When I lived in N.Ireland I used to play "who's country got shafted the most" with my Polish work mates. I lost. Then I tried drinking with them. I lost again. The Polish are more Irish than the Irish and I love them for it.

@andrewcave2045

2 жыл бұрын

There was a joke I heard from my Polish relatives, vetted by their Jewish friends: "Jewish History: They attacked us, we won, let's eat! Polish History: They attacked us, we lost, let's drink!"

@baird5682

2 жыл бұрын

One could say that Irish people are just polish people that are not polish enough :P

@theultimatepotatolord6619

2 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I have ancestors from both Poland and Ireland.

@locustoffamine2644

2 жыл бұрын

@@theultimatepotatolord6619 you are the chosen one

@emilybarclay8831

2 жыл бұрын

@@theultimatepotatolord6619 your name is so beautifully appropriate

Poland had no problem cracking Enigma because the best code the Germans could create was still less complicated then reading Polish.

@Spacey_key

2 жыл бұрын

I mean... You are not wrong. I guess?

@trixoktan4179

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@hannawojcik976

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@magdaciwis5920

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@snowwonder9814

2 жыл бұрын

Accurate! I studied abroad in Poland (I have Polish ancestry) but could not pick up the language the way I could French. Also, my name is Polish and Americans always struggle to say it. Except when I'm in the Chicago area, because of the large number or Polish immigrants and their descendants there!

A county so badass, they adopted a bear who accepted them as its brothers, fought for them in Italy, and got the rank of Corporal. Meaning a majority of the army was outranked by a bear. And no one even batted an eye.

@worldgoyimunite7290

2 жыл бұрын

Wojtek the bear :)

@Jas111ld

2 жыл бұрын

Wojtek !!!!!

@Copronomicon

2 жыл бұрын

We also have polar bear in our army.

@Jas111ld

2 жыл бұрын

@@Copronomicon polar Bear??

@Copronomicon

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jas111ld Baśka Murmańska.

I would like to point out that Madame Curie named one of her discovered elements in honor of her native land to draw attention to the fact that at the time the Poles were without sovereignty. To this day element 84 bears a name derived from that of a stubborn, fiercely independent nation: polonium.

@Haamre

2 жыл бұрын

One can only wish she switched the names for radium & polon though - as the former has many positive uses, while the later mostly came into public awareness due to the infamous "Putin's tea" usage...

@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790

2 жыл бұрын

Which is ironic because Polonium is a highly unstable element and it was mostly forgotten by people unless used for assassinations, the most recent and well known being Putin's alleged use against his enemies.

@BlackuKnighto

Жыл бұрын

@@Haamre You really want the element that is associated with creeping death to represent Poland?

@Haamre

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackuKnighto Excuse me...?

@BlackuKnighto

Жыл бұрын

@@Haamre Excuse you?

"Poland will not die" Rome wants what Poland has.

@carlosroo5460

2 жыл бұрын

Man, forget the USA, Poland is the real land of the Free.

@diverlawn3491

2 жыл бұрын

Its actually funny because something along this lines is in Polish anthem

@JollyOldCanuck

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlosroo5460 I wouldn’t call Poland the land of the free, but it’s definitely the land of the brave.

@MeatGuyJ

2 жыл бұрын

*laughs in Armenian-Polish*

@redpandaboi3085

2 жыл бұрын

Just like our anthem says. Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła kiedy my żyjemy.

Poland throughout it's history: TIS BUT A SCRATCH

@nulolove

2 жыл бұрын

A scratch!? Your arms off!!!

@colonelhammerhead3025

2 жыл бұрын

@@nulolove tis but a flesh wound

@jozefkozon4520

2 жыл бұрын

We are waitin for Robute to show up.

@MegaGangsta4life

2 жыл бұрын

Only a flesh wound!

@redpandaboi3085

2 жыл бұрын

@@nulolove Poland: Do i look like i give a fuck?

Poland is badass. The Battle of Britain, Siege of Vienna, the existence of Witold Pilecki, and especially the Battle of Wizna show how much Poland is willing to tell the rest of Europe that Poland won't bow down. Respect to Poland from Pennsylvania. 🇵🇱❤️🇺🇸

@jonathan6480

Жыл бұрын

What part of PA are you in? I'm in Philly. The Polish festival is coming up soon.

@NeinVyacheslav

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathan6480 close to Philly. Is that a thing we have?

@jonathan6480

Жыл бұрын

@@NeinVyacheslav Yes, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. This festival takes place the first week in September - it averages 25K people a year. There's a video of President Reagan landing at the festival in 1984.

@NeinVyacheslav

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathan6480 thanks for telling me. I'll have to check that out

@NeinVyacheslav

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathan6480 ended up going with a friend. Thanks again for letting me know

I'm a simple Hungarian. I see Poland, I like.

@eybaza6018

8 ай бұрын

As a simple Pole:I like back

@walecznypegaz3584

6 ай бұрын

❤

@gaborvisnyei8528

3 ай бұрын

Én is szeretem nézni más országok történelmét, orosz, ukrán, belarusz, lengyel, német mind jöhet. De a magyar valamiért a legjobb, pedig sose szerettem a történelmünket.

@hubisow4838

3 ай бұрын

Thx

@pizdaglizda

2 ай бұрын

as a simple Pole: I always appreciate Hungarians, love you guys

Poland’s most trustworthy neighbour seems to be the sea.

@felis1977

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of this humorous breakdown of symbolic meaning of the colors on Polish flag - white for honor, red for sacrifice, blue for loyal allies... ;)

@elionl1299

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah one king threw a ring into the sea to simbolicly "merry" it after recovering some territory there Edit:it was a general not a king, thanks for correcting me

@avak42pl

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh I literally can see that sea from the window

@GoDLiKeKakashi

2 жыл бұрын

I mean... Lithuania... Literally on the border and also literally one of the longest alliance between two nations I've ever heard of... Until y'know they kinda attacked and jacked our ancient capital but whatevs. Poor Poland >_>

@monikakomodzinska2283

2 жыл бұрын

best comment

Polish history can be defined by the phrase: "And then it got worse."

@kylzepolaczkowaty2197

2 жыл бұрын

Dont worry It gets worse

@omikron2811

2 жыл бұрын

Trochę racja. Ale obecnie jest w Polsce nieźle. :D

@smiglo112

2 жыл бұрын

@@omikron2811 Spokojnie, zaraz będzie gorzej.

@HawkeyePl56

2 жыл бұрын

@@smiglo112 "And then it got worse."

@vincenttt8289

2 жыл бұрын

"The worst day of your life, so far"

Love to Poland from Lithuania! Defending together against the rest of the world in max extreme difficulty geographical position since 1596. Brothers and sisters from another mother. It's a shame we were always surrounded by enemies and traitors and everyone kept invading and trying to occupy us nonstop. Chwała Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów!

