How Russia, Prussia, and Austria Partitioned Poland

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22 күн бұрын

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Early Modern Ages continues with a video in which we talk about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth also known as Rzeczpospolita, as we discuss how Poland was partitioned by Prussia, Austria and Russia in the late 18th century. We will talk about the Poniatowski’s Election, War of the Bar Confederation, First Partition, Great Parliament, Second Partition, Kosciuszko Uprising and Third Partition
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@KingsandGenerals 21 күн бұрын

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@hybridarmyoffreeworld 19 күн бұрын

WRONG TITLE, edit for you : How Muscovy , Prussia, and Austria Partitioned Poland and Belarus (GDL)

@user-kj7ld8xh2p 19 күн бұрын

its great also you coul make a video about the two uprinsings of the congres of poland before WW1

@jewelkurianelias 18 күн бұрын

Why no more Napoleonic wars

@Liquidsback 21 күн бұрын

Austria: Hey Poland, remember how you saved Vienna from the Ottomans? Well guess how we are paying you back.

@ErikHare 21 күн бұрын

Exactly.

@funbun420 20 күн бұрын

They did not save them from ottomans. Literally most of the heavy work done by infantry. They just a meme at this point.

@aboubakrouladabdellah6611 20 күн бұрын

@@funbun420 ing?

@user-McGiver 20 күн бұрын

@@funbun420 more ''fun'' on those ''buns''...

@GAarcher 20 күн бұрын

*"Hey Teresa, remember when you where trying to destroy my state as an concept, well, why don't we all make that happen but with poland? Such an brilliant idea!"*

@emreyldz4324 20 күн бұрын

Fun fact: Our Turkish Emperors and state which didn't wanted to accept ending of the Polish-Lithvanian state, when every year in a state gathering where all ambassodors assemble, sultan always asked: "Where is the ambassador of Lehistan?(Poland)"... Turkish Statesman always replied not to upset sultan and to commerate the fact that Turkish Empire did not recognised the trilateral partion, dismantling and the ending of the state which greatly shifted balance of power and dynamics against us, Turkish statesman in front of all other ambassadors, replied: "Ambassador of Lehistan(Poland) is on his way"... When Poland finally joined EU in 2004, when a EU conference was held in Istanbul in honary to Polish entry, a Polish diplomat who knew about this historical events, made a reference to it when he was on the stage and his first sentence was: "The Polish ambassador has arrived" ... :) Also a side note: When Nazi Germany blitzted through Poland and Europe and when Nazi's were at our border, former Nazi prime minister then 3. Reich ambassador to Turkish Republic, Von Papen asked the handover of Polish embassy in Turkey to Nazis reasoning it didn't exist anymore. Our president a former WW1 and The War of National Libaration general İsmet İnönü replied: "We don't act upon such demands, we don't have such accoustoms in our state traditions." Referencing Turkish Empire didn't also acknowleged the trilateral sack. :D Turkish Ambasadors also fled with Greek cabinet to Cairo with them when Nazi's invaded Greece. So it was Turkish Ambassador to Greece staioned in British occupied Cairo. :D

@theliato3809 20 күн бұрын

Why did the ottomans refer to Poland as Lehistan?

@Pike737 20 күн бұрын

Start making kebab

@Zyzyx442 20 күн бұрын

kebab is 💯💯💯

@MM-yq2tv 20 күн бұрын

@@theliato3809 I am interested in knowing too, a lot of languages change the entire name of countries it’s pretty cool

@kubacieslik-br8lf 20 күн бұрын

@@theliato3809because the first tribes to live in poland were the Lechites (Silesians, Poles, Kashubs, Masurians) and the suffix -stan means 'land' in the turkic languages. So Lehistan means 'land of the Lechs (Lechites)

@lukeskywalker3329 20 күн бұрын

So in 1840 in Australia 🇦🇺. A Polish Explorer named Strzelecki named the highest peak in Australia Mount Kosciuszko after the greatest freedom fighter in this story .

@FerdinandGamelin 9 күн бұрын

Love Australia 🇦🇺

@Xukti 20 күн бұрын

The impact of first partition cannot be overstated enough. By claiming the coast the Prussians crippled Polish economy since most profits came from selling wheat and other goods to the rest of Europe, brought to Gdańsk (Danzig) by Wisła river. This meant that in order to trade through this route any merchant had to pay hefty tolls. And most of their cargo came from lands owned by nobility. On one hand this weakened the Commonwealth immensely, but on the other it also gave a very personal reason for nobility to finally consider reforming the country. Although many nobles tried to recuperate losses by... establishing pubs within their domains so that the peasants instead of getting more material rewards (they weren't paid in money) would be rewarded with alcohol made from the grains they grew.

