The Polish-Soviet War 1919 - 1921 | The Battle of Warsaw | Polandball/Countryball Military History

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💬Learn about the Polish-Soviet War, Battle of Warsaw, the Polish Army, the Red Army, and the humanities at large with CallMeEzekiel in this fun and informative video presented in the Polandball/Countryball style.

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[JakubSobczyk]

Victory at Warsaw in 1920 was possible not only thanks to the supply of weapons from France and Hungary or the courage of the soldiers, but also thanks to the titanic work of Polish cryptologists who broke the Soviet ciphers. Thanks to this, the Polish commanders knew where and when to strike and, in addition, prevented the Soviet commanders from reacting because they jammed their frequency by transmitting the Holy Bible.

[occam]

Who else noticed them playing "Hej, Sokoly!" in the background?

[codysodyssey]

My God that cavalry duel is something straight out of a movie

[rockun]

You might wonder why didn't Poland support the white movement. Basically, when the whites came begging Poland for help while being beaten by the soviets, they offered Poland autonomy within the Russian empire as a reward. In the interwar period, the enemy of your enemy is not your friend.

[baffledwaffle]

The polish soviet war is really complicated and intresting and i like what you did with it

[smorcrux]

oh my god the entirety of eastern europe in 1918-1925 was such a horrible clusterfuck, and it had such a massive effect on both this region's future history and the history of the rest of the world, and literally every single outcome was realistically possible.

[In_Our_Timeline]

the Soviet government offered an armistice based on the existing front line and proposed a peace conference. Piłsudski, however, knew that the Soviets were conducting a massive buildup in the area; Red Army strength on the Polish front increased from 7 divisions in January to 20 in March.

[nicolausg]

Fun fact: During the polish-bolshevik war, the Czechoslovakia took a small terytory called Zaolzie. It was almost fully setteled by Poles, but for ages was a part of Kingdom of Bohemia. In addition to that, the Czech government blocked all supplice lines for Poland from Hungary.
So there is no point in calling Poland a Hitler's firendly neighbour, that helped divide Czechoslovakia. No, it was an eye for an eye situation. (Btw, the Czechs took that land when Poland was at war, so you see who was more hopeless now)

[In_Our_Timeline]

“the Entente Powers, far from aiding Poland, regarded her activities with irritation. Poland won her independence for twenty years by her own efforts under the leadership of Piłsudski.”
― Norman Davies,

[nicolausg]

4:05 Not everyone in Kiev was edger to fight the Bolsheviks. Some of them were even defending the city. My Great-Great-Grandfather, was a soldier at that time. He and his brigade have entered the city. They were not prepared what happend next. Due to a suprise attack, they were pinned down by the soviet's maxims. Almost all batalion was cut down. Only 2 mans survived: My ancestor, and his commander, who was in backline, and did not took part in assault. After he heared what happend, the batalion was disbanded. My Great-Great-Grandfather came back home.

Btw. if he deserted, he would been sentenced to death, at this time, everyone who ran out of the battlefield or helped the soldier that ran away, were sentenced to death. Harsh, but times were harsh to.

Unluckly my ancestor live long enough to witness the WW II. He passed away during the german occupation in the 1943.

[piepszoraurYT]

Ten moment kiedy jaki polak dowiadujesz się więcej o wojnie Polsko bolszewickiej z obcojęzycznego filmu na yt niż z lekcji historii

[HusiaRex]

As a pole, I sure as hell did not expect this. It is a welcome surprise, friend!

[polishscribe]

Piłsudzki actually recognized how dumb all of it was. New border was complete nightmare for defender and current government rushed for peace so much that they broke they promises to Ukrainians.
Man, if only our loved Naczelnik seized power at the beginning that war would be more than "we saved them again, they payed back with invasion"

[elitepredator]

Fun fact: Communist from Germany (and other countries) were so ready that soviets will win in Battle of Warsaw, that they started to put soviet flags, and wait for them. Imagine how pissed they were when soviet lose

[alden]

It made me so happy to see that Brain4breakfest reference at 9:43. Absolute legend of a creator, taken way too soon. Amazing Video as always though! Would you ever do a video about the Polish and German boarder wars around this time?

[Zabulec_]

In Poland, we sometimes call this war: "The Great War of the Weak Armies". Thanks God we win this and didn't let communism spread over all in the Europe, just like the Polish Hussars defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683

[baird]

If Hollywood ever runs out of ideas, they can just do movies about history of Poland. Pagan Barbarians, Noble Knights, Romantic Revolutionists, Great Scientists, World Wars. Basically any story you need even Sci-fi.

[lordedmundblackadder]

I love the polish-soviet war for the simple fact that the battle of warsaw is called "miracle on the vistula"

[ironic]

Poland was literaly "I won but at what cost"
no friends basically