@marius7270

Жыл бұрын

Even way before 1596 we were already defending together. It's a shame we two together had to held against such strong and large countries like Russia, Tatars from Asia, also Sweden, Teutonic Order. Lithuania has only had one true ally Poland. It's a shame Lithuania couldn't manage to hold its' territories. We would be same size like Poland or both would be even bigger. Once Lithuania and Poland were one of the largest countries in Europe :/

@marius7270

Жыл бұрын

Lithuania and Poland defended Europe from insane numbers of Tatars and other forces from Asia, east and south-east. If not Lithuania and Poland, Europe would be overrun by Tatars and Mongols. They had massive forces from across all Asia continent. Lithuania lost most of the soldiers to them and that's why we couldn't hold our once large territories anymore. We became weak after defending against massive Asian Tatar and Mongol forces. Noone is talking about that. That's why Lithuania is so small now. Lithuania and Poland today would be like France and Germany if not massive Mongolian and Asian forces attacking us from the east. Also had to defend our back from Sweden, Teotonic Order and Russia at the same time. Love to Poland but please show some love to Lithuania as well. Many Polish and Lithuanian heroes and legends died defending their ground against insane number of forces. Lithuania and Poland were holding like 300 Spartans against Persian army. If not us Europe would be Asia. Sad they are not making movies about our history. It was epic and legendary. Lithuania & Poland forever

@jozefkozon4520

Жыл бұрын

Chwała, Panowie bracia!

@Ruunawayboy

Жыл бұрын

@@marius7270 We Poles will never forget our common history, our common kings and that we are a family of hundreds of years

@Kanielwhiskey

11 ай бұрын

@@marius7270 Thank you for mentioning! A lot of people truly don't realise how big of a part Lithuania had in all of this!

“Poland will have its borders, even if it’s on the last map humanity ever draws!”

Heh, Blue researched pronunciations. He know that "w" is pronounced like "v". Poles will notice your effort.

@catpat4584

2 жыл бұрын

I know, it made me so happy

@FEARSONA

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, from a native Pole, those Vs are much appreciated 😁👍

@caspianodinsson5084

2 жыл бұрын

I was very impressed with his pronunciation!

@jankosi6882

2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, almost no mistakes in pronounciation

@the_meadow

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not even polish and that made me happy

...and that kids is why you don’t let an eagle choose the geographic starting point for your kingdom

@kilimounais9936

2 жыл бұрын

After it make a cool story to say

@merrittanimation7721

2 жыл бұрын

Worked better for the Aztecs at least.

@gorge2786

2 жыл бұрын

Merritt Animation I think Charles V had something to say about that

@dr.swagington7754

2 жыл бұрын

What the frick I thought you were ruling the Spanish and Holy Roman Empire why are you here don't you have a country to run?

@merrittanimation7721

2 жыл бұрын

@@CardiniPanini Wasn't the geography that defeated them.

Can you imagine having on your west border Galactic Empire, and on your east border Mordor? Poland doesn't have to.

@Hazay19

2 жыл бұрын

This comment wins!

@kirillassasin

2 жыл бұрын

You actually have a point, both are not that good.

@JohnSmith-zs9vr

2 жыл бұрын

In the book version of "The Two Towers", Gandalf had a conversation with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli about the relations between Isengard and Mordor. And they speculate that although Isengard and Mordor both fight the same enemies, if there weren't any countries between Isengard and Mordor, they would fight each other. Kinda like the III Reich and USSR who, having conquered the lands between them, turned on each other. And there are of course the elves who (like Britain and France) don't want to fight and have left the humans on their own.

@user-co3uc8vt7e

2 жыл бұрын

I find your comment highly offensive.

@thezeitos469

2 жыл бұрын

Like Poland didnt abuse its own power everytime they had the chance. Its sad, but thats just how human nations are every time they get the chance to. Poland just got forcefully robbed of its chances at some point.

As a Pole I had to say that I'm really happy that someone is talking about our history with some empathy towards us. Showing facts, not stereotypes. I'm sure that we got many things in common with other Central and East European countries, and history is a lot more complex, definitely should not by taught only from Western perspective. Even though there are many things that I don't like in my country, I am proud of who I am and from my roots. Your pronunciation is on point. I'm impressed.

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't know, you should look up a band called Sabaton. They have several songs highlighting Polish history, including "40:1," "Warsaw Uprising," "Winged Hussars," "Inmate 4859," "Aces in Exile."

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

They also have their own history channel here on KZread with this historian named Indy (no, I don't think he's ever melted any Nazis with any ancient Hebrew artifacts).

China: What was whole again, was broke again. What was broke again, was whole again. Poland: What was there again, was gone again. What was gone again, was there again.

@kagamisan9952

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that quote from the Romance of the three kingdoms

@meetaverma8372

2 жыл бұрын

I like the bill wurtz reference

@emermage

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, here we go again

@youreinacoma3009

2 жыл бұрын

there and gone (and back) again: a Polish tale

More like "Country Literally Too Angry to Die"

@Otto_Von_Beansmarck

2 жыл бұрын

ehh i think "Country Literally Too Polish to Die" might be better fitting

@mango2042

2 жыл бұрын

@@Otto_Von_Beansmarck same difference

@kamilradzikowski1663

2 жыл бұрын

@@Otto_Von_Beansmarck is there a difference?

@1nekrus

2 жыл бұрын

Country TO STUBORN TO DIE, i am from Poland and i know what im writing

@Carlos-js7vf

2 жыл бұрын

@@1nekrus word

Poland 🇵🇱 Poland ❤ Forever! Much love from South Korea 🇰🇷

@walecznypegaz3584

6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@hubisow4838

3 ай бұрын

Thx

My history teacher once described Poland as “a nation with an indestructible people, and even when they don’t have a nation, they will make it so”

@raindog6852

2 жыл бұрын

We had a nation but we hadn't country

@wladyslawbukowski

2 жыл бұрын

These are the first words of the Polish national anthem, "Poland has not died yet, as long as we are alive. What foreign violence has taken from us, we will take away with a saber."

@suonatar1

2 жыл бұрын

Aaww, that's nice.

@kiroshki

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunatly we almost lost the nation now due to cultural "aggression' from the West. The indestructibleness came from preserving, adapting AND improving OUR culture. Now we start to forget about that.

@suonatar1

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiroshki The day might come when we become again a satellite state of one of our neighbors.

I'm a simple Hungarian: I see Poland, I press like.

@annakrawczuk5221

2 жыл бұрын

eyyy

@laszlokaszas1003

2 жыл бұрын

Eyyyy

@ironmaidenson2534

2 жыл бұрын

Hungarian+Polish= Friendship forever❤

@respectthefish4992

2 жыл бұрын

yes same love

@crowickedone4037

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple Pole, i see Hungarians i smile

As an American patriot, I gotta say the Polish people and culture are ones I respect the most in the European continent. Even when they lost their territory to imperials, their resolve as a national group was unshakable. I salute you Poland, for never giving up the good fight for freedom.

@mitochondria6247

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow American, It might interest you to know that a few polish generals showed up to help us in our fight for freedom against Britain, despite the partitions they were facing back home.

@bratbrata4974

Жыл бұрын

As Poles, we should change the coat of arms. From a white eagle to a phoenix.