@matesajben5274 20 күн бұрын

Was the Lithuanian coast not good enough of an alternative?

@Xukti 20 күн бұрын

@@matesajben5274 While some trade was made that way, most of it due to lower cost of transport by river compared to ox wagons meant that trade was done mostly through Danzig or Königsberg and when Prussians took hold of the land in first partition, one of their trade policies was to encourage trade via the latter by imposing tariffs on boats going toward Danzig (the map in the video is wrong since Danzig and Toruń were still considered Commonwealth's). This way the Prussian Königsberg gained in prominence at Danzig's expense.

@Artur_M. 20 күн бұрын

On the one hand, I'm very glad that you are talking about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. On the other hand, the video was a bit lackluster. Beyond the (arguably understabe) simplifications, it had some mistakes. Prussia did not acquire the important port city of Gdańsk (Danzig) in the first partition, which stayed a Polish exclave until the second partition. During the War in Defense of the Constitution in 1792, Prince Józef Poniatowski was not commanding in the Lithuanian theater. Both he and Kościuszko were in the South. The command of the Lithuanian army was given to the Duke Ludwig (Louis) of Württemberg (it was a terrible idea. It's a long story). Kościuszko was not sent to Siberia but was imprisoned in the famous Peter and Paul fortress in Petersburg. I could go on. Oh, and the clothes in the images used in the video were some weird anachronism stew. Despite all that, I still gave this video a like because I hope you will continue to cover topics related to the Commonwealth, preferably with more attention to details.

@MaximAmadi 20 күн бұрын

definitely felt lackluster after finishing the video. I felt like a lot of detail was glazed over to fit a certain narrative (style), or something

@korovinegor 20 күн бұрын

They also got the flag wrong which is just amazing

@jakubkulakowski 20 күн бұрын

give them a break, they're trying xd

@Artur_M. 20 күн бұрын

@@jakubkulakowski I know, I know.

@AbnormalObs 15 күн бұрын

Yes - but history needs to be related factually and correctly. For many ppl now - KZfaq is "a primary source", not just entertainment. I'm sure these criticisms will be taken in the light that was meant.

@marcomilani4966 21 күн бұрын

The event of the partitions of Poland are usually just a side story to the many wars of 1700, so I'm glad you give them context and covered them in detail

@theoneandonlysoslappy 20 күн бұрын

There's a bridge in New York named after Tadeusz Kościuszko. I guarantee most New Yorkers don't know who he was.

@SRosenberg203 20 күн бұрын

Yeah I had no clue who he was until I was in my 30s. They don't teach any of this stuff in school.

@Ishkur23 20 күн бұрын

I've heard the name Kosciuszko, but only because it's the tallest mountain in Australia. It is named after him but I didn't know that at the time.

@ziombello 20 күн бұрын

Americans don't know many things

@Aprylius 20 күн бұрын

Tadas Kosčiuska is how his name should be spelt

@BIGos19 20 күн бұрын

@@Aprylius I don't think he himself spelled it that way. The guy was Polish af

@TheGeneralGrievous19 20 күн бұрын

Gdańsk (Danzing) was not taken over by Prussia until the Second Partition. The city remained loyal to Poland since Thirteen Years' War (15th c.) all the way up until the Partitions (18th c.) Despite majority & the elites being German. Johannes Hevelius, mayor of the city & scientist, called himself „civis Orbis Poloniae”, the citizen of the Polish world. 'Good ol' days before nationalism. We all know what sadly happened in relation to Gdańsk during WW2.

@galaxypl7756 19 күн бұрын

Even in ww2, after decades of forced germanisation, almost half of the city, including polish-kashubian minority (~15%) and most of the catholic germans (~40%) supported Poland instead of Germany. Gdańsk has always been very loyal to Poland.

@Har1ByWorld 19 күн бұрын

"Good ol' days before nationalism. " nationalism doesnt mean that if you speak other language you cant beccome Polish.

@necronecrow1826 18 күн бұрын

@@galaxypl7756 Yes. and Gdańsk itself war founded by Polish Piast princes somwewhere in the X century

@ghostdreamer7272 20 күн бұрын

I hope you continue to cover the history of Poland-Lithuania more in the future! It seems from other comments there were some errors, but I’m glad to see this covered at all. Such important yet lesser-known history.

@okanerdogn09 19 күн бұрын

O Greetings from Turkey to Poland I'll see you at the match on Sunday 🇹🇷❤️🇵🇱

@RR-nh8no 11 күн бұрын

Greetings from Poland to Turkey! We here remember well that your country didn't accept the partitions of Poland.

