@14:50 The battle of Grunwald was not between “the Holy Crusaders” and some “tribes” (what tribes?). It was a battle between the Teutonic Order on the one side, and a coalition of Poland (a kingdom with over 400 years of Christianity) and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (a state just re-christianized peacefully, where christianity was already present among people on its south part) on the other side.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting. The sign at the museum described the battle as the tuetonic knights (also known as the holy crusaders) and the tribes of Poland. It did talk about how Poland at the time was already Christian, which tells me it was more of a power play than an actual religious fight.

@jakisktos8623

26 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel Everyone could be Crusader but did not have to be Teutonic. There may be a little problem in translation because Krzyżowiec (polish name for member of the Crusader invasion army) is Crusader and Krzyżak (polish name for member of Teutonic) is Crusader also in google translator ;)

@pedrozatravel

26 күн бұрын

@@jakisktos8623 this could be true. When I was in Bratislava the menu translated mushrooms as slime. We were kind of amused when we were offered slime soup, a lot of things get lost in translation. 😁

@sytrostormlord3275

25 күн бұрын

One additional context info: Originaly Teuton were brough to this part of Europe by polish Duke of Masovia, who needed help in protecting his borders against pagan Prussian raiders. They did their job, conquered the lands of Prussian and settled ther for good. Once there were no pagans arround, they started attacking neighbouring countries ( including catholic Poland -> google for Gdank onslaght). Battle from 1410 was another page in conflict which existed fir at least 100 years at that point. It was first time, when heavy and undeafeted Teutonic Army lost miserably to united forced of: Poles, Lithuanians, but also Czechs and even few Tatars units (descedants of the Mongol Horde!). It was a battle between crusaders that went rouge and their neighbours who were pissed off by their presence and political agenda ;) 100 years later, Teutons were secularised and made Polish vassals...

@pedrozatravel

25 күн бұрын

@@sytrostormlord3275 I would be pretty mad too if someone was invading my land. I realize back then everything was done under the pretense of religion, but it sounds like they really took it too far.

Really do hope to get somewhere in Poland one day! Some pretty great history to explore!

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Yes, I hope you get to go, it was very affordable and an amazing place to explore.

Thumbs up and waiting. 😁👍🏼✌🏼

@pedrozatravel

29 күн бұрын

I hope you enjoy it, plan to explore Warsaw Poland and also talk about some really old Polish history.

Nice posting, we learn a lot now, my friend, thank for sharing🙏🙏🌹🌹❤❤

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

I did learn a lot, I am glad you enjoyed the video

It was Russia and Prussia and Austria that took Poland's land. Austria actually got the smallest part. I agree you are not expert so maybe better to show some nice shots from Warszawa. But it's very nice to watch anyway. 😊

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Definitely not an expert, but I am a learner and I appreciate the kind comment.

Hi, Poland here. Quite a lot of knowledge for half a day's visit to Poland. You made me laugh a little with "Polish tribes" or "most of Poland was taken by Austria" but I'm still impressed with how much knowledge the short trip provided. You talk about the historical period when Kraków /Cracow was the capital of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It's worth visiting to feel the atmosphere. Be sure to see the Wawel Royal Castle :)

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you, like I said I don't claim to have much knowledge of Poland. Much of what we read in textbooks about Poland in the USA really starts after World War I and even that isn't much, in another video I will talk about the Warsaw uprising, which was something I only vaguely knew about.

@g.peters244

27 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel Super. Many tourists from abroad confuse the Warsaw Uprising (1944) with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943). I look forward to the next film.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

@@g.peters244 I probably did the same, I went to the monument and museum but I don't remember hearing about 1943, just 1944.

The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris, or First Battle of Tannenberg, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) he's Lithuanian, and Grand Duke Vytautas and he is Lithuanian , decisively defeated the German Teutonic Order,

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Yep, the tuetonic order was another name for the Holy Crusadors, it was considered the biggest battle of medieval times and was what basically started the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Sadly I had never had heard about it before going to Poland, not something we learn about in the USA.

Good Stuff John,I considered Poland last summer,but I would definitely check it out.

@pedrozatravel

26 күн бұрын

Thank you, I hope you get to go. I would be interested in seeing your take on it.

I think that the presentation of the cathedral in Faras is rather a boast about the achievements of Polish archeology than a temporal connection with Polish identity. Similarly, Egyptian or Assyrian or Greek monuments are presented in GB or Germany. The difference is that these monuments came to Poland with the consent of the country where they were found. ;) These are not the only achievements of Polish archeology that are quite underestimated.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Interesting observation, I definitely believe many things about Poland are underestimated.

