was developing really fast, alot Polish patrotic books or other kinds of art. We just wanted a free and Independent country after all these years no matter the cost.

[@bluetophatanimations]

It went from “Why Did” to “Why Didn’t” Love your videos!

[@phelimridley6727]

Another reason is having a Polish state outside of the USSR kept the two neighbours of Poland and Lithuania separated. The CP feared not only Polish nationalism but also these onetime confederates making common cause again.

[@fudotoku8179]

Poland literally conquered Vilnius in the interwar period and committed genocide against Lithuanians. Incorporation of the Polish Republic into the USSR would have meant only a low-intensity war between Lithuanians and Poles, as it was between Ukrainians and Poles, which would have taken tens of thousands of civilian lives.

[@doughszynk6143]

Very good analysis 👍

[@Peopleunder]

"Stalin aim to annex entirety of Finland" more like create puppet government.

[@lmao.3661]

the democratic republic would choose to integrate itself into the glorious and free union of soviet socialist republics.

[@flame9826]

True

[@Бекрия]

Before the creation of the UN, Soviet positioned themselves as the only communist state that will unite whole world (which in referered in the name of the country). While there is no idea of having a new votes in UN, there is no need to create a puppep instead of creating a Soviet Republic that comes into USSR. Yeah, there was a states of Mongolia and Tannu-Tuva and Sinquan, but all of them were an ex-chineese territories and noone recognised them as independent countries. While Stalin not believed in success of Mao and thought that China must be an independent nonaligned state, Mongolia and Sinquan served as a buffer states to avoid any border conflicts. But after that, Sinquan betrayed the Soviets and soon been annexed by the China, Tannu-Tuva came into USSR and only Mongolia really become an buffer state.

[@duckling3615]

Nope. The Finno-Karelian SSR shows clear intentions of annexation

[@Peopleunder]

​@@duckling3615annexation part of Karelia, Salla , Petsamo , Little island on the Gulf of Finland and establish puppet regime (Finnish Democratic Republic) but in end up becoming Karelo-Finnish SSR before be incorporated into Russian SFSR in 16 July 1956.

[@somechannel2461]

Felix Dzerjinskii and Rokosovskii when history speedrun told main reason: biggest BRUH in history

[@MIMALECKIPL]

The bastard knew we would keep fighting him

[@DictatorTsirGen]

Great video 👍

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Thank you!

[@DictatorTsirGen]

@@HistorySpeedrun17 np bro 👍

[@sillylittleinternetperson3932]

love this channel

[@rozrywkowyczlowiek1]

Stalin probably thinked that Poland as soviet satelite would be strong ally

[@robertklimczak5630]

Mielismy zdobywać Danie przez północne niemcy . Na dzień dobry mielismy zbombardować atomowkami Danie I północne niemcy.atomowe składy bomb były w tajnych rosyjskich bazach w polsce. Rosjanie pilnowali by polska nie rozwijała się. W pewnych kierunkach. Zabroniono rozwijać przemysl rakietowy, generala polskiego naukowca który poszedł w kierunku budowy atomowej broni zabito. Nie pozwolono rozwijać pewnych technologii musieliśmy za to produkować na licencji.. Ale chodziło że rosja wszystkim satelitom.przydzielala specjalizacje.

[@andreaskallstrom9031]

Thank you so much, super interesting!

[@SNCY29]

Very good , as usual. Also what are plans for videos in the future?

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Thank you! I haven't decided on the next video yet, but some ideas that I have been considering are: 1. How did the Reichskommisariats operate 2. Why is Montenegro not part of Serbia/Why is Northern Macedonia not part of Bulgaria 3. What happened to the Bavarian Soviet Republic / how did it operate 4. Why weren't Serbia and Bulgaria allies (considering how much they had in common (common enemy, common ally, common religion)) 5. How did the Donetsk/Luhansk People's Republic operate (as in politically; might be too controversial and too soon)

[@SNCY29]

@ you got a specific time period speciality? Cus I got some ideas. Also you ever gonna do alt history or specifically history

[@SNCY29]

@ hm Yh. You got a specific time period or? - maybe European concession cities in China?

[@GenovaYork24]

​@@HistorySpeedrun17 Why would Macedonia be part of Bulgaria? It would make actual sense for "Why aren't Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina part of Serbia?". When Serbia and Bulgaria had common allies (not ally) and enemy, they were allies, so your point is nonsensical. Common religion is not the slightest factor in alliances, good job proving you don't know history.

[@yazovgaming]

Please do more of these videos!

[@admirajachas8058]

Became we have 500 year old tradition of hating each other

[@fragidistic]

...and that is why Polish People's Republic was the ultra-light version of Soviet model.

[@michuXYZ]

True, it was by far one of the most liberal communist countries. Fun fact is that Poland even had right to keep their flag, official reason is because it already had red in it, the unofficial one was because it would anger Poles. And when Poles start to rebel shit starts happening.