@gokcancakmak3739 10 күн бұрын

@@RR-nh8noMy father was Turkish millitary atteche to poland back in 2006. When we were visiting a museum in Krakow a young polish coupled came to us and said “i think you are Turkish, thank you for everything your nation did in our darkest day.” My fathers eyes still get wet whenever he remember that moment. Warsaw will never fall as long as Turkish horses drink from the Vistula River!

@alexandermalinowski4277 19 күн бұрын

Actually, Poniatowski king was abducted by Pulaski, who had to escape to America and became hero of war of independence there.

@mikaalaatisamtarar8752 20 күн бұрын

Now I am Genuinely concerned you uploaded 4 Videos In 1 week you guys really are something else

@liamhowlin5936 20 күн бұрын

Was just thinking the same thing. They gotta have a sweatshop to be making this many this fast

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

Lol

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

@@liamhowlin5936lol

@mikaalaatisamtarar8752 20 күн бұрын

@@liamhowlin5936 yep

@me0101001000 20 күн бұрын

They might be videos that were early releases for members/patrons

@WodospadPelagia 21 күн бұрын

Thanks for covering Poland, been waiting for it for some time, much appreciated!

@mateuszszpak7915 20 күн бұрын

To be brief, prince Poniatowski during the war of 1792 was commander at ukrainian front, not lithuanian. And Kościuszko was his subordinate then. In Lithuanian part commander was prince von Wittenberg who betrayed the cause. And insurrection of 1794 was started by calvary brigade in Ostrołęka (brigadier Madaliński), not Kraków - they were marching from Mazovia to Kraków to join Kościuszko forces.

@flowrsh 20 күн бұрын

lots of love to my polish brothers from lithuania

@05KAR 20 күн бұрын

Love from Masovia.

@nwoadrenochromdealer6667 20 күн бұрын

Love from Gdansk

@mikolajtrzeciecki1188 13 күн бұрын

Please make this love more concrete by allowing Polish schools and Polish orthography of family names again.

@05KAR 13 күн бұрын

@@mikolajtrzeciecki1188 Polish schools in Lithuania never were disallowed.

@RR-nh8no 11 күн бұрын

Greetings from Poland! 🙂

@laziszczotkus8672 20 күн бұрын

0:51 Prussia didn't take Gdańsk (Danzig) in the first partition. It remained Polish.

@maciejniedzielski7496 20 күн бұрын

I'm glad you mention, I'm native of Gdańsk (very rich history)

@laziszczotkus8672 20 күн бұрын

@@maciejniedzielski7496 Pozdro

@05KAR 20 күн бұрын

Btw. also Napoleon made it a free city, there was a precedence. It was always a special city in Poland anyway.

@benjaminbritsch1749 20 күн бұрын

it still was 95% German.

@Paciat 20 күн бұрын

@@benjaminbritsch1749 Gdańsk 95% German after a century an a half of intense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanisation

@Inquisitor_Vex 20 күн бұрын

I just watched your “was Poland-Lithuania a republic” earlier! What good timing?! 🍻

@alimuhamadibrahimibnalyacc1051 20 күн бұрын

Absolutely love early modern History! Keep doin that stuff! I hope ghat the Spanish succession series gets continued!

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

Same here, seems like the 1700s had so many wars , maybe the most wars not battles in history idk

@maciejmaciaszek6429 20 күн бұрын

I recommend you all to check out some paintings depicting these events, some of them are: 1. The Panorama of the Battle of Racławice 2. Constitution of 3rd May 3. Rejtan

@galaxypl7756 19 күн бұрын

Racławice panorama and Rejtan, as well as Stańczyk, are some of my favourite paintings. 2 of them are very emotional and thought-provoking, and Racławice is just epic. I recommend seeing it in person should someone be visiting Wrocław

@user-gz6oc5nb5n 19 күн бұрын

France was urging the Ottoman Empire to enter the war against Russia, and the Ottomans were also annoyed by the presence of Russian army in Poland ...and before 1768, no European kingdom alone without an ally could defeat the Ottomans in a war...the war of 1768-1774 was the first victory for an European kindgom to defeat the Ottoman Empire and was the main reason for the Partition of Poland, which was under the protection of the Ottomans, even if nominally..also Ottomans was again defeated in 1797-1792 war against Russia& Austria ..encouraging them to divide Poland again in 1792 and 1795

@MrNefryl 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for covering this tragic period in my homeland history!

@collintrytsman3353 20 күн бұрын

outstanding coverage

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 20 күн бұрын

Damn, even the Ottomans felt bad about what Polands neighbours did to their former saviour.