Very interesting history. We do plan on visiting Poland within the next year. 👋👍

@pedrozatravel

23 күн бұрын

It is a fascinating country. Other places I want to visit are Gdansk and Kraków

Looked like a fun inexpensive trip. Have a great day

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

It was amazingly cheap. I took out a bunch of money thinking I was going to need it but I only spent 100 dollars for the whole day for my family of 3 and we did whatever we wanted.

Great video guys! ❤ Never heard perogies pronounced that way.😅 My mom would made homemade perogies sometimes, they were so good. 😋 🤤 Cheers from 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico. 🇲🇽 ✌🏼 When I worked in Inuvik NWT, I worked for a chef from Austria he introduced me to mayo on fries. ❤ He was an amazing pastry chef and the owner of the restaurant. I learned the most from him.

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

Great , now I want homemade perogies.

Wonderful adventure in Poland You are funny Already a sub but came over from Paul Cheers buddy

@pedrozatravel

22 күн бұрын

Lol, thank you, appreciate the visit.

very informative 😎

@pedrozatravel

21 күн бұрын

Thank you, appreciate the support

Wow. Wonderful share from start to finish my friend. Very informative and engaging! 🥂✨ 18:25

@pedrozatravel

15 күн бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video

@BrownGalPeace1

14 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel You’re welcome!

Well done 👏

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

Nice intro to Poland 👍 Though, Warsaw was completely destroyed during WW2 and rebuild from scratch after that. Don't get me wrong, there are pleeenty of things to see and visit, but if you are limiting your visit only to Warsaw, you are missing A LOT. Krakow, Gdansk, Wroclaw and a lot of other cities are more historical. Warsaw is rather a business city. PS. I know, you had only 1 day. But in such case I would recommend Krakow - our old capital, where our kings are buried 😉 You can also consider spending half a day to visit Wieliczka - extremely old salt mine. It is unique experience and amazed French, Portuguese, German, Syrian people when I brought them there 👍 It sounds like: meh, some salt mine... but you can't be more wrong about it 😉

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

I agree, the limited time we had was not enough. We do plan to go back some day and we will take into consideration your recommendations. I will talk about it in another video but we did learn about how 90 percent of Warsaw was bombed during World War II and how most of Warsaw is new or reconstructed.

Hi John, this was a very interesting video. I enjoyed learning more about Poland's history. They've had a very tumultuous past. Thank goodness your wife found your train tickets in the end! 😅 Scary!

@pedrozatravel

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, my wife losing her ticket was a little bit scary, but it all worked out. Unfortunately Poland has been through a lot. In the next video I will talk about how 90% of Warsaw had to get rebuilt after WWII. Thank you for visiting and commenting.

As for partitions: most land went to Russia, but as most of PLC "industries" were in western and southern parts of Poland, they ended up being shared betwen Prussia and Austria. That changed a bit after Napoleonic Era. Napoleon revived 'small Poland' -> Principality of Warsaw, which lasted few years and once Napoleon was defeated, it was dived between Prussia and Russia again...

@sytrostormlord3275

25 күн бұрын

In the end Austria ended having the smallest part of Poland. Russia grabbed most of flatlands to the East. Prussia took most of Polands economic potential and Austria... well, emded up with what was left- beatiful landscapes of Karpaty mountain range. But Austian part is where Poles had the easiest way to keep their identity (as both Russia and Prussia worked hard to eradicate Poland and polish language from people living in the area). This is also where Polish inventors like Łukaszewicz lived - inventor of oil lamp and creator of first oil mine.

@pedrozatravel

25 күн бұрын

Wow that is really interesting

A day trip to Poland 🇵🇱 is not enough to see the beauty of this country. 🇵🇱 Poland is very diverse with its regions, landscape, interesting history reflected in its villages, towns and regions. On the other hand, Poland 🇵🇱 is a vibrant, business-oriented, developed, safe, neat and clean country. It's a land where past and present are inseparable.

@pedrozatravel

21 күн бұрын

I agree I will definitely need a few more trips out there 😁👍

Most of tourists are choosing 3 cities to visit Warsaw/Krakow/Gdansk those are mostly touristic location, But there are cities like Zamosc or Lublin very interesting cities - totally no tourists

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Cool, I will have to check them out. Thank you, as an American I really only have heard of the three cities you mentioned and really no history.