@stanleygohome4869

Жыл бұрын

@@bratbrata4974 It really IS and was a phoenix ARISEN!

@GrenadeMcSticki

Жыл бұрын

As a proud American Patriot whose descendant emigrated here from Poland in the 20's, I feel the Rebel Yell.

@piotr7970

Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Poland. God bless America

My favorite WWII story about a Polish soldier comes from the hunt for the Bismarck. During the fighting, one of the gunners for the British would fire in a pattern that read "I AM A POLE" in Morse code

Poland: *gets invaded or partitioned Europe: Were you killed? Poland: Sadly, yes. But I lived!

@BartekPll

Жыл бұрын

Epoka lodowcowa 3 złoty to cytat

@Kadwid

Жыл бұрын

People have this weird idea that if you colour the map differently and put figurehead administrators in, then suddenly the nation evaporates. Doesn't happen until you kill all the people and raise their children as another peoples. 200 years of trying hasn't done it to Poles tho!

@joew9690

Жыл бұрын

Yes but we resurrect !

@filipszmuniewski3480

Жыл бұрын

​@@BartekPll XD prawda

@sturmtiger7704

Жыл бұрын

Yay

"Act of reading history to cause me physical and psychological pain and yet.... Poland" As a polish person who went through 9 years of history in a formal education system... I never related to anything more in my entire life.

@ahmedamine24

2 жыл бұрын

The borders! They keep shifting!

@Enchie

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahmedamine24 The Poles are the second easiest people to move.

@annakrawczuk5221

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@dinoarek1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Enchie The Poles are the first hardest people to move.

@reiphas

2 жыл бұрын

Kazimierz's the Great Poland is my fav Poland, change my mind.

As an American of Anglo-Polish descent I support this video. I recently have been learning of my Polish ancestry. "Wierzbowski" meaning 'people from the willow trees' is an old noble family that occupied many high positions in government and churches during the 16th and 17th centuries. What was left of my ancestors immigrated to America (Boston, specifically) in 1913 from the Russian Empire. My father has the paperwork still in his archives. I'm also sad that my ancestors never got to live in a free and independent Poland but were spared the horror of WWI, Polish-Soviet War, WWII, and the Holocaust. I would like to go visit the region of my ancestors someday. It's an area of northeast Poland called "Kurpie" in Lomza, voivodeship.

@rafsiwczak

Ай бұрын

Wierzbowski it’s the guy who KIA in „Aliens” movie 😅

"I get knocked down, but I get up againYou are never gonna keep me down" - Poland basically

Poland's History: Being eaten and then being regurgitated out again. Repeat.

@aestheticswim3397

2 жыл бұрын

oh so Poland has a vore fetish,INtResTING

@kylzepolaczkowaty2197

2 жыл бұрын

@@aestheticswim3397 hold my beer time to draw it

@seekingabsolution1907

2 жыл бұрын

@@aestheticswim3397 no, the rest of Europe has a vore fetish, Poland is just their unwilling chew toy.

@barontakedownthisguy7794

2 жыл бұрын

Poland is the Orc race from Elder Scrolls as a country and little can change my mind.

@helltubejackie1086

2 жыл бұрын

These replies are cursed

Poland : *Exist* Russia, Prussia and Austria : It's free real estate! A few hundred years later Poland : IS THAT ALL THAT YOU GOT?

@larurentius

2 жыл бұрын

Poland: I didn't hear no bell!

@carlosroo5460

2 жыл бұрын

They can do this all day.

@bleddynwolf8463

2 жыл бұрын

oh harder daddy

@Alias_Anybody

2 жыл бұрын

I always imagined the partition of Poland as some kind of late night phone call (terribly anachronistic, I know). Maria: "What is it, Fritz? Do you know how late.... No, I won't bother with Poland, unless you literally handed it to me on a silver platter..." Fritz: "You'll be delighted"

@gerardmontgomery280

2 жыл бұрын

Poland. If Rocky Balboa was a country.

Polish history is literally what every universum with superhoeroes use. Oh he died, but he Got back, and.. There he goes again, oh hi, you back!

@andruloni

Жыл бұрын

a brief villain arc is mandatory

We also were one of few countries which had pretty good relations with "Vikings". Gunhild, sister of King Boleslaw Chrobry, was married to one of the Scandinavian Kings, and her son (Cnut the Great) took part in the Viking Invasion of England, during which he lead not only his own men but also some polish warriors send with him by our king.

@Ilyena_Nord

28 күн бұрын

And her name was Świętosława 😉 it's also said that she changed her name to Sigrid after the marriage and her new people called her Sigrid Storrada

Poland's anthem starts with the lyrics “Poland is not yet dead, as long as we live” This should tell you everything you need to know. Also, early gang Edit: Thanks for Konrad Klukowski for the correction

@konradklukowski1009

2 жыл бұрын

as long as *We live

@hailghidorah2536

2 жыл бұрын

@@konradklukowski1009 thanks for the correction

@morganrobinson8042

2 жыл бұрын

Poland, the Lich of nations.

@hailghidorah2536

2 жыл бұрын

@@morganrobinson8042 yes

@TheLoraxshadenough

2 жыл бұрын

"Didn't you die?" Poland: "Sadly yes, BUT I LIVED."

I’m a simple Hungarian. I see Poland, I click, I like.

@pozdrawiam1271

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you, sir!

@juliapodlejska8885

2 жыл бұрын

I see Hungarians, I scream: "LOVE YOU GUYS, LET'S DRINK AND EAT TOGETHER AND THEN LET'S LAUGH AT THE ABSURDITY OF OUR LANGUAGES"

@jasse803

2 жыл бұрын

Polak, Wegier dwa bratanki! Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát, Együtt harcol s issza borát, Vitéz s bátor mindkettője, Áldás szálljon mindkettőre. Zawsze Bracia!

@wolfi9933

2 жыл бұрын

@Certyfikowany Przewracacz Hulajnóg Elektrycznych I am a simple german, im in a relationship for a whole decade with a polish woman and still fear to pronounce her surname.

@Polish-Hussar

2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfi9933 I'm Pole and I challenge you to reading username of guy you answered

Poland is just Phoenix among countries! Btw you did very good job reading polish names, they're really accurate

“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being, nor can the dead ever be brought back to life... except for Poland lmao.” -Sun Tzu, the Art of War.

I have always loved that the Ottoman Empire, of all countries, refused to recognize the partition of an old honorable opponent. “The ambassador from Poland is unable to attend” - in your FACE, Prussia, Russia, and Austria.