@lettuceman9439 18 күн бұрын

Argument for Austria is that they also didn't prefer the partition but since the other two participates were Russia and Prussia it needed to also join in the partition to limit the influence of both in Central Europe which in all account preferable to most poles under occupation as the Austrian Empire was already a Multi-ethic mess at that point and they at least have institutions and including the Catholic Majority means that Austria participating in the partition actually helped in the survival of the polish identity since both Prussia and Russia would have eradicated the nominally Catholic Slavic state.

@jirin8080 15 күн бұрын

So Napoleonic wars actually didnt help poles at all because Austria lost most of polish teritorries

@lettuceman9439 15 күн бұрын

@@jirin8080 Yeah, Austria was in the talks of also giving up their polish territory for a independent Polish state during the Congress of Vienna however the balance of power and the stubbornness of both prussia and Russia while also trying keep Saxony intact destroyed any chance for poland to come out as a independent state after alexander of Russia degraded the new polish constitution overtime.

@piotrczubryt1111 12 күн бұрын

Ottomans were afraid that Russia and Austra will push them out of Balkan countries.

@damiang6644 10 күн бұрын

@@lettuceman9439With this preservation of Polish identity is probably some form of joke, unless Joseph II's attempt at colonization and Germanization is considered as such. The Austrians not only participated in the partition, but also financially drained Galicia by sending Poles to war with the French or imposing huge taxes. Kaunitz's argument that Austria had to participate because Prussia would strengthen itself was probably ultimately validated anyway by the later unification of Germany by Prussia and the weakening of Austria's position, since Silesia could not be regained in the future anyway, even in alliance with Russia, and Prussia would be strengthened more in the long run. Austrian diplomacy should press with the French to preserve territorial integrity and strengthen the reforms of Stanisław August, who counted on Austrian friendship.

@alexandermalinowski4277 19 күн бұрын

Stanislaw Leszczynski became King of Lorraine and his daughter married king of France.

@mikolajtrzeciecki1188 13 күн бұрын

Lorraine was not a kingdom. But you are right, Leszczynski's role during the "Saxon Era" in Poland was more important than this. In short, he was a continuation of Sobieski's legacy.

@ae-jo5gc 20 күн бұрын

The Kalmar Union and Swedish War of Liberaration 1521-1523 is something I would like to see.

@tatarcavalry2342 20 күн бұрын

me too

@-RONNIE 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for the video and information

@-NovaRoma. 20 күн бұрын

Finaly the nation with the most underrated history getting what it deserves one more video from Kings and generals

@Lukinator343 20 күн бұрын

Yes the Austrian-Habsburgs and Holy Roman Empire gets no love at all by History KZfaq.

@tawmas1593 20 күн бұрын

they forgot that it was Poland AND LITHUANIA. Official name was "Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth"

@MrNonejm 20 күн бұрын

@@tawmas1593 no it wasn't official name. It is modern historians who use this name. In their time it was called Poland or the Republic. It's the same case as Kievan Rus or Byzantine Empire. It's modern name. Nobody in those times called it Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

@-NovaRoma. 20 күн бұрын

@@tawmas1593 well I think we can call it Poland because most of its inhabitants were poles in the parlement polish was spoken and the language that was used it the governance was polish BUT we should remember that Lithuania was part of the commonwealth and it wasn't entirely Polish

@jokemon9547 20 күн бұрын

@@MrNonejmBut it wasn't though? Officially it was The Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The use of just Poland omitting Lithuania entirely became more widespread later.

@MythicTales993 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your expertise and creativity through this outstanding video.

@AbhyudayaSinh 19 күн бұрын

Waiting for this topic❤❤

@zakhwanrosli3519 20 күн бұрын

First Partition of Poland 1772🗿 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 1939 💀

@robertab929 9 күн бұрын

First Partition of Poland 1772 Second Partition of Poland 1793 Third Partition of Poland -- 1795 Forth Partition of Poland (Congress of Vienna) -- 1815 Fifth Partition of Poland (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) -- 1939 Sixth Partition of Poland (Potsdam Conference) -- 1945

@yunustahakosoglustudent2626 13 күн бұрын

🇹🇷❤🇵🇱🇱🇹 Long live lehistan.

@davidweissman219 20 күн бұрын

Great video, can we please get a full Series on the 7 years war

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

7 yrs war ? The israel war x factions from like every country around them ? It's kinda funny how the country/state of Israel started eh

@davidweissman219 20 күн бұрын

@@AnglephileSwedenGerman What does Israel have to do with the 7 years war

@TheBigWindows 20 күн бұрын

@@AnglephileSwedenGerman You prolly mean the 6 days war in 1967. The 7 years war was a few hundred years ealier

@EK-gr9gd 20 күн бұрын

Look at house of history

@user-lv3xr4wj3i 20 күн бұрын

@@TheBigWindows1973 kippur WAR SAME.

