Why Postmen Fought the SS

It’s September 1st 1939 and war is once again rising in Europe. Germany has started the invasion of Poland and one of it’s first assaults is on the Polish Post office in the free city of Gdansk. 56 Postal workers and supporters are inside bracing themselves for the enemy. They face German SS and police supported by armored cars and artillery. It should be a one sided fight. But the determined resistance of the Poles keeps the Germans at bay for over fourteen hours.

00:00 - German forces surround Gdansk Post Office
01:55 - First German attack, WW2 starts
03:37 - Flisykowski holds off the frontal attack
04:07 - Germans blow up the wall, Guderski stops them
05:21 - Germans retreat, stalemate sets in
06:05 - German bring in the big guns, second German attack
08:04 - Facade explosion, third German attack
09:50 - Fire and gasoline
10:47 - Tough decisions and fate of the survivors

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[Historical-mihd]

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

[endutubecensorship]

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

[VlerkeDamne]

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

[samueldamuel]

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

[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

[goose.]

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

[CharlieH]

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.

[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

[brightace]

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 🎉🎉🎉

[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.

[thecomputer]

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

[collaborisgaming]

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.

[FinleyLengel-rpbm]

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

[flytopusa]

That final photo of all the captured people is absolutely heart-wrenching. You can see how helpless they were, and just looking at it, you can only imagine the immense fear they must have felt.

[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

[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.

[keithbuddrige]

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.

[Scooter-kxic]

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.

[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.

[Mike-hywy]

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