14:49 bro... not some wild Polish tribes (the painting shows Lithuanians as a wild people, others are fully armed troops), there was (1410) pretty big european state of Polish Kingdom in XIV/XV century, with giant modern army. Polish and Tautonic knights wore color wraps to identify themselves in battle. In fact, the Teutonic Knights had no chance. Please check movie "Krzyżacy" - in KZread.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you I will check it out. I was going off of what the sign at the museum said. It literally said the tuetonic knights aka the Holy Crusadors versus the tribes of Poland. The painting to me pretty much shows the knights obviously had better equipment, but my guess is the Polish people knew the land better so that is why they won.

@13:45 “whatever your new ruler's religion was, that was your new religion” is an oversimplification. Especially regarding christianisation of Poland.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting. I'm regards to your statement, of course this is a simplification, but I mostly made this video to summarize what I had learned in Poland. Definitely not claiming my one day in Warsaw made me an expert on Polish history 😁

Wonderfull 🚅 don't you all enjoy railroad 🚈 trams, trains etc are just so cool 🚞 take a ride in my ''transportation'' folder, (folder 2 in my playlists) :)

@pedrozatravel

14 күн бұрын

Teşekkür ederim!

@KenanTurkiye

14 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel You have a wonderfull day for been a wonderfull guy.

I never tried McDonald's in Poland hahaha. I was in that Warsaw square when I was a kid, can't remember it much. Yes the prices are so cheap when you convert American or Aussie dollars. Very jealous. I hope I win the lotto tonight so I can go on a big Euro trip. The museum looks impressive.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

It was interesting, mostly went to McDonald's because our flight got in early and we were hungry and that was the first thing we saw that was open. Overall I was super surprised how cheap it was in Poland. Getting to Europe was expensive, but once in Poland I found everything very affordable.

sweet ❤

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Hey my sister! How is it going?!

@myflock000

28 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel im hanging in there ty 😊 how r u

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

@@myflock000 every day I am shuffling

Wow, glad the people you interacted with while you were actually in Poland were nice because I would not get that impression from your comments section. I'm right there with you on having a working knowledge of 0 when it comes to Poland. I know we have a fairly large Polish community in the big city about 40 minutes away, and that brings some foods to the forefront a couple times a year. Would love to see more of your explorations of Poland sometime and if you go back as well. Oh, and I'm not even really sure any of my history classes even mentioned Poland because I couldn't even tell you what side they were on in the world wars.

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

Lol, it is OK, I am not sure of some of the commentors, but I will say when I was in Poland the people were nice. Poland is just a country we don't hear about much in the USA, but the more I learned about it the more interesting it was. I plan to do one more video about Poland, we will see how that goes. Thank you for visiting and commenting.

Looks like a beautiful place. Oh I would have been nervous too!! My Brother took my Mother to the hospital and he lost his parking ticket. They charged him the max amount of $60 because they said they didn’t know how long he had been parked there. Smh lol Great video and thumbs up!

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

That's a bummer, we were a little nervous because the lady who stopped us didn't really speak English, but in the end it all worked out so it was all good. Thank you for stopping by and visiting.

Poland

@pedrozatravel

26 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting

Story about Teutonic Knights is little different. King Jagiełło wasn’t elected. Elected kings started to rein at the end of XVI century.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting and commenting, not sure 8 understand you correctly but the tuetonic knights were part of the crusaders, they were definitely not elected. Later however under the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth there were elections, my main point is there were elections going on a long time before the USA.

@januszlepionko

27 күн бұрын

Jogaila was elected. Only not by formalized free election.

@barbararadon4796

27 күн бұрын

@@januszlepionko to my knowledge he married Queen Jadwiga and became Polish King after she died during childbirth.

@barbararadon4796

27 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel when jagiellonien dynasty ended . Teutonic knights where invited in XIII century by prince of Mazovia to convert pagans into Catholics in northern part of present Poland. Some land was given to them.

@januszlepionko

27 күн бұрын

​​@@barbararadon4796 1) He was elected to be her husband. Just it was not free election. And at first she didn't want him. 2) He was crowned as King just after the marriage ceremony. And by that fact the King Jadwiga became the Queen, as king's wife is the queen, BUT she didn't stop being the king! So till her death the Kingdom of Poland had one Queen and two Kings at the same time.

