Why Postmen Fought the SS

[@Historical-mi8hd]

It's heartbreaking to see how hard they tried but only little survived. The animations are getting better and more detailed

[@Goc4ever]

I absolutely agree, it was agonizing knowing that the Germans would have killed them regardless of having surrendered or not and Yarnub has impressed us as always with these obscure events.

[@kieranadamson3224]

It shows a large part of the horror of WW2. Both sides, but particularly the Axis, are guilty of confirmed stories of horrific treatment of civilians and surrendered soldiers such as rapes or being shot during surrender respectively as well as unconfirmed stories of the same or similar crimes on larger scales. This war truly brought the devil out in humanity.

[@zbigniewmalec4816]

To make things even worse - Yarnhub mentions sham trial. They were convicted and executed by the Germans. This trial was invalidated only in the late '80s after long and protracted process. It's really hard to explain why the German Courts were taking so long to resolve it.

[@TheRealToast0]

“The only way to make it happen is if the people are who they are in the a lot of the people that you know are in a lot more than people that are in a big group and you don’t have to be a big group to make a decision and then they have a big group that they can talk about it and they have a lot of people who have a huge group that they is interested in and that is what I they have a huge community and they want to "that was random clicking

[@winter15motivation44]

They don't have any combat experience why german has losses

[@Para_MimeProductions]

That final photo of all of the captured people is so heart wrenching. They were so helpless. You look and the photo and can only imagine the fear they had

[@utrock5067]

And don't forget this view as this is also what's happening in Ukraine.

[@Para_MimeProductions]

@@utrock5067 yes, and it happens in every war. It’s just horrible what we humans do to each other. There was the c0nc3ntration c@mps, the gas of WW1, the nuclear weapon. There is so much more that we could do, and it’s just so sad to think that none of us can get along.

[@UN-BIASED]

@@utrock5067 do not ever compare ww2 with the ukraine war lmao

[@utrock5067]

@@UN-BIASEDwhy's that ? Everyone's been comparing putin to adolf enough times already.

[@masterchief-vd1xs]

​@@UN-BIASEDwhy not? There are some similarities. Parts of the donbas are primarily russian, Danzig was to 95% German and wanted back

[@VlerkeDamne]

Everyone is talking about history, but no one is appreciating the amazing animation and video quality that this guy produced. Absolutely amazing work 🙏

[@Pvixroidz]

That’s why I’m saying

[@Pvixroidz]

You don’t understand how long I have been searching for a comment like this

[@Festivejelly]

Theres load of comments talking about the quality of the video, what are you on about?

[@F1exe]

That is the bacis

[@EthanNelick-k5y]

@@Festivejellyhe probably didnt look he just posted the comment

[@samueldamuel1689]

What we have learned: Polish post offices are viable military fighting positions

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

The Irish proved that point before during the Easter Rising as one of the strongholds of that failed uprising is the Dublin Post Office...

[@itsalmostfun8567]

Dude 75 mm shells hitting the office like its made out of thick concrete for bunkers

[@MIMALECKIPL]

@@itsalmostfun8567 Those buildings are usually made to last

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

God its a damn post office you arent expected to hold off a military assault

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

Not that i mind if they do

[@endutubecensorship]

3:29 The Vis 35 Radom pistol with the Polish eagle is an amazing attention to detail, well done!!

[@tomaccino]

When I read they use Unreal Engine to animate, they surely did justice for everyone on that faithful day!

[@goose6.070]

"I don't care how many tanks you have THE MAIL IS GETTING DELIVERED"

[@Expressmusic457]

Nothing stops the mail

[@N4jss]

they actually took great pride in keeping the post working during war :D my guess is mostly because of all the soldiers sending death letters to their families

[@RhinoBarbarian]

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor tanks nor gernades nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

[@NickMagee208]

@@Expressmusic457This could be a C&C generals bomb truck reference lol

[@Hawk_Republic]

​@@NickMagee208For the GLA!

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Took them 180 men, three armored cars, two 75mm guns, one 105mm gun, two explosive charges and a buttwagon of gasoline to fight 40 postmen in a span of 18 hours

[@Arlington_Menendez]

Including 3 attempts to take the building 2 of the attempts they were pushed back.

[@signs80]

The crazy part is that the postmen had largely pistols with a handful of rifles and 3 machine guns. They were not even close to armed like a standard military unit even.

[@DonVetto-vx9dd]

Their tactics suck hard.

[@Khornecussion]

@@DonVetto-vx9dd What do you expect? They're SS. If the fight isn't lopsided enough that they can just walk in an execute you, they're useless.

[@KrokLP]

​@@DonVetto-vx9dd Ok Sergeant Major

[@thecomputer1337]

Germans: "We have come to take over!" Polish Postmen: "You got a stamp?"

