Independence of Poland (1918- 1923): Every Day

The Aftermath of World War I saw drastic political, cultural, economic, and social change across Europe. Many ethnicities saw this as a chance to gain their independence after the dissolution of the German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires. Among others, Polish fought for nearly 3 and a half years in order to create their own state. In this video you can see an every day version of the aftermath of WWI in eastern Europe. This animation includes more than one conflicts such as the Polish-Soviet War, the Polish- Lithuanian War, the Polish- Ukrainian War and many other.

Sources:

-Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
-Virginijus Misiūnas- Lithuania independence war 1918-1923 (YouTube Video)
-Various articles about the Polish- Soviet War

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[SirFaceFone]

Western Europe in 1919: Peace at last!

Eastern Europe: *Battle Royale mode activated*

[mbwp]

I really appreciate the extraordinary accuracy put into this video. Every change on the map has been shown very precisely, I don't see any mistakes, everything has been carefully included in this movie, which I like very much, because many mappings from this period on yt, have a lot of mistakes and this, when it comes to accurately mapping territorial changes and wars, is perfect.

[Δούρειος_]

What a mess that period was for central Europe

[cqpp]

what a marvelous video, well done. the music in the background gave me nostalgia on the old days of watching mapping back in 2014/2015.

[adblox]

This is amazing work! I wonder how it would look like with everything, you don't have to do that. Very underrated.

[nadavpais-greenapple]

fantastic work, an invaluable resource for understanding a very confusing and brutal conflict. great job!

[MonsieurMoustachio]

I really love these types of videos. Whenever i have to work through 50 pages of a lesser talked about topic like poland after ww1, i get my context on one of these day-by-day videos showing the borders evolve

[maciejk]

Its strange when you think it was just 100 years ago

[yourlocalable]

As always one of the most underrated rivalry in whole europe

Poles and Russians

Everyone forget of the polish-lithuanian Vs Russian Empire

That keeps until nowadays in ukraine war

[QWE]

Wow this video is great, fantastic work

[Hataliano]

Over 5 years of fighting which was longer than great war
So many casualties from 1772 till 1923
But even after that
Poland needed to loss another 5.6 millions of people during WW2
If not that Poland could be able to have bigger population than maybe even France

[HellenicMapping]

Από που βρίσκεις τα γεγονότα και τις συγκεκριμένες ημερομηνίες για να το φτιάξεις;

[alex]

Wow poland was so close to losing their sovereignty in august of 1920 just as they so soonly got their independence

[GreatPolishWingedHussars]

Indeed, the Polish victory in the Polish-Bolshevik War had European impact. According to the British politician and diplomat Lord D'Abernon, who was part of the Interallied Mission to Poland in 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik war, the 1920 Battle of Warsaw was one of the most important battles in world history because as he said "had the Battle of Warsaw ended with a Bolshevik victory, it would have been a turning point in the history of Europe. As there is no doubt that with the fall of Warsaw, Central Europe would have been left open to Communist propaganda and Soviet invasion." Conquered Poland should serve as a red bridge to conquer all of Europe! This view is also confirmed by the order of Mikhail Tukachevsky, commander of the Western Front of the Red Army, which he wrote in July 2, 1920: "The fate of the world revolution will be decided in the West. The way to set the world on fire leads through the corpse of white Poland. On our bayonets we will bring happiness and peace to the toiling masses of mankind. To Warsaw!" Tukhachevsky also boasted that his men would be "galloping through the streets of Paris before the summer was out." The communist propaganda called free Poland white Poland. The term whites were used to designate anti-communists. But the Polish victory prevented setting the world on fire by communists. What is also worth noting the fact that if Poland had been conquered by the communists, the Baltic states would have been conquered too. Poland was therefore allied with Latvia in this war. With these additional resources from these conquered countries, the communists planned to advance further into the west. In various European countries at that time there were strong communist movements that would have supported the communists in their advance. Poland and some few others European countries were not infected by the red virus. In Poland the overwhelming majority of the population was anti-communist. But Poland was the absolute exception in Europe! So these are examples of communist successes outside the Bolshevik state at the time of the Polish-Bolshevik war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the communist state of Hungary from 21 March 1919 until 1 August 1919 (133 days). Until the anti-communists prevailed and abolished this Soviet republic. The other communist republics and communes have survived just as short as the Hungarian Soviet Republic but that makes it clear that there were strong communist influences throughout Europe. Like in Hungary during the German November Revolution, the communist Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the communist republick in Germany on November 9, 1918. But the communists' seizure of power then failed, although later there were repeated attempts by the communists to gain power in Germany or parts of Germany. Like with the Bavarian Soviet Republic wich was a short-lived communist state in Bavaria during the riots of 1918–19 in Germany. Then there was another attempt by the communists to come to power with the Bremen Soviet Republic wich an, short-lived state in Germany, existing for 25 days in 1919. The communist Spartacist uprising with the goal of an all-German Soviet Republic were armed battles in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a proclaimed Finnish communist state that ruled parts of the country during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Another example of an attempted communist takeover of power in Europe was then the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic of 1918 in France. The Limerick Soviet was one of a number of declared Irish soviets that were formed around Ireland 1919. The Slovak Soviet Republic was a short-lived Communist state in southeast Slovakia in existence from 16 June 1919 to 7 July 1919. Commune of the Working People of Estonia existed from 29 November 1918 to 5 June 1919. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic of 1918. Moreover, there were also attempts by the communists to take power in other parts of the world! Dockers in Gdansk(Danzig) and London wich were sympathizers of the Bolsheviks also refused to load the support supplies for the fighting Poles against the Bolsheviks.

Since the communists had enough supporters all over Europe after the desired victory against Poland the communists would have in Europe either provoked revolutions through agitators or they would have intervened militarily. If the communists had conquered Europe, which was by far the most economically important continent at the time, they would have had a good chance of "exporting" communism worldwide as well. That this is not an exaggeration can be seen by comparing the strategy of the communists after World War II. Even in these later times, communism was "exported" to countries around the world, and as a result there were countries around the world ruled by communist dictatorships. After 1945, as in 1919, the communists had the goal of a world completely dominated by communism. The goal was that virtually every country would become communist. That is why the Polish victory of 1921 definitely had not just a European impact but also a global impact.

[barbadolid]

What the heck, only 732 subs? This is thoroughly made, even better that Emperor Tigerstar

[christiantacke]

Perhaps the year 1916 would also have been worth mentioning. Since the Królestwo Regencyjne, i.e. a Polish state, was re-established that year,

[lacroix]

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła kiedy my żyjemy

[KoitTamme]

You should do Estonian independence war

[andreasmatrakas]

Could you do a cyprus invaision day by day next

[Mmmmmmmmmmmnm]

The history of Poland: A new war everyday