@prakashghumaliya2002 20 күн бұрын

Great animation, Very Informative Content and Great video Thank you Kings and Generals for best historical Content video 👍👍💐💐

@MDno.1 12 күн бұрын

I don't like comparing Russia, Prussia and Austria to wolves, because they're noble, strong and family oriented creatures. Vultures would fit much better to the historical context.

@lexstarcraft 9 күн бұрын

Russia, Austria and the Ottomans biggest plagues upon medieval to early modern Eastern Europe

@sidp5381 8 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂 what does that have anything to do with Noble and being family oriented their imperial powers that carved up Poland so they were rightfully called wolves

@user-pp9ox7jp4n 2 күн бұрын

главное не гиенами

@gokcancakmak3739 10 күн бұрын

Ambassador of Poland is on his way your grace!

@owenscastlexiii5131 20 күн бұрын

Stunned this wasn't a 3 part series 😅

@demonke7829 14 күн бұрын

“She wept, but she took nonetheless” - Frederick the Great in regards to Empress Maria Teresa of Austria

@mrpoulpe520 20 күн бұрын

Hi, good video as always. I am from the South of France and I was wondering of you planned on doing a video on the « Albigeois » or « Cathares » crusade ? There are interesting characters, strategic moves and everything.

@Liquidsback 20 күн бұрын

They already covered it for a Patreon Exclusive series, a few months ago. Full series too.

@cinnamon5083 19 күн бұрын

I love these videos! Would also love to see you guys cover lesser known parts of history like SE Asia

@oneshotme 2 күн бұрын

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@colinweber5495 20 күн бұрын

I would be interested in seeing @kingsandgenerals doing a partition history of Luxembourg. It might be a good complementing video to this one's topic of great power games

@Artur_M. 20 күн бұрын

This year marks the 230th anniversary of the Kościuszko Uprising. On this occasion historian Dawid Gralik from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, has been posting a series of lenghtly threads (in English) on certain social media platform formerly known as Twitter. He just posted another one, because today is the anniversary of the battle of Szczekociny. If would be a dream come true to me if K&G would team up with him (or a similar expert) and made a proper detailed series about the war of 1792 and the Kościuszko Uprising. BTW, while my initial comment under this video was rather critical, there were some aspects which I really liked l. Like the inclusion of the short poem (fable) by Ignacy Krasicki. If anyone is wondering, it rhymes in the original. 😉

@thedisastrouslifeofnikocad9857 19 күн бұрын

im doing a history IA on this!!! thank you for reminding me to work on it....

@Bern_il_Cinq 20 күн бұрын

Biggest anime betrayal

@tedbed1389 18 күн бұрын

Indeed

@gergofordospecs7475 20 күн бұрын

you won't believe how long I've been waiting for a video like this

@AironSmieciowy-di3qy 20 күн бұрын

Great video!

@mydnajt 11 күн бұрын

great video, explains well Polish spirit and political sitation in Poland to this day.

@chipschannel9494 20 күн бұрын

Informative, thanks .

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 20 күн бұрын

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

@welcometonebalia 13 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@say2577 20 күн бұрын

Why don't you add a 'year date' annotation to the corner of each video? That will help us be chronously oriented. Just a label with the year you are talking in, around the corner.

@KingsRightHand 20 күн бұрын

this brings tears to my eyes for some reason....Well, i have met very good polish gamers who are extremely kind to me and helped me as well.

@wandering_cucumber1833 20 күн бұрын

I hope you guys would consider covering the january uprising in poland.

@minoru-kk 20 күн бұрын

The partition and rebirth of Poland seems to tell us that uniting the national community could be so vital

@TN51234 20 күн бұрын

Today in eu they want to abolish nationalism, it partly happned already in western europe. That's how its easier to controll masses, without religion, culture, history theres nothing that holds to the land or country anymore.

@michalis5817 20 күн бұрын

Great video well done

@Miller09095 20 күн бұрын

This and the German 1848 revolution are why my ancestors moved to America. I'm glad Polish Culture survived

@mikolajtrzeciecki1188 13 күн бұрын

Not for long.

@theliato3809 20 күн бұрын

It’s an interesting timeline to consider a history where the PLC did not freeze up and was able to keep together.

@copper_corgi 20 күн бұрын

Don't cry don't cry don't cry...