[@ajohnymous5699]

They went from Schitzstaffel to StampedStaffel in just a few hours

[@misterhuman895]

@@ajohnymous5699 you mean Schutzstaffel

[@tomasz8614]

@@misterhuman895shitstaffel

[@misterhuman895]

@@tomasz8614 Scheissestaffel*

[@ac4694]

XDDDDD

[@collaborisgaming2190]

3:15 fun fact about the Polish Mosins: they fired 7.92 Mauser, the Same ammo the Germans used, many were WW1 Era Mosins rechambered. the Poles had thier own Mausers too because they Inherited parts of the German Empire's Industry.

[@303_Films]

Glad you covered this my friend! Very good thing to mention.

[@aleksandersokal5279]

Polish army mostly used Mauser rifles of Polish production in the early war.

[@303_Films]

@@aleksandersokal5279 Ofc, the standard rifle for the Polish army was the Kb wz.98a (gewehr 98) in 1939.

[@collaborisgaming2190]

@@aleksandersokal5279 especially after they couldn't get any more Mausers for Mosins from the Finnish and using old Mauser Factories made polish production Mauser rifles. Early Polish Army pre-war focused on fielding 8mm Mauser shooting weapons and with their Russian Imperial mosin stock traded Finland for Mausers received from Germany during the Finnish Civil War which was how the Poles got So many K98AZs which they inevitably Used in WW2 because the AZs were Fire, in fact the K98K was just a modernized AZ in all intents and Purpose, Stormtrooper Vets must have asked for it in the new Wehrmacht by 1935. I bet they used some AZ factory tooling to pump out thier Carbines, they were already fielding G98 variants called 98As based on the German G98. 98As 1925s (mosins firing Mauser ammo), 1929s were based on the K98K but were Straight bolt. lol, now I want a Polish 8mm Mauser Mosin (Karabinek 91/98/25) so badly, It can mount both Russian and German Bayonets and I wonder if you could mount both at the Same time to make some Cursed COD Melee build gun.

[@303_Films]

@@collaborisgaming2190 You probably couldn't mount two bayonets at the same time xD. Maybe if you modified the bayonet lug to hold to bayonets, but that would just be destroying the historical piece, and since it's Polish, it's rarer to get. I personally own a Wz.29, not a real one, but a pretty damn good replica! It does consist some original parts though. Absolutely great detail for my Polish 1939 uniform. Appreciate the information! Glad someone else is interested in the Polish armoury genesis.

[@CharlieH99]

One of my teachers grandfather took part in defence of Gdańsk post office. He never spoke much about that(which is completely understandable, we were just his students) but every time he mentioned it i could see sadness on his face. Long live the memory of our heroes.

[@zurielsss]

He is one of the 4 who survived?

[@CharlieH99]

@@zurielsss unfortunately not

[@CharlieH99]

@@zurielsss according to wikipedia he died on 4th of september in hospital

[@OddlyStrangeProductions]

@@CharlieH99 Who was he?

[@mareksicinski3726]

thatd be a crazy coindeicne

[@BattleshipBriskmarckOfficial]

Those warship shots was from the Old German pre-dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein. She was credited as the first shots fired of The Second World War.

[@carrott36]

The first shots fired in anger of the first world war was Australian Coastal Artillery firing warning shots at a German ship that was in port when the war started.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Huh

[@kippert8912]

I thought the actual invasion started the day before

[@carrott36]

@@kippert8912Yes, but she bombarded several targets when the war began.

[@bruhism173]

You all have missed mark Felton's actual Start of WW2

[@keithbuddrige5064]

These documentaries are amazing. I am not a Pole, I do have Polish blood in me back from the Napoleon days, there is a misunderstand about Poland and WWII that the Polish didn't fight hard, the reality is they had both the German Nazi machine as well as the Russian Soviet machine hitting them at the same time. Although their equipment wasn't to the modern standards of Germany, they fought hard with a resolve that can't be captured unless you talk to one of their Veterans. I did have the honour of serving alongside the Poles in Afghanistan, they are amazing people and I'm so glad your channel is documenting this important part of history. The approach of the videos, the graphics, the narration, the attention to detail is brilliant. Please keep this up and know that I am extremely grateful. I love watching your videos when they come out.

[@robloxlol672]

Never underestimate a local postman.

[@Sparrta]

Willie Bethke - oh I will!

[@RoevenWasHere]

Here before this blows up

[@fish1234-o]

Here before this blows up

[@maxbennett5412]

Forgot his name but look up paratroopers and the fat electrician and you will find one hell of an old postman and paratrooper.

[@jasonlin9805]

Here before it blows up

[@郭子睿RayKuo]

It’s very surprising of how the polish army can fight against the strong German army for such a long time, respect

[@BaguettePair]

Ok

[@VMan29397]

They lost not because of a lack of heart but because of lack of equipment. If they were on par with the Germans in terms of equipment you might have seen a much different outcome

[@noahburch3026]

W polish

[@neft5449]

​@@VMan29397if only instead of lend leasing the Soviets we would've land leased the Poles

[@tu7765]

​@@neft5449How?