@mewtwo6849

2 жыл бұрын

It is actually really lovely detail. And they maintained the embassy building and gvie back the keys to the first Polish ambassador after the WW I

@kirillassasin

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda Ironic, because Poland beat the crap out of Ottomans

@aerouantshinyscales3944

2 жыл бұрын

In kind of the same vein the polish-japanese relations were so good pre-WW2 that the Japanese empire refused the declaration of war sent by the polish government in exile

@toledochristianmatthew9919

2 жыл бұрын

@پیاده نظام خان Yeah as much it seems nice that the Ottomans had a hint of repsect, we shouldn't forget they would have taken a part of Poland as well if it still bordered the nation. Heck Austria took part in the annexation despite the Poles being the ones the saved them from the battle of vienna

@Muljinn

2 жыл бұрын

As it said, old favours are soon forgotten…

Poland-Lithuania in 1610: *Occupied Moscow* Russia after that: oh how the turns have tabled

@aro480_

2 жыл бұрын

It's still something to be proud of. None done that again

@AxxLAfriku

2 жыл бұрын

HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear lol

@duartebarros8573

2 жыл бұрын

@cak01vej sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh, i think u killed him

@kronos661

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it was done by a few private landowners from Poland... Like really. It was PRIVATE buisness.

@ul.biggit217

2 жыл бұрын

@@aro480_ nazis done it? They didn't have them on the ropes though. One stupid decision from the monarch and it was all lost😔

Poland is great, huge respect. Just imagine, they were gone, completely, wiped out... and then they rose again. Twice! A true inspiration. From a Ukrainian in New York. We love you!

Ouch, I knew that the entire history of poland consisted of pain from getting invaded but I didn’t expect poland to have a whole tragic hero character arc with an ultimate more or less happy ending. I seriously got invested.

Poland is a country that refused to die, it went off the face of the planet then came back then died again then came back. poland is immortal

@tekinet7958

Жыл бұрын

It had to be saved by other countries

@Ilyena_Nord

28 күн бұрын

We're basically a honeybadger of nations

@JellyJillia

13 күн бұрын

​@tekinet7958 incorrect it was helped by other countries but still fought alongside them. For example the polish army escaped poland durint ww2 and became pilots for britain

"hmm i like this law. I kinda wanna pass this." "Sejm"

@cykuta44

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ZarmothBlade

2 жыл бұрын

"This law will literally help everyone" "I stubbed my toe today, therefore Veto!"

@TitanDarwin

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZarmothBlade The Polish-Lithuanian Sejm is arguably the best argument against nobility having any privileges.. or existing at all. Polish-Lithuanian nobles pretty much used their veto powers to sabotage the PLC, either on behalf of hostile foreign powers like Russia or simply out of selfishness. They also tended to pick foreigners as kings specifically because said candidates wouldn't be familiar at all with Polish-Lithuanian culture, language etc and therefore unable to successfully contest the Szlachta's power.

@MoraFermi

2 жыл бұрын

@@TitanDarwin To be honest, present day politics in Poland show clearly that the masses are no better and will happily vote against their own best interests given half a fake promise.

@PedroKing19

2 жыл бұрын

@@MoraFermi are the masses in power in Poland today? If the promises being made to them are not being honored it doesn't sound like they're in power

In the long list of entertaining polish stuff, Polish soldiers were sent to help put down the Haitian Revolution. They got there, decided, for all of the reasons the video shows, that they actually agreed with the rebelling slaves, and then started to fight beside them instead.

@starmaker75

2 жыл бұрын

They were also helping the American during the USA war of independence. In fact the American Calvary was built by a polish general. His name is casmir pulaski by the way

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

@@starmaker75 And that makes sense, because the Poles have quite a reputation for cavalry.

@Boss_Isaac

2 жыл бұрын

Neat! Class consciousness leading to a coalition of marginalized persons coming together to fight alongside one another for their liberation, awesome!

@ofersagi5653

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas.Wright and the winged hussars arrived

@3Andzia3

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know that. I wish I'd known that. It seems like such an interesting detail to be brought up during history classes on Napoleon Wars.

It is strange bitter-sweet heritage we have, heavy burden but taken with pride and dignity. Long time ago we have learn that we can only really count on Hungary.

@walecznypegaz3584

6 ай бұрын

What about Turkey?

I love that you start the video by putting a giant sign "Eastern Europe" on the exact middle of the continent :D

I remember in one of my history courses we wrote a paper about an area our ancestors came from, I’m a quarter Polish so I chose them. The paper was named “Poland, aka the black Knight from Monty Python”

@Gniew2

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! That's a good one :D

@Enchie

2 жыл бұрын

More like Deadpool. You can cut it to pieces or kill it, but it keeps coming back.

@tyrant-den884

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@salahuddinyusuf

2 жыл бұрын

Nazi Germany: You've got no army left! Surrender! Poland: Tis a flesh wound

@jesusschizus272

Жыл бұрын

Tis only flesh wound! 😆 Greetings from Poland! 😉

Watching this as a Pole, rubbing my hands together waiting to judge Blue for butchering the names, only for him to do a good job. Disappointing.

@mirjanbouma

2 жыл бұрын

Our boy Blue does his homework.

@evvva69420

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to comment that! He did a really good job!

@maciejrejowski4682

2 жыл бұрын

Why are we commenting in english tho?

@mirjanbouma

2 жыл бұрын

@@maciejrejowski4682 nou makker, ik wil best in het Nederlands reageren als je dat graag wil, maar ik heb zo'n vermoeden dat je me beter begrijpt als ik reageert in het Engels. That's why.

@maciejrejowski4682

2 жыл бұрын

@@mirjanbouma wiem, u nas mówią na to sarkazm, taki żarcik :)

I have small correction: Jadwiga didn't became queen, but king. In those times there wasn't something like queens in Poland. Otherwise great video bro

@emanuelbugaj7078

Жыл бұрын

There were quins, but in polish Version of this world "królowa" means king's wife. Jadwiga was the ruler of the country, so king herself, not king's wife

I actually love how romantic Poland is with Hungary, you see Hungarian and you automatically want to greet himself and befriend him, Hungarian sees someone from Poland : Long time no see my beloved internet sibling, lets kiss. And theres only one way to answer that, why so late? 😁 Been in Hungary many many times, i always leave a Hungary with even stronger feel of love towards them. Amazing country and even more amazing how tradition and legacy we have between us IS still going.

"Poland would not die" is a oddly hilarious sentence I didn't know I needed to hear

@carlosroo5460

2 жыл бұрын

The wrecker Decepticon of Transformers 2 has nothing on Poland's.

@elimcclellan8139

2 жыл бұрын

Look up the Wikipedia article for the Polish national anthem and look at the English name of the song.

@razorflossrazor2937

2 жыл бұрын

@@elimcclellan8139 you were not kidding. It translates to Poland is not yet lost. If any nation deserves that title it's damn sure Poland.

@Rzulf4

2 жыл бұрын

@@razorflossrazor2937 It's more literally translates into "Poland is not yet /dead/." For the last few centuries our history was, essentially, that.

minor detail: Jadwiga was also "King of Poland", she never defined herself as Queen in order to assert her sovereignty over Poland and Lithuania, taking it out of Jagiełło's hands

@joshuahunt3032

2 жыл бұрын

In Yadwiga’s time, a queen couldn’t be a queen regnant (i.e. “queens” had to be the consort, not the ruler). The trick is, they never said the king had to be male.