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

Why would we cry

@Kliscian 20 күн бұрын

@@AnglephileSwedenGerman commonwealth destroyed 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@khalidgagnon8753 20 күн бұрын

No joke

@khalidgagnon8753 20 күн бұрын

@@AnglephileSwedenGerman Poland got smooshed, that's why we cry.....

@canvassketch4112 17 күн бұрын

Don't cry copper_corgi a.k.a RedL!ghtS0n 😂

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

Could you do a series on Portugal and the Azores n the Portuguese expansion into south America and Africa and China? Thank you for the brilliant video, went by a lil too fast so i had to keep rewinding at parts going on an hour an a half edit: my father served in the Portuguese army n was soldiering in Africa, angola i think, not sure i only seen photos n never heard of talk , but my one of my grandfathers born in 1925 the other 1920 join during war n were sent to canada , idk why

@CombatRing 21 күн бұрын

I'm surprised this video is unlisted. In either case, it's a cautionary tale on what happens when leaders are too concerned about doing whatever they want to see the bigger threats breathing down their collective necks.

@KingsandGenerals 21 күн бұрын

It is unlisted because we are giving youtube members and patrons early access.

@sidp5381 21 күн бұрын

Lol

@AnglephileSwedenGerman 20 күн бұрын

Sorry my English is not so great, could you write your comment a little simpler for me, sorry to bother you

@forg0tten379 20 күн бұрын

@CombatRing I disagree with the statement that the leaders were entirely responsible, If the people can't agree what's best for everyone someone else will decide it for you. The century or more of stagnation made most people so Indifferent to the wellbeing of the state that the fall was inevitable and well deserved.

@exclibrion 20 күн бұрын

@@AnglephileSwedenGerman This video was posted out of the list. Its a story of a caution in which the leaders are too busy trying to make their own goals to be finished rather than taking in consideration a larger problem that looms over the horizon.

@Zadlo14 20 күн бұрын

13:03 Prince Poniatowski didn't lead Polish army in Lithuania. He led units in Ukraine while Kosciuszko was his subordinate. Polish-Lithuanian forces in Lithuania were led by duke of Wurtemberg but he was a Prussian traitor who faked the illness not to lead Polish army against Russians. His Polish wife divorced him because of that.

@WilliamMosicki-Nystrom 20 күн бұрын

Watch as any Russian who sees this say, that Poland was always Russian and make a poor excuse to invade it next.

@user-le4qv7gb6z 20 күн бұрын

кто о чем,а поляки о русских

@cajuntexas9777 20 күн бұрын

thats so not true 😂😂 cant believe yall falling for that western propaganda shi

@alexandershelest2760 20 күн бұрын

hey, look! They are already here.

@user-qp2qh7qy8l 17 күн бұрын

Oh thanks for the idea 😁

@Cross91215 18 күн бұрын

The question is how the hell is prussia a slavic country(not a country but is made up of several slavic principalities, duchy, counties, tribes, etc) became german.

@Voice_of_Rambol 13 күн бұрын

Repressions on the Polish language for over a century

@Persiian_knight 17 күн бұрын

Bro, where do you get the maps you are editing, help me

@lennart266 20 күн бұрын

Why is the Netherlands called Flanders

@talknight2 20 күн бұрын

Because there was no Netherlands back then

@lennart266 20 күн бұрын

@@talknight2 Republic of the seven united NETHERLANDS? Its never officially been called Flanders, only sometimes referred to the region as such.

@dylan2478 20 күн бұрын

⁠@@talknight2thé netherlands existed and Flanders its medieval independent golden age was long gone It must be a mistake from the makers

@FinnishDragon 20 күн бұрын

Kings and Generals should do a video series of Russification in Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic States, Georgia, the Caucasus region and in Finland.

@egorkuzminau7623 20 күн бұрын

In Belarus as well.

@robvig60 20 күн бұрын

And Königsberg (Kaliningrad).

@TN51234 20 күн бұрын

And Germanisation.