[@Izannaziza]

I am a Jamaican and if you know my history then you know. I have been to Poland a few times Gdansk too. If I was to chose which European I like the most I think it would be the Poles because they remind me of my people, always someone who wants to destroy them, enslave them and take their lands but they always fought and survived. I also read a story (hidden history) as a kid that during the napoleonic wars napoleon sent some Polish men/soldiers to Haiti to quash the slave uprising. Those same Polish soldiers ended up joining the slaves to fight Napoleons men who wanted to continue denying freedom. Poles know the true meaning of freedom. You might think don’t mess with America, China, Russia but I say don’t mess with people who know the TRUE meaning of freedom, the Polish people. Besides, I like their food too.

[@pawealbrzykowski9251]

❤

[@jedrzejsotys5255]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitians

[@Izannaziza]

@@jedrzejsotys5255 TAK, that’s the one. 👍

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

Meh, the Poles were just as imperialist, if not more so, than other European countries. They just lost in relatively recent history.

[@FinleyLengel-rp2bm]

I love how this channel one from 2-D animation to realistic, 3-D animation, let alone producing them once a week Your team is doing great and I know for a fact my post office would not do anything like this

[@amritasingh797]

wwww

[@amritasingh797]

wwww

[@Scooter-kx3ic]

It amazes me how your animation keeps getting better every time you post. I’ve been watching since the original video of the ye old pub incident.

[@maxbennett5412]

Pretty much the same as you and I agree.

[@shoeofobama6091]

the animation of this is truly amazing

[@rs_SlavikK]

My first video of them was the 2d German aircraft who escorted an beaten American into their airspace, which has been remade in 3d a year or so later

[@Ozzianman]

I want the old style back. This does not work with the janky animations and just crashes into the uncanny valley for me. It worked with the old style.

[@suomalainenpallo27]

@@Ozzianman old style is nostalgic but i mean come one, the new ones are so much better

[@STRACHU100]

among civilians inside the Post Office there was a 10 year old girl- Erwina Barzychowska. After surrender, germans soaked her with gasoline and set on fire- she was dying for 3 weeks...

[@fuxihutterer8088]

hahahahahahahahh good propaganda

[@STRACHU100]

@@fuxihutterer8088 she was the first child vicim of 2nd WW, well documented case...

[@STRACHU100]

@@fuxihutterer8088 I am surprised you choose to laugh at it.... give us something to think about your compassion

[@xmaciejxxx]

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

[@lukasz.adamski]

​@@fuxihutterer8088You can read it in your own language, nazi: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

[@karazanic]

As a Pole i'm incredibly proud you guys decided to animate this event. Thank you. If there is any chance for it, i hope you will consider telling the story of Westerplatte too, as just like the post office defense, is an event that started WW2, and happened in the same city, at the same time.

[@CombatFlapjack]

ww2, bro.

[@karazanic]

@@CombatFlapjack I pressed the wrong number and didn't notice, my bad bro

[@HenriMarcinkowski]

Us poles got to stick together

[@gloriamori7027]

Im Pole too.

[@lordpazo6784]

Imo, Hel defense was more impressive. Westerplatte surrendered prematurely while Hel fought until the last days of the Polish invasion. they held out longer then cities like Warsaw

[@kozmonauta0515]

I love how the SS’s first recorded military action was them failing to take a post office, having to beg for canons three times from the Wehrmacht, and execute unarmed men and civilians to compesate for their fragile ego

[@kaa13]

To be "fair" ,that was "only" some kind of militia that could not compare with any unit of the regular army in an actual battle.

[@mareksicinski3726]

there was some stuff in western poland too they were criticized for; the waffen-ss in 1939 were very green and worse quality militarily than after, at the time they werent rly even fitting; they mostly were 'behind the lines' in 1939 Note the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe were also committing atrocities in 1939

[@fuxihutterer8088]

what warcrimes@@mareksicinski3726

[@piotrmalewski8178]

@@kaa13 To be fair, SS received very poor military training initially and done a lot of stupid, unprofessional actions in 1939 while those postment were military veterans.

[@Luxia-f1e]

it marks the general pattern of the whole war. the waffen ss, despite often having the best equipment in their whole military, would almost always fail at anything close to a fair fight, and need the regular german army to bail them out. the only thing that matched their cruelty was their ineptitude

[@theyedmeister6981]

I guess you could say........... They went postal

[@visassess8607]

The Poles deserve a lot more attention and respect for their service in WW2.

[@alanmeasures8337]

So right we had great polish pilots in the royal air force part of the few

[@yamatokurusaki5790]

meanwhile czechoslovaks and other nations

[@jimtaylor294]

The Greeks & Yugoslavs: "You guys get attention?"

[@bobolobocus333]

@@alanmeasures8337 "Never before was so much owed to so few"

[@alanmeasures8337]

@@bobolobocus333 Agreed

[@ArktinenPeikko]

As a war history and random trivia nerd I really appreciate these precious nuggets of war trivia and small stories of past heroes. I had never even heard of this particular one. Thank you.

[@jamesanderson7243]

Same

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

It's a major historical event in the Polish historiography.