@compatriot852

2 жыл бұрын

The thing though was she wasn't really able to due to the civil war occuring in Lithuania. Vytautas fought his cousin for this exact reason knowing the Poles would try to take advantage of Lithuania. He remained Grand Duke of Lithuania and guaranteed Lithuanian sovereignty for the next hundreds of years.

@Robert-wf7xu

2 жыл бұрын

Go read some books

@MegaMementoMori

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, Jadwiga and Jagiełło was the first openly gay royal marriage in history :D

@a.w.4708

2 жыл бұрын

But it wasn't like they plotted aganist each other in order to gain personal power - they were actually qiute happy mariage (especially for their age difference... They married when Yadviga was 10 and Yogailo was 36) and co-rulers. After Yadviga's death Yogailo named his daughter with his next wife after her, the wife was actually adviced to him by Yadviga who wanted to provide him stable future as a king of Poland after her death and from what I remember one of them had a ring which was present from the other and considered it their most important belonging (I don't remember who was the owner and who was the giver). To make things more interesting, Yadviga at first really didn't want to marry Yogailo and even, as legend said, tried to escape the castle by destroying wooden doors with an axe, and after that she supposedly went to bed with her true love Habsburg prince... And then she, at her young age, made a significant political decision, cause mariage with Habsburg would be political disaster. Another legend claims that before the decision she asked some male servant to go to bath with Yogailo and then tell her what he had seen and what she heard was supposedly another reason for marriage. She also funded a renovation of the oldest Polish University (now 600 years old) and liked color blue, and slept with Yogailo only on Tuesdays for what I've read. Her death vas really grieved. It's interesting topic.

10:34 Fighting while vibing on AirPods, what a badass

@Zapadoslavist

2 жыл бұрын

And he is holding the only weapon that was designed AND produced in occupied europe (ofc not for the Germans) it is called "Błyskawica" it's a sten but for MP 40 bullets and has a vertical magazine

Nothing but praise for Poland. Thank you for taking over 2 million Ukrainian refugees.

@dariusz2303

Жыл бұрын

.... five and half as for now

@stoneeagle7360

7 ай бұрын

We’re taking in our own cousins whose home was destroyed. We’re both descendants of Lech.

Mieszko: "If I convert to Christianity the Christians will stop invading me!" Poland's Christian neighbours for the next thousand years: "About that..."

@KamikazeMedias

2 жыл бұрын

Accurate

@martinmortyry7444

2 жыл бұрын

Jokes aside, he didn't do that to stop Christian invasions (he was actually doing very well against them) but to forge alliances and expand his influence.

@Dread_2137

2 жыл бұрын

Well yes, but actually no

@mikolajgrotowski

2 жыл бұрын

I think big part was "If i convert i must stop raid them?" And mostly answer was "Not really". Many German attack was try to stop polish raids, and without success.

@bartoszszymkowicz5143

2 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha good point mate ;D

Howdy, a polish guy here. The video is great and, surprise, you did surprisingly good on pronunciation of polish words. There's just one thing that would put you on a hit list among every history teacher in our country - the fact you called Jadwiga a queen. She was a King of Poland, she was crowned and received full power as a rightful ruler... and polish szlachta would not see a queen ruling over them, so she was called a King instead and everyone was just fine with it. Other than that, all great, keey up the great work

@MtnNerd

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

That cracks me up. "How could we respect ourselves, or be respected, if we followed a woman?" "Nah, it's cool. She decreed herself a man." "Ah! Good thinking."

@virtual_wolfy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Not exactly... it was more as a way to declare her as equal to a man as women didn't have any rights at the time. But honestly - it was one of the least confusing things that happened in that time of polish history, don't go deeper :V

@lucidnonsense942

2 жыл бұрын

@@jean-paulaudette9246 in Polish Kròlowa doesn't mean the same as Queen, at the time anyway, it was more along lines of consort. So they crowned Jadwiga the Latin Rex, as the constitution required a rex, or King, to rule the nation. It wasn't strictly grammatically correct, but it was felt that it reflected the situation better.

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucidnonsense942 Thanks! That's clear.

Also in 2014 Poland formed it's own space agency. Poland CAN into space!

2:56 actually Jadwiga became the King of Poland because king meant someone running the country and queen was the king's wife

How does he prenouces everything so well. He even said "szlachta" correctly.

@cashkromsupernerd1193

2 жыл бұрын

Except Kazimierz. I've heard a lot of pronunciations (I'm named after him), his is foreign to me. Given how complicated the language is though, I'm willing to overlook that lol

@IronBranchEnjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@cashkromsupernerd1193 The only mistake he made is not realising that 'zi' in Polish is pronounced like a ż, the 'rz' at the end wasn't perfect but it's fine.

@JamieDNGN

2 жыл бұрын

@@IronBranchEnjoyer Zi isn't pronounced the same as ż - it's the same as ź

@shion3948

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamieDNGN I'd say zi is pronounced the same as źi

@JamieDNGN

2 жыл бұрын

@@shion3948 źi is not valid in polish orthography though, Zi is used when a vowel follows (including i which is not written twice in that case - zima for example (winter) or więzi (bonds, compare więź - bond)), and ź is used when either a consonant or nothing else follows. It's mostly an orthographic variant because when you pronounce ziemia (earth, soil, ground) and więź the Zi and ź are pronounced the same [ˈʑɛmʲä (not [ʑʲɛmʲä]) vʲɛ̃ʑ] if we're being pedantic the ź in więź becomes devoiced but eh If you pronounce Zi alone, yes it would be źi, but otherwise they're the same sound unless it's a syllable

"And if that sounds kind of insane, that's because it was." Surely, Blue knows that Eastern Europe has lived and continues to live by the phrase, "This is going down a crazy path.... *so let's keep going and see what happens."*

@lukasz1kier

2 жыл бұрын

Surely Blue knows to never say Poland is eastern Europe. We don't like that - we don't want to be in the same basket as Russia. Ever. Russia is yucky.

@paulb7027

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukasz1kier Blue definitely knows. Russia is not yucky, but we, the Poles, strongly do not want to be mistaken for other nations.

@bugajification

2 жыл бұрын

"If youre going trough hell.keep on walking" winston churchill

@houston1342

2 жыл бұрын

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@James_Wisniewski

2 жыл бұрын

Ahem... CENTRAL EUROPE.

fun fact! the poles operated at least two destroyers during WW2. they managed to escape from polish ports and fled to the uk, where they operated in conjunction with the royal navy, but under the polish flag. one of them is said to have partaken in the sinking of the Bismarck, to whom she signaled "we are poles" as she was sinking. or something to that effect, its been a while since i heard the story

something else that came from the history of Poland is the Bialoveska Puscha ( I KNOW I didn't spell that right), a beautiful forest preserve on the Polish border with Belarus.

"As we get into World War I" All my Elementary School Teachers who skipped straight to WWII and left me confused for five years: I vote we don't.

@jozefkozon4520

2 жыл бұрын

You might will to veto their idea.