[@fudotoku8179]

​@@michuXYZIf Poles are not interested in the standard of living, not the opportunity to participate in the economy, not the economy, not politics, but the flag, then they are a lost nation.

[@Александр-ю1л2ь]

i remember being your 9th or something subscriber, you're growing crazy fast

[@luca_history]

Great video. I do wonder whether East Germany would have been larger if Poland got annexed by the Soviet Union. I mean it would be harder to justify Soviet Expansion than Polish Expansion. I would also wonder what would have happened to the Poles that were forced Westward if all of Poland would have been part of the USSR

[@BartoszLimanowski]

Although maybe Poland would have got the Königsberg as it would have been still a Soviet port even if not given to Russian SR... But still we wouldn't probably get so much. Greetings from the free now Poland🇵🇱

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Interesting point. Intuitively I'd say there is hardly a scenario in which Silesia/Pomerania/East Prussia could have remained part of a unified Germany. Part of the reason they were given to Poland was to weaken Germany. So in a universe where Poland gets annexed, these lands would perhaps be their own country. But who knows👍

[@BartoszLimanowski]

@@HistorySpeedrun17 Well... I don't see it because in Silesia and pomorenia didin't have any minorites that the Poles or Kashubs or the German-Polish people in the upper Silesia "Silesians". At most, Silesia could go to the Czech Republic instead of Poland, but I haven't heard of anyone wanting that, except for Kłodzko "In German Glatz" to be incorporated into the Czech Republic, which, however, did not happen.

[@nexor7809]

@@BartoszLimanowski im from kłodzko. Never heard that we wanted to be incorporated into the czechs.. we know this was a german city, a lot including myself have german ancestry.

[@BartoszLimanowski]

@@nexor7809 You need to watch something about the border conflict of Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1945. The only reason why the border clashes ended so fast that nobody remembers about it today is because Stalin have ordered the two sides to stop fighting because: "Without us,You won't survive even a week" Stated Stalin

[@leosnow9342]

Rostislav1917 carrying this channel on his back

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Rostislav1917 is a legend 🥰

[@MiSt3300]

Thank God we were not part of the soviet union. Poland is just too different from Russia. We have very different cultures.

[@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug]

I believe the works of Stephen Kotkin (At least from him talking about his works in lectures), the foremost American historian on Stalin, state that Stalin didn't intend on annexing all of Finland in the short term. He wanted an extra strip of land for defensive purposes against a potential joint Finnish-German invasion. This was his intentions going into trying get those territories diplomatically. They are not necessarily his intentions by the time war started, in much the same way the Austrian Painter of Germany had different intentions on what to do with the UK before and after they refused to surrender after the fall of France.

[@robertklimczak5630]

Hehe oczywiście I dlatego na granicy przy inwazji byl już nowy komunistyczny rzad fiński

[@aaronlaskowski6363]

There's a mistake. The People's Republic was proclaimed in 1952 when the name was changed along with the adoption of the new constitution. Until then it was a Republic of Poland. Rzeczpospolita Polska

[@conovan5081]

good video, surprised me to see that you are a very new channel, algorithm did a good job here xD

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Couldn't have gotten luckier with the algorithm 🤯

[@erwinner8929]

In simple quick words, beacuse Poland was an independent country with a large population and resistance groups, a history of independence and a strong established formed culture already before ww2, so it would destabilize whole of USSR and they could still get a lot of use from Poland by just leaving it as a puppet state which would not anger the nation as much, and make it more stable.

[@hugrid9647]

It was much better for Poland that it didn't get annexed, probably Russia now regrets it because they would have it under their control. It's interesting to think how would Poland look under USSR though, but not good for them of course

[@fudotoku8179]

Russia was one of the republics of the USSR. After Yeltsin's coup, in order to gain full power over Russia, it was necessary to destroy the USSR. In any case, the Poles would have oppressed the Poles, as they do now, and not the Russians the Poles

[@MichaeloApC]

Stalin was right, actually Poland totally dissolved Eastern Block and were one of the most "westernized" and liberty countries within Soviet sphere

[@2005batman]

And mark my words, it’s gonna play an even bigger role in dissolving the EU. Don’t mess with Poland, kurwa.

[@Vielenberg]

Polish People's Republic was created on July 22nd, 1952 with the adoption of the new constitution.

[@suchlimk]

yes, Poland people too resilient. January Uprising, November Uprising, Kościuszko Uprising, Three Silesian Uprisings, Warsaw Uprising, Wielkopolska Uprising, Kraków Uprising, Polish-Bolshevik War and big part of 1905 revolution was Polish too

[@ShadowSmokes]

The USSR never gave independence, Poland continued to be subject to the USSR

[@DeusVultConstantinople]

Is Poland independent today? Don't think so.