[@jamesanderson7243]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 I felt like the story sounded familiar

[@ArktinenPeikko]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 I figured it would be, and didn't mean it in any demeaning way. As a whole though, this would still be a one small siege during a huge war, pretty much like some random battle during winter war was for us Finns.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Then you'll like this: Something like mentioned in 4:28 happened on much bigger scale. The defence of Chocim fortress in 1672 against invasion from Ottoman Empire was given to Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski despite his lack of knowledge on fortress defence, because he was the only trusted officer who agreed to defend a fortress in such a bad shape. Spending his own funds, he recruited a little over 1000 soldiers and 500 civilians to defend the fortress while he needed at least 8 000 to cover the walls. He also lacked modern artillery and engineers. Regardless, he managed to halt Ottoman army for 19 days and at one point, when Turks blew up an unguarded part of the wall, he ran there and fought the Turkish attack alone before just one more nobleman joined him and the two managed to repel the assault with bombs and muskets they had prepared at the position. He managed to negotiate with the Turks that they would let the civilians leave the city free and unharmed, and shortly after an artillery officer from Courland blasted to the armory with a torch, killing himself, Colonel Wołodyjowski and the fortress' defenders. Folk myth is that Colonel didn't want to give fortress to the enemy and wanted the event to 'wake the nation' since it all happened because the Republic neglected funding of the army and fortifications for decades.

[@jimhorton1271]

people actually saying "But the germans tactics sucked" and "But the germans weren't defended and had equal equipment" Probably don't know how defending a building from with Light artillery works. did you miss the part were there were only a hand full really defending. Those people were Polish heros and some people think its ok to belittle them like come on guys.

[@unclenogbad1509]

As a UK Postman, I salute my comrades here, heroes all.

[@danyalmemish6309]

Me too 👍

[@Suchoj022]

Thanx for that.

[@Earthwormer]

no way the royal mail would resist

[@jordanhicks5131]

​@@Earthwormerthey fell to the IRA in 1916

[@derkylos]

The Germans marked British post offices as valuable targets for Operation Sealion.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Postmen decided to deliver them SS to hell instead.

[@Cherno35]

Metal as fuck sentence

[@pie3.14-i1x]

Real

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

@@pie3.14-i1x Ah I see you're a man of The Force as well.

[@intothevoid5074]

Poczta Polska: Now delivering to Hell, Same day shipping.

[@nerveaxel8164]

Same day shipping

[@brightace19]

1:55 I have never seen a transition that good, hats off to you and the editors. Really great idea putting your video thumbnails / video inside a video 🎉🎉🎉

[@csbanki]

No matter how many stories I hear about Polish people, I'm always amazed by their courage and determination! Long live Poland, greetings from Hungary!

[@cyber_habanero]

Yea, then read about the Polnish agression-wars they conducted on all their neighbors between 1918-1921. Nationalistic Poland was never a nice and peaceful nation. And today Polnish PiS-party is on the same way to dictatorship like Orban and Putin, dreaming of an imperialist greater Poland again.

[@P0CZT0WY1]

Thanks bro

[@pablothorn3591]

Thank you brother

[@paulinasieron9261]

Thank you sir, and Just fyi we r seriously fcked up when it comes to fight i was rised same way as my forefathers were and im doing the same thing for my kids.

[@jimcady9309]

I'm sorry that you have to deal with your own homegrown fascism now. Oh, excuse me. "illiberal democracy".

[@CT--7556]

This reminds me a bit of an event that happened in Czechoslovakia on March 14. 1939 during the occupation by German troops. A detachment of soldiers in the town of Místek refused to hand over the barracks to the Germans, and a similar battle broke out there. The Czechoslovaks surrendered there only after they ran out of ammunition and an order from the high command.

[@mpingo91]

This was shown on one of the popular channels about ww2. Mark Felton Productions probably?

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

Instead of mail they're delivering the pain.

[@TheRobloxWarlord]

and the guns ''Pew Pew''

[@ChippyChipsDevourer]

And about 20000 walls of pure lead and explosives

[@johnbertrand4135]

As part German and part Polish, I should feel convicted, but I proud for the Poles not surrendering at first

[@maxbennett5412]

Regardless of ancestry I think a last stand like that is just impressive.

[@johnbertrand4135]

Oh I agree full heartedly @@maxbennett5412 Just seeing the Polish soldiers fighting without help from the Main Army was amazing. I just know I'm part Polish and Part German

[@ryleeculla5570]

You know what they say NEVER SURRENDER

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Invade the neighbors or see if they need a painter.

[@james-faulkner]

"convicted" = "conflicted" "proud" = "glad/happy/comradery for" in this instance. Be proud of things you have accomplished, not what others have. Only attempting to assist with your vocabulary to make your point clearer.

[@Nayed1]

I loved how yarnhub made the polish salute right(with two fingers)

[@Mike-hy9wy]

I heard about their fight just a few months ago. What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing this on KZbin.

[@billy4734]

"A lot of respect" doesn't begin to show how much respect I have for the Polish. Niech żyje Polska!