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

I can tell you about one significant battle in Poland during the Great War: The Battle of Osawiec. It was like something straight out of a horror movie: about 7,000 German soldiers were completely routed by about 100 "dead" Russians. So terrified of these dead Russians the Germans fled across the battlefield and killed themselves on their own fortifications.

@osakablinladen

2 жыл бұрын

mine never got to WW2 in any sort of school

@rashkavar

2 жыл бұрын

If you want to pick up a good understanding of WWI (and haven't yet) I highly recommend the channel The Great War, which did a chronological analysis of the war week by week. Quite an experience to watch that series.

@occam7382

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas.Wright, more specifically, these Russian soldiers were garrisoning a fort that Germany really wanted to capture, so they bombed and attacked at at least 3 different times. They all failed. Growing desperate, the Germans just decided to gas the sh*t out of Osawiec fort, and they assumed the defenders were all dead, so they adopted gas masks and went straight on in. Only to find about 100 Russians troops wearing clothes around their mouths, coughing up blood and charging at them like fucking mad lads. The Germans were so terrified of this that they ran away completely, allowing the Russians to hold onto fort Osawiec. This battle would later be known as the "Attack of the Dead Men".

Poland be like “I can do this all century.”

@kac7857

2 жыл бұрын

More like "I can do this all millenium".

@Pyre

2 жыл бұрын

It's staggering and wonderful how much that *isn't* a joke.

@HaroldElbowmanIV

2 жыл бұрын

I was just wondering if Poland-Lithuania inspired Sokovia given the whole "crossroads of major powers, locus of conflict, proud citizens, gets swallowed up" thing.

@stephenflint3640

2 жыл бұрын

Just about a millennium of guttural, bloody lipped "I didn't hear no bell..."

@hayleybartek8643

2 жыл бұрын

Poland be like "I didn't hear no bell!"

So excited to see some more Slavic history that's not just Russia! I hope to see more in the future. I hope Blue does one about Slovenia or at least the Balkan territory one day, since this year we have just marked 30 years of independence.

Your Polish pronunciation is pretty well. Polish people appreciate you effort. It is rare among English-speaking people. Our language is in fact difficult for foreigners to learn, even on the basic level of correct pronunciation.

Out of several mistakes, I'll point an interesting one: Jadwiga wasn't a queen of Poland - she was crowned as a king of Poland (król, not królowa).

@carlosroo5460

2 жыл бұрын

Jee, too much Machismo?

@poankiyu7664

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this one in so many different comment sections whenever Jadwiga is mentioned. It's getting a bit wearing at this point.

@dominikstochmal9233

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is that word królowa does not have interchangeable meaning with word queen in english, its ortography points that this specific person is not holding office of king as is nonetheless wife of one, you can use ending "owa" to make wife of any posible word refering to profession, like for example burmistrz (mayor) into burmisztrzowa (wife of a mayor) or Nowak (popular polish surname into Nowakowa (wife of a Nowak, in default one specific person).

@eldermoose7938

2 жыл бұрын

​@@wojciechficek616 Wasn't she was explicitly crowned as a "king" despite not being a man a statement to her contemporaries that she was their equal? or is that English mythologizing

@HenshinFanatic

2 жыл бұрын

There's also the -ska -ski distinction between female and male members of a family. For example, Rutkowska would be a female while Rutkowski could be her brother or other male relative.

Fun Fact - Jadwiga was actually a crowned KING for some time as Poland never had a ruling queen. Then she got married and her husband took the title upon himself.

@malamalinka

Жыл бұрын

It’s a common mistake indeed to call her Queen. Jadwiga was the King of Poland when she ascended to the throne.

@paulbenedict1289

Жыл бұрын

That is correct in English. After all Queen Elizabeth is also a monarch, not a wife of a monarch.

@Lina-lq7jm

Жыл бұрын

@Arkadiusz Kapa And yet... she didnt really rule all that much. Jogaila did!

@abcdmefgh2843

Жыл бұрын

@@Lina-lq7jm Yes, sadly she died at 25 year old due to complications of giving birth

@Hadar1991

Жыл бұрын

@@Lina-lq7jm Jogaila known his place, even if he was responsible for day to day operation he could not go against wishes of his wife, because his all power in Poland was due to the fact, he was married to power Jadwiga had. This is a reason why until Jadwiga lived Jogaila tried to avoid any conflict with Christian nations, because it was the wish of Jadwiga. When she died, Jogaila became the sole rule and Teutonic Order provoked he went ballistic - which would not happen when Jadwiga lived.

I am from Poland and I am proud of my country 😊😸

Excellent summary of Polish history, and your pronunciation was on point. I am saying this a a Polish person.

*Typical fantasy writer:* "King is good, but his advisors are bad guys" *Polish Sejm:* "Bunch of aristocrats corrupted and manipulated by enemy governments chose the king that will favour their own shady businesses" *Me:* "Write that down, write that down!!!"

@tyrant-den884

2 жыл бұрын

I'm always annoyed by how pro-monarchist fantasy writers tend to be.

@histhoryk2648

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyrant-den884 I don't think it's annoying but rather uncreative, but I understand why. Most of European countries had monarchies to some degree, so they are more relatable and easier to implement. Writing something different might be difficult

@tyrant-den884

2 жыл бұрын

@@histhoryk2648 then check how often the evil conquerer who must be replaced with some inexperienced kid is a self-man who earned their position through (admittedly bloody) merit. The main strength of a functioning monarchy is a ruler who has been trained by birth, but no one want that when they can have some kid or Allister.

@GaldirEonai

2 жыл бұрын

In DSA (german fantasy RPG) there's a nation that's basically a combination of medieval Russia, the baltics and Poland-Lithuania, with the commonwealth's system of government. It works surprisingly well because the nobles tend to hate outsiders slightly more than each other :P.

@warreneckels4945

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyrant-den884 Actual republics, as opposed to autocracies masquerading as republics, tend to be boring and complicated. On rare occasions, we in the United States are not. One of them was the Civil War. The norm is better reflected in that two Presidents (Harding in 1920 and Biden in 2020) were elected largely on the belief that their Administrations would be cures for insomnia.

Fun fact: italy and poland are the only two countries on earth to call each other by name each in their national anthem. Solidarity against austrians I guess.

@witoldtadeusz

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Didn't know about the Italian one.. I think I need to some some foreign anthems...

@alekjanowski9847

2 жыл бұрын

@@witoldtadeusz Check the lyrics on both they are there :D + Weirdly enough Mussolini wanted an Alliance with Poland before WW2 O_o

@adambielen8996

2 жыл бұрын

Well in Poland Austria is seen as the least of 3 evils, because when your other options are Russia and Prussia/Germany the Habsburgs suddenly seem rather saintly in comparison. In southern Poland that era is referred to a benign neglect. Though the Anthem is referring to the Polish soldiers that would defect to Napoleon. Unfortunately he would send the to Haiti in an attempt to crush that rebellion, but they would defect again and join the Haitians.