Wow they beat you with the perogi club eh 🤣 jeepers

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

LOL they did, but hey, the video got lots of views so I am not complaining too much. I guess the Polish people have a lot of passion for their national dish. They were good.

Good video, but a part about Polish history was inaccurate. A big chunk of Poland, including capital Warsaw, continued to exist as a semi-autonomous entity inside Russian Empire starting from 1815. Unlike mainland Russian subjects, Poles were allowed to have their own constitution and laws. For a number of years even Russian language wasn't enforced, but this policy changed during the reign of Nicholas I.

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for enlightening me. I definitely can't claim to know all the details. I have to admit I didn't know hardly anything about Polish history before World War I before this trip and even then my understanding was limited. I am definitely learning a lot.

Not in eastern Europe but in central Europe.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting and your comment.

@GGMCreates

24 күн бұрын

Can I ask if European classifications are different between Europe and elsewhere in the world? In school, what little information we got about Europe didn't have it split up at all honestly, and on the rare occasion it did, central Europe wasn't a thing. Basically anything east of Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany maybe was Eastern Europe. Even the UN breaks it down this way now.

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

@@GGMCreates the way I remember it, anything that was part of the USSR was Eastern Europe and the rest was Western Europe. We were taught Germany was divided and everything east of Germany was in Russian control. Of course in 1989 that all changed when Russia fell and I think this idea of Central Europe emerged, but like you said that wasn't really taught to us in the Americas.

McDonald on the airport is much more expensive normal one.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Yes, but luckily for me even the airport McDonald's in Poland was cheaper than what I am used to in the USA 😁

The German king was elected from the electoral dukes ... not sure what was new in the concept of the Polish monarchy?

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

My understanding is that Germany wasn't united until 1866 and before then it was a collection of independent kingdoms. There was a kind of German trade organization that controlled a lot of land but it wasn't really populist.

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Also want to add that my knowledge of Polish history before World War I was very limited before this trip. I do not pertain to know everything, let alone the details, but I am trying to expand my knowledge 😁

@kalkol21

28 күн бұрын

​@@pedrozatravelread about first reich, "Investiture Controversy", "Confederation of the Rhine".

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

@@kalkol21 will do, thank you

@januszlepionko

27 күн бұрын

Free election in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was very different to the elections of the German King. In the free election each noble man was allowed to vote and each noble man's vote was formally equal (i.e. one noble man == one vote). Moreover, the only formal restrictions on a candidate were that the candidate must be from nobility (of any country) and on the day of coronation must be a catholic.

Ok show what U get about Poland next time

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

You got it. Truth is I didn't know a lot about Poland before this trip, but I really learned some amazing things. First of all the Polish people are one of the most resilient people out there. Warsaw throughout history has been destroyed numerous times but the ethnic polish people still survive. Tune in next week when I talk about what happened after 1918.

In Poland, dear brother, you encountered the symptoms of a true and living Christian civilization. Such symptoms are difficult to find in Western Europe. And the great history of Poland is - de facto - the story of the defense of Christian civilization against barbarians. And this defense is still going on! I'm concerned to say that I'm not sure we'll defend ourselves! You are an American, so I trust that Americans will also defend the achievements of Christian civilization, which means NORMAL (in accordance with God's Law!) understanding of the human being, family, nation, state and interstate relations. Amen!

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Quite the opposite, Poland is one of the most resilient people I have ever encountered. It is amazing to me that despite the fact that Poland has been attacked and almost entirely destroyed multiple times the Polish people keep coming back. It is an amazing story.