[@pawealbrzykowski9251]

❤

[@fordson51]

Just when I think your work can't get any better, you prove that you can do better. Incredible story and one that should be remembered.

[@P1gga]

It just a joke, thats uncompareble with Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad and Belarusian partisans...

[@SturerHetzerekPL]

Im from Poland and proud of this polish resistance against Germans. Chwała i Cześć Bohaterom. 🇵🇱🫡

[@ELCADAROSA]

Very late delivery, but worth every second. While Poles have been the butt of many jokes over the years, the stand that these men made, and the numerous contributions the Poles (military and civilian) made to win WWII haven’t been given enough credit until recently. Congratulations to YarnHub for another outstanding video.

[@mareksicinski449]

in america, it wasn't even really 'the poles', stereotypes at best abt polish-americans

[@rts718]

I visited this post office by accident while I was in Poland. The monument outside is hands-down one of the coolest and most powerful that I've ever seen!

[@CaliCracksGaming]

Thank you for making this. As a Pole I am honored.

[@tomaszzbikowaty2854]

Dark fact: The judges who sentenced surviving defenders who capitulated to be executed after the WW2 were a respected and well paid lawyers and they never were punished for this warcrime...

[@_1_05_]

Can’t do much against the law you know…

[@SzymonPmc]

@@_1_05_ Nuremberg defense

[@_1_05_]

@@SzymonPmc yeah but that’s different since those figures were largely known and didn’t deny any claims

[@cristiancastro8734]

Eran soldados polacos disfrazados de carteros, por lo tanto, fueron tratados como saboteadores

[@hohetannen4703]

@@cristiancastro8734they always leave out that part

[@derkaiser420]

Huge respect. Imagine getting burned out and still wanting to fight. Great animation as per usual.

[@GMCGUY-]

I am polish and I am irish I have a true hatred with the germans Of this time. The nazis We're ruthless. My grandfather was in World War 2. He told me a lot of stories that I still remember today. One thing, I will always remember what he says about the nazis. Never turn your back on them. He said they are ruthless. I just stumbled upon your channel.I am so happy I did.I am a big history buff. I have never seen an animation.Put together so well in my entire life. This animation is a 5 star out of a 5 star.Absolutely breathtaking taking absolutely extraordinary. I am definitely spreading this channel on my social media account for all my other history buff friends too definitely watch. Keep up the good. Work

[@laordendethule]

No habrá querido decir que nunca le des la espalda a un ju-dío? Además Polonia se quedo con muchísimo territorio que es realmente alemán, como por ejemplo Gdanks.

[@GMCGUY-]

@@laordendethule ENGLISH

[@laordendethule]

@@GMCGUY- Deutsh

[@GremlinPL]

@@laordendethule Troll

[@LuigianoMariano]

Salty Germans: That is *PERFIDY!!* THEY ARE *UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS!!* Polish: You're just mad that you got owned by veterans who work for the post office.

[@KrokLP]

Lie all you want, but they were fighting illegally as trained militia by a nationalistic Polish army officer

[@randomnobodovsky3692]

@@KrokLP So, we have a neo-nazi here, claiming uniformed postmen were somehow "illegall" defending from invaders. Weird times.

[@KrokLP]

@@randomnobodovsky3692 Then check out what the "Neo-Nazis" that wrote the geneva convention had to say about un-uniformed combatants

[@Wanderer628]

Amazing how even so early in the war, the SS and regular German army were so quick to commit war crimes.

[@zbigniewmalec4816]

First war crime was shooting down railwaymen near the bridge in Tczew (Dirschau). This attack was actually done 30 minutes earlier than opening shots in Gdańsk.

[@carstenstille8503]

Did you heard of the Bromberg Bloody Sunday?

[@mikoajbaczynski3733]

​@@carstenstille8503 About that one evening when a retreating Polish army singlehandely executed 50 000 Germans in a single town? Yes, I did.

[@mikoajbaczynski3733]

To be fair, the killings in Bromberg did take place, even though they were in no way as severe as the German propaganda said they were and simply cannot justify the extent of German atrocities.

[@moscuadelendaest]

@@mikoajbaczynski3733 no no, it was a platoon, and they shot 150 000 Germans

[@troybaxter]

You can say these men went POSTAL

[@HH-pm6mj]

The details on the people’s faces are nothing short of incredible. You guy’s animation gets better per video. I admire the skill :)

[@E_GG_O]

I can't believe how the animation graphics are so life like, and you guys make a video quite consistently. Good job😐👍

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Brings a whole new meaning to the classic phrase, "Don't go postal". Awesome video, great animation....loved the facial expressions, it really brings the characters life!

[@mpingo91]

I don't know if it was mentioned (I skipped a bit in the film) but just in case: the Germans doused a ten-year-old girl, Erwina Barzychowska, with gasoline and set her on fire with a flamethrower. She survived those flames, but then died intentionally untreated by German doctors in the Gdansk City Hospital *for seven weeks* ...

[@blinkstar9013]

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

[@orwell1823]

@@blinkstar9013 seems nothing is there.