@witoldtadeusz

2 жыл бұрын

@@adambielen8996 not completely so. Yes, at the end of partitions, just before ww1, restrictions were really loose in austrian partition, but during the Napoleonic Era things weren't so pleasant, Austria was just as harsh as the others

@lollopollo231

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah of course in Italy nobody hates austrians anymore, it was a joke ahahaha

As a Pole I will say, good job, and also you were pronouncing most of the Words almost perfect.

VERY impressed with your polish pronunciation! Also good job on picking up on those threads that seem to run throughout polish history, like the strong role of the church. I once tried explaining to a foreign friend why Catholicism is so wrapped up with polish history but i didn't manage to summarise it very well

Dschinghis Khan: A German group dressed up as Mongols singing about Russia Poland: *Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no*

@acgames1880

2 жыл бұрын

I see you at every history and every reptile video lol

@marcinrybinski4423

2 жыл бұрын

Dschinghis Khan is actually very popular in poland. During communism you had to listen to what they'd allowed you to listen and Dschinghis Khan's songs were allowed. You can still hear them (especially "Moskau") at polish weddings. At least at the ones I've been to.

@rasmusn.e.m1064

2 жыл бұрын

The UK: "Ah, I see the Hun has finally shed its civilised cloak and gone fangs agape for the Lechian throat. It saddens my heart to the Polish divided again, but, alas, 'tis the way of poles to be apart, is it not?"

@YataTheFifteenth

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcinrybinski4423 they fuckin what. Damn I get controlling political crap but music? Damn. S'takin it too far.

@icedteacatfish

2 жыл бұрын

hi avery

"But a Kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being" - sun-tzu Meanwhile, Poland: "HOLD MY VODKA!"

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

BAPTIZED IN FIRE, FORTY TO ONE! SPIRIT OF SPARTANS, DEATH AND GLORY!

@trixoktan4179

2 жыл бұрын

Poland; Sory master, I'm stubborn.

@nihili4196

2 жыл бұрын

Poland be like: Wellll... Define "Destroyed"

@KamikazeMedias

2 жыл бұрын

@@nihili4196 Sun: Not on the map, saltier than carthage.. clensed technically.. Every term you use to describe destroying a nation...

@luc.6605

2 жыл бұрын

@@KamikazeMedias poland: yeaaaah... But ive just asked God and hes cool with me so im just gonna gonna restore the country thank you very much

blue ! thank you so much for this video- the fact that you took the time to talk abt my country, mention the most important parts of our history, PRONOUNCE THE NAMES CORRECTLY, and recognize our spirit means the world to me. seriously well done, keep up the great work. and could i request that you make our bro Hungary star of the show sometime in the future ? xx

Damn, this is actually the first video of many i have seen on polish history that i, as a pole, 100% agree with, while also being detailed and comprehensive. Good job!

You needed 3 empires at the same time from 3 different directions to destroy Mighty Poland. Amazing.

@GenjiGencyandOverwatch

2 жыл бұрын

Aaand it still will come back. So you probably need more than that

@wlaba272

2 жыл бұрын

@Абдульзефир ah, russians hahahahhaha, typical ^^

@GenjiGencyandOverwatch

2 жыл бұрын

@Абдульзефир Trust me it would

@krisrohm1042

2 жыл бұрын

yea cause by that time... poland (or the P.L.C.)was crazy fcking strong like it was said in the Video :D Poland wasnt refered to as the sleeping Dragon of Europe for nothing:D

@chlopakzpolski

Жыл бұрын

+ Targowica (V columne)

"I used to think Polish history was a tragedy. But now I realize, it's a triumph."

@VaeSapiens

2 жыл бұрын

Generał Kenobi.

@adambielen8996

2 жыл бұрын

@@VaeSapiens Hetman would be the correct term. But I do like the cheeky dark L.

@Alaryk111

2 жыл бұрын

@@adambielen8996 In the Polish dub of the Revange of the Siths he is called Generał not hetman.

@adambielen8996

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alaryk111 Ah, well fair enough then. Carry on good sir.

@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139

2 жыл бұрын

@@VaeSapiens Generał Pierogi

Despite your apologies for the quality of your Polish pronounciations, I would like to tell you they were very acurate :) It shows how much you care about the subjects you make videos about. This video made me happy about where I come from. Cheers!

Poland and Hungary stands strong together , love from Székelyföld 🇭🇺❤️🇵🇱

@marek7641

Жыл бұрын

Stop supporting putin then

@obi-wankenobi1676

Жыл бұрын

@@marek7641 who said I'm supporting Putin

@marek7641

Жыл бұрын

@@obi-wankenobi1676 your government is and you don’t protest. Being silent is supporting

@obi-wankenobi1676

Жыл бұрын

@@marek7641 I ain't living in Hungary , I'm not even a Hungarian citizen yet

@marek7641

Жыл бұрын

@@obi-wankenobi1676 what kind of excuse is that? I see Ukrainian and Iranian protests around the world. But I don’t see free russians protesting in free countries. Same mentality

It wasn't just the Polish airmen that continued to fight in WWII. The Free Polish Navy were right in there too. One Polish destroyer [EDIT: named "Piorun" or "Lightning", thanks Raindog] continually flashed the message "I am a Pole." to the German battleship Bismarck just to let them know it was personal. One British admiral expressed surprise at how few Polish Free Navy ships he had because of how often they were reported for bravery.

@raindog6852

2 жыл бұрын

This destroyer's name was "Piorun" (Lightning).

@jakubw.2779

2 жыл бұрын

Talking about Polish Free Navy you cannot forget about ORP Błyskawica (another word for lightning in polish - little bit of semantics - Piorun describes the lightning speed and Błyskawica describes its flash) the most honored ship of polish navy in WWII. This ship done so many different things - from mine sweeping, through sub hunting and troop transport to air defence platform and shore shelling - it's unbelievable it was only a destroyer. It is also oldest surviving destroyer in the world. It's docked in Gdynia and is availibile for tourists. Fun fact: There's special memorial in Cowes, England dedicated to Błyskawica and its crew for heroic defense against german air raids. One day the guns on the ship fired so many rounds the barrels got deformed and needed urgent replacement

@Diveyl

2 жыл бұрын

@@raindog6852 ORP Błyskawica. Technically same as Piorun, but not really.

@syfsonkupskowicki5326

2 жыл бұрын

@@Diveyl myślę, że Thunder będzie lepszym tłumaczeniem Pioruna,zaś Lightning zostawmy Błyskawicy

@Diveyl

2 жыл бұрын

@@syfsonkupskowicki5326 Może i racja że Błyskawica to bardziej Lightning, jako że bardziej chodzi o sam świetlny efekt wyładowania niż dźwięk. Ale jest też Grom, który bardziej pasuje do Thunder. Piorun może być oboma.

“It’s rare for for the act of reading history to bring me physical, and psychological pain,” Me half polish: It is?

@jackhadfield1332

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect you to be here.

@katm9810

2 жыл бұрын

Me Full Polish: I was born in pain 🤣

@GoPackGoBaby

2 жыл бұрын

Only half what’s the other half? German I know it’s German 100% or not Poles stronk together

@christinaturner6548

2 жыл бұрын

iz curious.. other half...?