@misterborak751 20 күн бұрын

Don’t you cry. We are still here. 🇵🇱

@Quentof 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for this material, but you forgot to mention a few things: Before Kościuszko's uprising, the country was in total decay. At that time, there was huge corruption in the country. Military orders could be purchased for gold or cash like an ordinary item. After the dissolution of the Jesuit brotherhood, the Most Important Catholic Bishops confiscated millions of Polish zlotys for their expenses. This money, instead of going to the education of the nobility, went to the private expenses of the bishops. That's why there was a shortage of so many officers and engineers in the country. During the Kościuszko Uprising, both the nobility and the priests did not tell their peasants that they were free and could fight because the harvest was approaching. For them, profit was more important than saving the independence of their homeland. General Kościuszko tried to enlist 300,000 men. He managed to collect only half of this amount. Most of them were poorly armed nobility and peasants. Peasants living around Krakow stopped working on the land and promised that they would stop fighting the enemy only when they expel all foreign armed forces from the country. During the Kościuszko Uprising, there was a shortage of weapons, ammunition and fortifications, and many forts had to be built from scratch. Many of the Polish and Lithuanian fortifications were simple wooden forts. Such forts were very easy to build, but in the fight against an enemy who had more artillery, it was not enough. At first, King Poniatowski eagerly supported the Kościuszko Uprising, but after the successes of the Russian and Prussian armies, he joined the Targowice Confederation. In the process, they destroyed the work of the Four-Year Sejm, which adopted the Constitution of May 3. During the last battle of the uprising near Warsaw, Russian soldiers under the command of General Suvorov murdered 20,000 inhabitants of Prague. Women and children were not spared and their belongings were stolen. During the occupation of the country in the 19th century, there would be three great national uprisings of Poles and Lithuanians: the November Uprising of 1830-1831, the Krakow Uprising of 1846 and the January Uprising of 1863-1864. The children and grandchildren of people who sold their country during the Targowice Confederation will also fight in the ranks of the insurgent army. Many of them will lose their own lives trying to wash away the shame of betrayal.

@TheGeneralGrievous19 20 күн бұрын

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła. 🇵🇱 Poland is not yet lost. 🇵🇱

@TheRavenLord1 20 күн бұрын

*Prussia, Austria, and Russia:* Just think of the bunnies Poland.

@karolswieboda1781 20 күн бұрын

Poland: so many stars in the sky tonight

@benjamintan9996 14 күн бұрын

Poland is not yet lost!

@669Malo 19 күн бұрын

A yes the story of my country, so epic, so fantastic and so tragic...

@gauravsinha7401 20 күн бұрын

Whats the music at 10:46?

@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd 19 күн бұрын

idea : a compilation/remaster of the first to third mithridtic wars, the history of judea (from it being a kingdom to being a province of the babylonians, persians, greeks, and the romans), and a compilation of all the germanic tribes and barbarian kingdoms pre roman collapse and post roman collapse.

@mikemodugno5879 20 күн бұрын

Awesome video! You suggested a long time ago that you would be covering Charles V's Spanish/German/American/Italian empire in depth. Is that still coming?

@LordofKings_ 20 күн бұрын

Why did you guys name the Netherlands "Flanders"????? at 2:43 . i am appalled

@Warhammer40k47 20 күн бұрын

Because it's rightful Flemish clay. 😆

@jaumejoseoranies7948 19 күн бұрын

It might be interesting to make a video about the Reapers War (of Catalonia) in 1640, the subsequent 1st Catalan Republic (1641), the French county of Barcelona, the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) and the partition of the Principality of Catalonia between Spain and France (consolidated in the War of the Spanish Succession) where the Castilian King Philip V of Borbón still swore to defend the French municipalities on his take of possession as Count of Barcelona in 1701 and in the dispute until after the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and with Catalan law in use in the British Menorca until 1782, with an interesting episode of an attempt to recover Sardinia in 1723 by the county of Barcelona (king of Spain).

@abcdef27669 20 күн бұрын

Absolute Kurwa Moment.

@grandengineernathan 20 күн бұрын

the french revolution could have ended much more sourly if not for the poles, as in 1792 while prussia was invading France, most of its forces were at the polish border and not in France

@smal750 20 күн бұрын

The germs still got obliterated and conquered in days soooo

@youtubeadministration8037 Күн бұрын

13:15 more importantly Poniatowski would pledge his allegiance to Catherine couple weeks into the war which completely devastated morale and hope

@fedgesmedjji7494 18 күн бұрын

so interesting and so well done

@Mr.KaganbYaltrk 20 күн бұрын

244 years later some Mustache man :

@thesheetposter9277 20 күн бұрын

two mustache men actually

@puneetmishra4726 20 күн бұрын

@@thesheetposter9277 little moustache man and big moustache man.

@alexandershelest2760 20 күн бұрын

@@thesheetposter9277 one of them was from Austria/Germany and another from Russia, what a coincidence.

@destroyerarmor2846 20 күн бұрын

Mr Hussein was badass 😎

@donderstorm1845 20 күн бұрын

poland: not again

@user-qn9lk2jz7c 20 күн бұрын

I'm surprised you don't have a series covering the Mexican drug war...would be a great watch

@drfibonacci7570 19 күн бұрын

Your map mixes up Flanders & the Netherlands

@rafalszczepanski98 20 күн бұрын

I had tears in my eyes listening to this.