[@EliuSosa22-]

She died in her defense of the post office ​@@orwell1823

[@PlHitman]

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwina_Barzychowska

[@midgetarmy1912]

@@orwell1823 Just read it, what are you talking about?

[@moneymastermind2698]

This literally made me tear up and cry. The bravery of these Polish soldiers and officers. Facing certain death and still fighting back with everything they got.

[@onkeldagobert]

Ich frage mich eigentlich nur was diese polnischen Soldaten in der freien Stadt Danzig überhaupt getrieben haben in der eigentlich nicht ein einziger polnischer Soldat hätte sein dürfen?

[@damianb8322]

@@onkeldagobert This may surprise you, but according to international law, the Germans attacking the Polish Post Office building in Gdańsk were attacking Polish territory.

[@damianb8322]

There were also random civilians trapped in the Post Office building. The family of the post office janitor. His adopted child was burned by German flamethrowers... Erwina Barzychowska, an 11-year-old girl, died after long weeks of agony... The Germans medics put her in the hospital, but refused treating her or alleviating her suffering. When you type her name into your browser, you will be able to find her photo, you will be able to look at her face. The defenders of the Gdańsk Post Office were brought to trial by the Germans, who, contrary even to German law, ordered them executed. In 1939, massive massacres of Poles took place throughout Pomerania. In one place alone: ​​Piaśnica, the Germans murdered 14,000 Polish civilians.

[@onkeldagobert]

@@damianb8322 Please, according to international law, no Polish soldier should have been in the city, the city of Danzig was under the mandate of the League of Nations, i.e. a free city without nationality, neither a German nor a Polish city. So it was a violation of international law that the Poles stationed troops on Westerplatte and in the city. Imagine if the Poles had adhered to this, no shot would have been fired in the city...

[@onkeldagobert]

@@damianb8322 Yes, of course, German doctors refused to treat a wounded child, so those doctors who treated wounded soldiers, whether friend or enemy, as opposed to the enemy forces, of course make the big exception in the case of a Polish girl, well you have to be very simple-minded its something to believe. But well, what about the 5,000 or even significantly more German civilians at Bromberg Bloody Sunday? So those who were murdered, mutilated or even put in car tires to set them on fire? Or the 1 million displaced Germans from the so-called Polish corridor? How many of them were killed again? And how many Poles who were allegedly murdered simply received their deserved punishment for the crimes against ethnic Germans? Maybe we'll talk about them? Then maybe, just maybe, I feel a little pity for the poor, oh-so-cruelly treated Poles, maybe people in Poland don't know anything about the Polish pre-war crimes that led to the German invasion, in Germany they know that very well...

[@JulianSki]

I am so glad that you guys covered these heroes. It’s a last stand that’s not talked about a lot and what they did was amazing! ❤️🇵🇱

[@major_kukri2430]

Don't mess with the mailmen. They know where everyone lives.

[@bomb6806]

6:38 one of germans walking through the car

[@obeliks_potowski]

I live in Gdańsk and i was there a few days ago. It's still a post office

[@american357]

Finally! :D Thanks Yarnhub, I've been looking up to finally being able to watch this video that you guys have been preparing for the last couple of weeks. I'm sure It'll be spectacular and the quality will be as outstanding as always 😉

[@robindranathmitra2987]

I am so glad to have stumbled upon your page. You have done what I always wanted to do. Cheers.

[@dominicevans2541]

it is crazy how far yarnhub's animation skills have come. they were amazing before but now.. they are deserving as cutscenes in a video game. bravo

[@vikes7to14]

This is 100% the best animation yet. It gets better and better every video. I love the story too, but what a sad end for such a noble leader.

[@nickhaynie5980]

This Marines says "Oorah, to all those brave Polish postman!" May they rest in peace.

[@jude8223]

My Polish grandmother came to America at age 13. She often spoke of the well-known bravery of the Polish soldiers in World War II.

[@Artur_M.]

It's great to see you cover another Polish episode of WW2! There are plenty more you could do in the future, like the defence of Westerplatte, which was hinted at in this very video at 1:50. But the one I would love to see the most, and I think would be perfect for this channel, is the liberation of the KL Warschau (Warsaw concentration camp) aka "Gęsiówka", on 5 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising. It includes the insurgents successfully using a captured Panther tank.

[@drdaveyjones6216]

Would love to see them cover the Polish actions at Monte Cassino, and the Falaise pocket.

[@ldkbudda4176]

What about occupation, pseudo-referendum and annexation of the Capital of Lithuania Vilnius? Same pseudoreferendum did Putin in the Crimea, Ukraine!

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Absolute heroes. O7 One of your best videos, these “small” battle -focused videos are amazing

[@banditbobbyhill4747]

Brooooo where have you been all my life this is like old school history channel but better

[@Balkan_Thunder]

It was an amazing story/video but unfortunately with a very sad story, gj yarnhub

[@YOSEPHAlehegne-mo3cj]

Bro calling yourself Jesus is a sin pls repent and change your username

[@harry170183]

There is a movie about the defence of the Polish Post Office "Wolne Miasto" from 1958, directed by Stanislaw Rozewicz - same man, who directed another war movie "Westerplatte" in 1967. Both worth seeing, can be found on YT.