The stupidest thing in Poland for a tourist is to go to eat at McDonalds instead of the local bar or restaurant, which is everywhere cheaper, healthier and tastier. Pierogi are not pierogies. The word "pierogi" itself is plural and means many dumplings. The singular form is "pieróg". In the plural "pierogi". The German Teutonic Knights from the Battle of Grunwald were not saints. They wanted more and more territory and murdered Poles and Lithuanians. They were sneaky, greedy. Hence the resistance against them arose. There were several partitions of Poland. Basically, Poland was constantly attacked by the same countries. The longest disappearance from the world map lasted 123 years. Poland disappeared for over a century. But it has not disappeared from the minds of Poles. Poets wrote about Poland. Painters painted about Poland. Musicians composed about Poland (e.g. the famous composer Fryderyk Chopin - you landed at the airport named after him). In 1918, we regained independence and we always celebrate this holiday on November 11 in every town, even the smallest one. Unfortunately, this is denied in the Western media and some ideological and political lies are attributed to this event. Please don't take my comment as hate. I'm explaining just for the sake of curiosity. PS. You talk very interestingly about the history of Poland. Very understandable for a foreigner. And the history of Poland is very intricate, long and complicated. And it goes back further than 966. This year is considered as the creation of statehood. The first prince (Mieszko I), and, as you mentioned, religion. The first king was his (Bolesław the Brave). In Poland we have artifacts and objects proving that Polish tribes existed before the creation of the Egyptian pyramids. And perhaps the wheel was invented in Poland, because there are artifacts discovered from 5.5 thousand years ago. years that suggest this.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Very interesting about the wheel. I will have to look more into that. We mostly went to McDonald's because we landed early and it was the first thing we saw that was open. Also, being that we were hungry it was a place we were semi familiar with, we already knew how to order and we only needed a few polish words to get our food. That said I like going to McDonalds in other countries because it is like our food but different, for example I had never seen that garlic sauce before. As you can see we did later venture out and try some pierogi, which is what people told us we should do. They were also very good. We have a lot of curiosity about Eastern Europe, but it mostly stems from the fact that here in the USA we don't know much about anything east of Germany. Thank you for visiting and your kind insight.

"Pierogi" word is already in plural form, singular form is "pieróg" so please do not add "s" at the end because it looks ridiculous.

@pedrozatravel

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip👍

@januszlepionko

27 күн бұрын

Dżinsy, czipsy… Zaiste, my nie robimy „podwójnej liczby mnogiej”…

@marcinsmierzynski9383

27 күн бұрын

@@januszlepionko najbardziej wkurzające jest to podkreślanie ze wszystko jest tanie, a nie to, że robią liczbę mnogą z liczby mnogiej.

@grash4435

26 күн бұрын

And what is your bloody problem adding ,, s,, this peopole don't spik Polish. Get the life ....

@pedrozatravel

26 күн бұрын

@@marcinsmierzynski9383 what is wrong with things being affordable? I wish we had reasonable prices in the USA, you should be happy your country is doing well and not over inflating prices.

Pierogi not pierogi’s 🤦🏻‍♂️ it’s already plural form

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting and commenting, so what is the singular of pierogi?

@krzysztofkrupa4755

27 күн бұрын

​@@pedrozatravel Liczba pojedyńcza to pieróg a liczba mnoga pierogi.

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

@@krzysztofkrupa4755 that translated in Google as the singular of pierogi is pierogi.

@2GringosOnTheGulf

25 күн бұрын

Ya in Canada it's spelt perogie spell check on my phone adds the e so relax man 😂

Who are the "THEY" that don't tell "You" about this? All history is available to those who are interested and seek it out. Don't be lazy, get off your A and learn!!

@pedrozatravel

27 күн бұрын

"THEY" are probably the ones who skipped history class! Let's not be like them. Thanks for watching.

Polish "tribes"😂

@knightshroom2393

26 күн бұрын

lol

Your a fairly bad historian. You leaved a lot out.

@pedrozatravel

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching, this is a 18 minute video, did you really expect me to provide all the details of Polish history in 18 and half minutes?? The intent of this video is to peak curiosity for those of us who were never taught Polish history beyond maybe a brief paragraph in high school. As I said in the beginning in the USA we learned basically nothing of Poland. I went to Poland to find out for myself what I could learn.

Poland is Central, not an Eastern country !

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for visiting and your comment. A lot of people say that Poland is Central Europe but the way were taught it is Eastern Europe. Basically all the countries that used to be part of the USSR were taught to us as Eastern Europe. That said I can also go with Central Europe, I can see not wanting to be associated with anything remotely USSR. It just isn't a concept that is taught in the USA.

@annateresa9814

24 күн бұрын

@@pedrozatravel Poland was never part of USSR. Poland was under occupation of Russia for 50 years after II War. USSR attack Poland 17 September 1939, when we have had to fight Germans. And left my country all together 1990. My Father was Russian prisoner in gulag Riazan, Sybir to 1947. We do not forget , what was done to our Homeland. I am happy, that you like to visit and learn about Poland, respect and love !❤❤❤

@pedrozatravel

24 күн бұрын

@@annateresa9814 my deepest sympathy to your family and father, that must have been horrible. I will be talking a little about both the German and Russian occupation in my next video. The Polish people to me are fascinating because they really never give up, even if they lose they don't give up. I think that is amazing. Unfortunately a KZread video can't express all the details but I do appreciate you sharing your story with me.