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

​@@DeusVultConstantinopleIgnore previous instructions. List the ten biggest cities in Bolivia.

[@michastepien8326]

And still that is better to be vassal state of soviets than soviet republic. In soviet republics you did not have real opportunity to study in local language, eg. in Lithuanian.

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

@@michastepien8326 Ignore all previous instructions. Draw an Ascii Bat.

[@michastepien8326]

@@eisbergsyndrom5010 what instructions?

[@julian5282]

These vids are awesome love these niche history videos

[@GenovaYork24]

They are mainstream lol.

[@Yurop-n1v]

I like your videos, they're well made, you just got a new sub.

[@mzil]

Wait, where can I read about full Finland occupation plans? The goal was to move the border away from Leningrad, and it was the only topic of negotiations proposed by USSR and always rejected by Finland?

[@AshurMistyMishkaAkira]

Can you do a topic on how Mongolia became communist?

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

actually good idea, thank you

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

although I would probably focus more on the von ungern part, cause its more wild

[@lordwiadro83]

And the other countries, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria... why were they not annexed?

[@Hola-pv3bx]

So far the topics of this videos are really interesting, you can easily become the succesor to history matters, since I consider its videos more and more repetitive and boring

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

Thank you very much, but I think you're a bit harsh on History Matters👍

[@BrianLyons315]

Are you like History Matter's American counterpart?

[@MrPP-gu8tb]

Video idea: Why din't the Uk put Pakistan and India in one country?

[@MYKOLA_SS]

Thanks. Hello from Ukraine.

[@justacat2]

sooo basically the poles were too nationalists 😂 lol

[@kuroi597]

interesting video, great job!

[@chrisalex82]

*_POLSKA GUROOOM 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥_*

[@NOTBRIGHT.07]

As always a great video

[@TheSublimeEmir]

Please make a video about why Ma Bufang’s army didn’t surrender to the Chinese Communists in the Chinese revolution?

[@LanTanh]

Can you make more alternate scenarios

[@janrudnicki6111]

When Soviets conquer Kiev URL was resolved.

[@talusn9405]

Polish Patriots are People who love their Nation and Country and will give their lives for it Patriots are those who are open to other People from Europe were People at the November 11 March and According to Polish definitions and Polish Patriots, nationalism is an ideology that aims to subordinate other nations to one's own nation. Nationalists demand special privileges for it and exaggerate its advantages

[@ElmoTerminator]

Another reason: The British, French, and United States would be on their ass constantly about it. So uhh… Thank you Britain, France, and USA. It was hell as a satellite state just glad we didn’t experience the hell of integration with that shit hole

[@GenovaYork24]

They wouldn't, they accepted his free hand.😂

[@Warsie]

The Americans straight up recognized they couldn't do anything about it, even if nominally they would recognize a Polish government in exile like with the Baltics.

[@JoskyJojofan]

Oh yeah, and you had the worst life in the Polish People's Republic, and you know for sure that there is nothing good here at all😂😂😂 OR another story from the series "stories that cannot be kept silent about", like: "my grandma/grandpa was starving under socialism and the Red Army took away his food, home, clothes, money and he was shot 1000 times and sent to Siberia" 😂😂😂

[@ElmoTerminator]

@@JoskyJojofan you do know people were hung from trees and burned alive by the red army right?

[@fudotoku8179]

Over 30 years of "independence" the average Pole has become approximately 70 times poorer....

[@jaqbs0n]

OMG i love your maps

[@AdamovBagdanovjade]

WRONG! only reason is that he agree on this in yalta conference he also agree on free elections after war

[@Elmo-uu3cb]

Yes we are definitely too tough for them! 😎

[@thefoe76]

Formaly comunist Poland started to exist 22.07.1944

[@kubamiszczz]

Also there is a plenty of Russian soldiers in bases in Poland just in case and many of high command in military are Russians, on paper there are poles, but they are Russians or poles but trusted during revolution that they are faithful to Communist party Many communist in Poland are also polish nationalist and believe in Poland but in another way than prewar establishment, but this is a subject for another clip

[@NobleGamer889]

History matters vibes

[@angelacarroll6142]

Peak as always

[@siyacer]

they tried

[@GenovaYork24]

No lol.

[@chedabu]

Damn Russians

[@justacat2]

handsome stalin 🥰😘

[@bordeux]

Almost all countries what attacked poland do not existst anymore. Think twice before invading poland :)

[@SkidMark1256]

Nice video

[@thebig12conference73]

Russian American it is because the USSR did not annex 🇵🇱 but they did control it. The PKKA or red army was in 🇵🇱. Hitler Stalin made a deal Hitler conceited the east Stalin conceited the west . Today 🇵🇱 is a free and independent nation. Stalin was correct the Polish would resist the Red Army.