[@Shadow-ik2re]

I ve been to that postoffice building once and heard that story for the first time. As a German I am always so sad hearing of our past conflicts in Europe. I m happy it is now as it is and we are colleagues friends neighbors or even couples ❤

[@damianb8322]

As a Polander, I fully share your beliefs. Unfortunately, there are still Germans with sleazy, anti-Polish prejudices, who mentally have not yet left the first half of the 20th century. Generally speaking, Germans know their Polish neighbors surprisingly little, even though we have a common history for over a thousand years, a history that has not always been bad! It was Prussia that contaminated Polish-German relations. We must also remember that only Russians and Americans benefited from World War II.

[@Tobi_1301]

How can you still increase the intensity and quality of this animations? It feels nearly as if I was in the post office myself, running across hallways with the poles, fighting off the SS! Your animations are so amazing, I dont even know a word for that! Keep it going! Please!

[@Axis-allies4728]

5:03 has me dying

[@IsaahNasir]

He was like- "Well, ze're fooked..."

[@Axis-allies4728]

@@IsaahNasir fr

[@Tjbilo]

I love how your animations have improved over time

[@Thomassdoor]

It’s amazing how fast the production quality on these amazing videos has gone up. I would love to see remakes of some of the old sabaton music videos with these new models and stuff (specifically night witches because I lived that one.) Keep up the great work Yarnhub!

[@MeIsNoob48]

If i had a nickel for every time a Postmen/Courier was able to hold off a group that's way stronger than them I'd have 2 nickels Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

[@ryanmccolloch4734]

Seeing the price of stamps today almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@6red6blazen66]

Your Physics with the vehicles is evolving, it's getting more realistic. That's why i love watching your videos. Most of my knowledge on WW2 and other conflicts came from you.

[@Panzernumbawan]

damn yarnhub you've really stepped it up with your animation, nice work!

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

Even without the Winged Hussars, the Poles are still a badass in the battlefield! Also! Were those pop-ups and glitches Spiderverse inspired? If so, it was really cool! Love your work Yarnhub!

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

brings a tear to my eye, what a commendable holdout against such an overwhelming force

[@kommandantgalileo]

Note: The Armored Cars in this video is the Steyr ADGZ

[@winter15motivation44]

Good

[@kommandantgalileo]

@thegamer1429 I haven't before this video, I just decided to search up German Armored Cars of WW2 and found it.

[@KrokLP]

They are Austrian vehicles that saw service in the German army after the Anschluß

[@kommandantgalileo]

@@KrokLP yup

[@iamthesword1180]

In THE TIN DRUM by Günter Grass, there is a very intense scene describing the defense of the Polish Post, too.

[@bkayser05]

Never underestimate a postal employee. It's surprising but many post offices in the US used to hold weapons as a federal building until around the 1970s. Retired letter carriers I know used to mention how they were still locked up into the 1980s. If it's true in the US, it would absolutely be the same in Europe. Great job but not surprising for Poles, they were incredibly brave and never backed down in World War 2, despite being frequently outgunned and outmanned.

[@mareksicinski3726]

it was a special case there, bc there was fear of brinkmanship/small scale attacxk or provocation in nazi party ruled Danzig

[@stevemc01]

This animation feels more like a real camera-recorded documentary with drone complements.

[@Gabriel-re3le]

Dziękuję że poruszyłeś temat obrony poczty Gdańskiej Chwała bohaterom

[@siaratan9982]

The animation quality has became phenomenal! Hats off to the animators bringing life once again to the great heroes of the war. I salute you all, defenders of the free poland!

[@thestoicsteve]

The level of animation is getting very good and improving. Another great story. Thanks.

[@TerraFungus]

Thanks you from Poland, you does great job in that film. And take my sub ;)

[@privatecanook]

10:15 no wonder Germany ran out of fuel.

[@pancygarek5686]

Great Job! As a someone from Gdansk who learned about this for a local history exam I'm blown away by how accurate this is! ❤

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you! 😃

[@alexhauser5043]

*Danzig

[@pancygarek5686]

@@alexhauser5043 Quick question do you or any of your relatives live in Gdansk? I'm not of the opinion that Gdansk is some sort of Polish core city because many ethinicties helped build what it is today for example not only Germans and Poles but also Kashubs and Dutch and if you want to look solely on demographics than even before the war it wasn't purely Germans living there not to mention the fact that during the times of the German Empire polsih culture was purposely erased. The fact is the correct english name is Gdansk.

[@alexhauser5043]

@@pancygarek5686 Danzig is German. Constantinople is Greek. Kiev is Russian.

[@pancygarek5686]

@@alexhauser5043 I see you're just a troll

[@AlexMilenk]

Never hear about this before, great thanks for the info, and great respect for the postmen of Gdansk. Even if WW2 was so thoroughly popular and examined event, every now and then resurface some little, unknown, utterly heroic event like this.