@Polish-Hussar

2 жыл бұрын

Me full polish: *got third dose of morphine today* Something needs to bring you pain?

your polish pronunciation is quite on point in most cases. I really compliment your pronunciation of "szlachta" where it is not an easy one, and you said it practically perfectly. All in all, the whole piece is terrific and I wish my history teachers were this interesting and concise at the same time ^^ rock on

Your pronunciation, especially the names of early kings, was actually quite good. Slavic names can be notoriously difficult for English speakers to say, so mad props there.

I am a simple Hungarian. I see Poland. I click. I like. Love to our brothers on the other side of the Carphatians ♥️

@jozefkozon4520

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Bro.

@lordsiergiej9685

2 жыл бұрын

same here bro, same here

@felis1977

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple Pole. I see Hungarian comment. I click "Like" ;)

@thethirdsicily4802

2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this comment.

@cronosvandust313

2 жыл бұрын

Magyar, lengyel - két jó barát! Cheers from Poland, friend!

German and Russia: why wouldn’t you stay down? Poland: I didn’t hear no bell. As someone who has Polish and German heritage, reading Central Europe history is quite a mixed feeling and heading banging to the wall

@emiehoney5041

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! I'm 2nd generation polish and German!

@brandonlyon730

2 жыл бұрын

@@emiehoney5041 I’m third generation.

@Alias_Anybody

2 жыл бұрын

"I don't like Poland. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere" Frederick the Great

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

So if I say the words, "BAPTIZED IN FIRE, FORTY TO ONE!"

@Thomas.Wright

2 жыл бұрын

I would make a Winged Hussars reference, but KZread keeps deleting them for some weird reason.

This is an incredible video, who knew Poland was such a historical anomaly

very cool rundown of polish history! i'd love to hear you cover lithuania on its own some day

“Volleyball of Europe” It’s sad how accurate this is😂 Being in the middle of the cluster fuxk called Europe is surely not fun for anyone. Respect to Poland for still existing

@janzataj6714

2 жыл бұрын

i prefer to call them the "superpowers punching bag" but that works too

@witoldtadeusz

2 жыл бұрын

You know this scene in cartoons, when something runs over someone form left to right, then back to left again? The eastern fronts during 1900s be like:

@KoRbA2310

2 жыл бұрын

@@witoldtadeusz you mean this? /watch?v=-UL8MCgwTlk

@artur0y95

2 жыл бұрын

As it happens we are the reigning world champions in volleyball. I think there might be some truth to that.

@kllk12ful

Жыл бұрын

you can say the same thing about the Baltics having Russia and Germany for neighbors is brutal

Rome: We have a Senate😎 Poland: lol, Sejm😂

@witoldtadeusz

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the Senate (polish - Senat) was the upper house of the parliament (still is), though yeah, pretty much so

I watched it right after your film about Ukraine. I'm Polish and am impressed with lack of mistakes in our history and pronunciation much better than most English speakers can muster

I’m a Pole living in the US I visit every 4 years and am astonished how far along they have come. Much love to my motherland and her people I hope she will be a sheep nation at end times…spared from the Lords wrath upon a sinful world. God bless.

@AviViljoen

Жыл бұрын

And God bless you.

@hiyou1976

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear that :) greets from Warsaw mate :)

The Polish national anthem goes: "Poland did not yet disappear as long as we're alive"

@kyleangelocastro9460

2 жыл бұрын

Poetic

As a polish and historician i want to say that this is probably the best brief history of Poland on YT. Why I think that? Because it's perfectly focused on its most important matters: Catholicism, parlamentarism and (multi- ->mono-) ethnicism. Good job!

@brahmagupta12

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, especially with the part about parliamentarism, which is really impressive for the 17th century. I also do agree that it is a petty that Jan III Sobieski was missed, however, in terms of understanding the idea about Poland I do think it was a fair oversimplified interpretation of its history (especially as I studied one yeah Eastern European History, which was mainly about Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). It would have been interested mentioning Adam Mickiewicz and how he is perceived in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus and why, as this represents the complex historical legacy in the region.

@MM-yj7yt

2 жыл бұрын

​@@to_co_jest_prawdziwe Although it was the last notable military victory I'd say the battle of Vienna and its outcomes meant more for the history Europe than Poland itself.

@to_co_jest_prawdziwe

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-yj7yt Yes. You are right

@shpho

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's good, there are some really minor mistakes like calling Bolesław V king and Jadwiga queen

@Proletarius87

Жыл бұрын

Yup, but also is "copy/paste" of most history schoolbooks. Not a single word of "Old Set of Rulers" which mentions rulers preceding Mieszko I. How in all books is all the same: Poland thx to Church, Poland thx to Germany. It is seen even now. Politics selling polish independence for german (EU) reason of state, regardless of the political side, or appropriation of moral life by Catholic Church, which leaves any Poles that don't want anything in common with it, out od margin of the social life, and then they're recruited by "progressive" West.

Polish girl here. Clicking on the video I was skeptical, that you'll handle it (no offense, I just know damn well how bonkers our history is :D ) but you handled everything like a trooper :). Yeah, as I said our history is a long, reach and beautiful, but also a mess, but honestly, I love every bit of it, we sorta became jackass badasses of Europe, but seriously I'm a person with a lot of mental issues, and in my dark days thinking of how our country despite everything it suffered could always rise back up from the ashes is a huge inspiration and gives hope :)

Thank You so much for making this video! It's wonderful that you educate people from around the world about my country's history ❤️ Greetings from Poland!

It's always fun for me, as a Polish person, to listen to people reacting to our history :D And don't worry, Blue, your pronunciation was quite good for someone who isn't a native speaker of our szczrzdrz :)

@CLNCJD94

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who knows a decent amount of my polish ancestors coming over to the US in 1898 I never really learned much about the history of Poland. Hell my grandma’s maiden name was Chowanski and my great Uncle has dug through our genealogy to discover there’s a book in Poland that can date my family tree all the way back to the first king of England. The fact that book has survived kinda reinforces the ideas brought in this video.

@thethirdsicily4802

2 жыл бұрын

My faborite video on youtubeiis still Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz

@taka2721

2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow polish person I get quite irritated when people view it as some sort of depressing tragedy. It actually still seems much better then most nations under colonial boot in Africa and Asia, but Poland is seen as more tragic, to me mostly because it is in Europe

@jemolk8945

2 жыл бұрын

@@taka2721 As someone from the US, it seems like both an incredible and inspiring case of resilience under the worst circumstances, and also learning some of the absolute worst possible lessons from the time spent subjugated. A heroic tragedy, if you will.

Oh boy, Poland. The stomping ground of Europe.

@diverlawn3491

2 жыл бұрын

But with legos

@jon-paulfilkins7820

2 жыл бұрын

Twinned with Belgium?

@tajakjejtam

10 күн бұрын

A God's playground, as Norman Davies said.

3:04 Jadwiga isn't a queen ( wife o the king) she was a King of Poland. So she became a quenn after marriage with Jagieło.

You spell polish names surprisingly well, good job!