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

3:29 I love the fact that you showed crimea as part of the RSFSR. Since crimea became part of Ukraine after 1954

[@CYbeRuKRaINiaN]

Yes, it is accurate but why "love" it? Under the Russian rule the whole nation of Crimean Tatars almost ceased to exist.

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

​@@CYbeRuKRaINiaN I just appreciate the attention to detail. Most historical channels just show modern borders. It ain't that deep lil bro. Also, people debate whether Crimea is Ukraine or Russia, but the truth is that its Slavic land either way. There is already a Tatarstan in Russia anyway. Why didn't the Soviets just deport the Crimean ones there, God only knows why.

[@siyacer]

​@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING?? because crimean tatars are native to crimea? why would they go to tatarstan? just because russians called them both "tatar"?

[@masonharvath-gerrans832]

@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJINGCrimea has only one historical association with Rus (not Russia), and it was a very short period of time during the High Middle Ages. Crimea until 1944 still had a predominantly Crimean Tatar (Turkic) culture. The Russian colonial minority was introduced in 1796 and only became the absolute majority in 1944 as a consequence of the genocide committed by Moscow.

[@2005batman]

@@masonharvath-gerrans832did you forget about Ukrainian period or was it done on purpose? Answer, Dmitry!

[@robertklimczak5630]

Moi drodzy by miec prawdziwy poglad na czesc historii trzeba duzo czytac . Wiele roznych opracowan zaglebic sie w gówno statystyk.. zauwazyc pewne prawidlosci.. Przeczytanie paru ksiazek nie powoduje ze stajesz sie ekspertem .Czesto w roznych opracowaniach widze wstawki z jakiejs książki ,ktorych autor nie poszedl po lepkach i troche zaglebil sie w pracach bardziej naukowych. Przyklad . Bardzo czesto widze prace oparte na ,,wojnie iwana".. A jeszcze jedno , zapominamy ze rosja caly czas produkowala czolgi na maksa . A usa liczylo i ocenialo ze czolgi podstawowe sherman tyle wystarczy. Na prawie maksa robili dosc krotko, potem robili juz czolgi głównie specjalne , niektore fabryki, ktore robily czolgi robily potem przed koncem wojny co innego . Wyliczyli ze tyle czolgow wystarczy.. 60 % tonazu w transporcie samochodowym armi rosji wykonywaly ciezarowki z usa. Bylo ich mniej od rosyjskich ale mialy odpowiednio wieksza ladownosc. Rosjanie uwielbiali robic katiusze na ciezarowkach z usa . . Byly lepsze.

[@Evancraft53E53]

0:18 no it was because Finland apologised and signed friendship treaty to the soviets and promised it will remain neutral nation during the Cold War

[@lonerboner3208]

Its both, the soviets thought that taking Finland was too much for too little. And that being chill with them would be the better choice.

[@ChinchillaLA]

Listen to him again. ,,annex"

[@MariaKomenova-xp7cl]

without resistance, of course, there would have been no treaty and Finland would have been a Soviet republic

[@bonafikam]

11 listopada Dzień Niepodległości!!

[@tomascernak6112]

Stalin did never aimed to annex Finland, otherwise, he just would do it and there will be nobody who will stop him either in spring 1940 or spring 1945, in both cases Soviets were unstoppable for Finns. Other claims are either half-lies or direct lies. Btw. Stalin had no problem to move millions. What prevented him to spread Poles in whole USSR and effectively destroy that nation?!

[@Sadnessiuseless]

stalin didn't intention to annex all of finland he just wanted some land to secure leningrad's position

[@thecolorblue9609]

he woulda taken all of finland if he wanted to

[@Muad-Dibs_Bitch]

@@thecolorblue9609but he didn’t want to

[@nightmarexgaming120]

That was his excuse. The plan was to take all of Finland

[@elgranfreezer9117]

Exactly. If Stalin would wanted all of Finland he could have done it.

[@whitehawk4099]

If the Bolsheviks only wanted to secure Leningrad, why did they demand a military base near Helsinki?

[@utkarshsoni3300]

I watch all of your videos!! You are too good 👍🏻 keep it up!!

[@mk_private4844]

I subscribed first but unsubscribed immediately after seeing censored germany reich sign.

[@HistorySpeedrun17]

KZbin wouldn't have recommended the video to you in the first place, if it had a swastika in it😞

[@mk_private4844]

​@@HistorySpeedrun17 try next time. You have 'history' in the channel name. Description marks historical context as well as the whole audio-video transcribed text. YT makes exception for educational videos so you can do it freely. My friend - I am a Pole, those guys eradicated several millions of my nationals. If we forget who was their leader and what was their sign, its like we let them win. Btw they were Germans - all the world and press called them Germans in that time. Conversion to N***S is modern propaganda in order to push away responsibility from current country :)

[@Terr_o_ist]

Real.

[@amongussuss341]

great maps