[@uncontrolledtoast]

you guys have not only upgraded you renders but also commentary over the years

[@drill_fiend1097]

Not only the graphics are improved, but also the portrayal of details that happened! Nice work 👍

[@friedrichscharl7712]

the video is full of inaccuracy

[@benm6457]

This channel is so damn good. Can’t believe I just found it. Keep up this damn good work!

[@Doosteroni]

I have to say, the quality of this video is unparalleled. Bravo!

[@DrAhzek]

That is...actually very interesting and refreshing to see such a high quality content about "niche" subjects surrounding early days of the war and the invasion of Poland without too much bias. It is very heartening that more people outside of Poland will learn about these brave men and women that tried their best to hold against treacherous invasion from the west...and half a month later also from the east. Especially Gdansk/Danzig was an interesting case, with a lot of things going on in the beginning and at the end of the war. The post office, Defense of Westerplatte, Battle of Hel, Stutthof (the first concentration camp that Germans established outside of Germany..and the last one to be liberated by Allies)...also the period of "liberation" by the Soviets that turned this area into a wild west anarchy for a few months - a lot of stuff that can be covered just about that period alone. It's also a symbolic place for the "beginning of the end" of communism in Europe. Being born and living most of my life in Gdansk, I can say most "Danzigers" here are quite proud of their city's history, always being that "rich&free city of multicultural merchants" regardless of who actually tried to rule it - be it Poland, Teutonic Knights, Prussia or Germany. Even in modern days, the city and surrounding Pomeranian region is the more progressive one in Poland (politically and socially speaking). Some even try to revive that "local nationalism", hoping for that free-city status once again...while hardly possible, it is a romantic idea for a lot of locals tired with constant bickering with the capital (I'd say it's a bit like NY or Shanghai pride?).

[@KrokLP]

Love how you mention details like Stutthof but leave out the depopulation and deportation of Germans, the repressions against German language and culture. "Germans you live in Poland, speak Polish!"

[@DrAhzek]

@@KrokLP If you mention postwar actions, you do realize that it was mostly soviet thing, along with switching borders on the east and west of Poland? Poland had literally no say in this as a puppet state at this point? Argue about it to Stalin and Rosevelt. Reason was simple - homoethnic states are easier to control. Thats why they repopulated a lot of polish people from western Ukraine as well, moving them to ex-German pomeranian settlements. A lot of older people there tell sad, shameful stories how they were given houses with „meals still warm on the table”, with soviet soldiers ordering them to not ask questions. Now, if you by any means try to push this as pre-war Gdansk policies, you are delusional. Gdansk in the interwar period was dominated by Germans, most offices were held by Germans and any attempts of reaching them by a Polish person were blocked on ethnic background. I will agree with A.H. here - Danzig was German, at least from inside. Only 3.7% was Polish, a gentle reminder of cultural cleansings and germanization done by German Empire before WW1.

[@fuxihutterer8088]

it was all german always has been

[@John-wf5dm]

Finally a channel that makes the actions of war into an animated movie

[@jfd9616]

I swear, you could make a movie out of just animation.

[@drrisen-9442]

As an American postal worker, I salute my polish brothers in postal satchels (and arms apparently.)

[@tomaszkazmierski7101]

Great job! Thank you for memorizing this heroic episode!

[@dogmeat87]

You forgot about someone: "In the Polish Post Office complex on 1 September 1939 there were 56 people: Guderski, 42 local Polish employees, ten employees from Gdynia and Bydgoszcz, and the building caretaker with his wife and ten-year-old daughter, Erwina, who lived in the complex." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_the_Polish_Post_Office_in_Danzig

[@TheCheffer76]

You are at the top of the many stellar history channels on KZbin. Thank you for all you do in capturing the imaginations of my kids as well as my nieces and nephews. Edit- I forgot to include that your tank videos have encouraged my kids to quiz my dad on his fathers stories of the bulge and his losing many friends. I spent many hours talking to my Grandpa John and because of your content my kids are doing the same thing with their grandpa.

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@christianschulz1443]

@@Yarnhub honestly your spinning of the truth is embarassing and seeing how it works on people with no clue is just sad you are not an historian.

[@Yarnhub]

@@christianschulz1443 We have 2 full time professional historians researching these. But any insights you can give we'll take on board.

[@christianschulz1443]

@@Yarnhub how come you have so many mistakes then ????

[@mikemandalorian9226]

@@christianschulz1443 Point one mistake then, all you did was screaming at him like a little toddler without giving examples and PROOF. Give sources of your information and it better not be some blogspot post xD

[@angloturbo7137]

0:13 when the post office doesnt deliver your package on time😂

[@CALEBDAILYDEVOTION763]

Lol

[@krzysztofmadajczak6865]

Now there is a school in that place, the school that I attended. Fun fact: I won the history competition about this event. You did a great job.

[@stonedtowel]

Never underestimate a honey badger, and most certainly never underestimate the Polish.

[@ARONLINGHOONGROYMoe-sd3bt]

From a 2D animation to this masterpiece