@neniAAinen 20 күн бұрын

Role of personality in history, i guess. Between Russia and Poland (both sorta backward European powers with a chance to catch up by the late XVIIth century), only one got Peter I. Poland didn't, and paid dearly for that - despite having a far better initial position in European affairs.

@Vekhh 10 күн бұрын

I'm surprised how little is known about this in the world. For me its the worst date for my country, even in 1939 the catastrophy wasn't so collosal.

@alfrancisbuada2591 19 күн бұрын

Now do another video in your Knight Orders series. This time one about the Teutonic Knights. The other famous christian military order aside from the Templars.

@LitD 19 күн бұрын

The Prussian ambassador Bucholtz recieved money and instructionsto aid the Polish reforms and delivered a promise of military aid from his king. The speed with which the Poles began modernizing caused concern however so when the Russians did invade the Prussians refused to intervene by claiming the alliance was no longer binding as it had been signed with a republic whereas after the declaration of the constitution the PLC was a monarchy. Among the most pressing reforms was the modernisation of the army, new arms factories were built and a compromise project was intitiated forseeing of the creation of a 100 thousand strong force. An interesting point of this plan was the creation of two rifle regiments, one in the Crown the other in Lithuania (rifled muskets were still a new concept and most armies didn't see the value in them compared to smoothbore muskets). The plan also introduced several elements of uniform that became standard for the Polish army with the "rogatywka" probably being the most enduring. The PLC's performance was mixed. The made many mistakes in deployment and often showed a lack of initiative however they were also capable of taking on Russian veterans from the Turkish wars and not only fight them to a standstill but outright break them such as at Zielence. Jozef Poniatowski was CiC of the ukrainian front, Kosciuszko was one of his subordinates. Kosciuszko was in overall command at Dubienka where he established a strong defence but failed to account for the Austrians giving the Russians permission to pass through their territory to outflank him. Dubienka also saw the new riflemen engaged in heavy fighting for most of the day repulsing both jeagers and cossacks before giving ground to grenadiers. Their performance would lead to Poniatowski arguing with Napoleon about the creation of a regiment for the Duchy of Warsaw, Napoleon apparently begrudgingly gave permission only in 1812 and as such was never created. Polish cossacks declared Jozef Poniatowski their ataman and gifted him a camel hair cloak which he apparently wore for most of his life, including the day he died at Leipzig.

@comdo831 20 күн бұрын

This is the kind of thing that happens when you would rather invest in beer than in military capability.

@Jim73 20 күн бұрын

Note: the thumbnail/preview map images are fairly hard to make out because the colors are not well assigned and the color palette is so muted/grey. Baltic Sea is grey and Sweden is blue... I know where Poland was and is and I still had a difficult time figuring out the map. Other viewers - I welcome your derision.

@piotrwojdelko1150 20 күн бұрын

It could have been Dresden the capital of Germany not Berlin if polish commonwealth alliance with Saxony had survived .The problem was in Augustus who wanted revenge with Swedes who looted his country

@pdruiz2005 4 күн бұрын

At 17:46. Yep, here in America this Polish hero has left his name in lots of places. The Americans don’t like naming places and streets after foreigners, so his name sticks out. There’s a major street, a large bridge and a subway station here in NYC named after him. And I can’t for the life of me remember how to pronounce it or spell it. Lol.

@krzysztofwisniewski4746 12 күн бұрын

Pokazana mapa (ok. 4 minuta filmu) przedstawia, że ok. 1700 r. Śląsk oddzielający Saksonię od Rzeczypospolitej, należał do Prus. Jest to nieprawda, Śląsk należał wówczas do Austrii, a został podbity przez Prusy poźniej - w latach 1740-1763.

@shehryarashraf5840 20 күн бұрын

guess which power opposed the partition of poland

@WodospadPelagia 20 күн бұрын

Ottoman Empire and Denmark as far as I know

@GdzieJestNemo 20 күн бұрын

@@WodospadPelagia tbh non - Ottomans just used a phrase to trigger Russians, that's all it was to it. 2nd that is sometimes listed is Persia, but there's no source for that whatsoever

@GdzieJestNemo 20 күн бұрын

@@patryk4198 could you give any source?

@WodospadPelagia 20 күн бұрын

@@GdzieJestNemo Well, it depends also on interpretation of what "opposed" means, right? They weren't clapping hands, so that's something :)

@overlordover114 11 күн бұрын

too soon 😪 still hurts

@sidp5381 21 күн бұрын

I think it’s safe to say that the war against the Russian empire was the most major impact for the Ottomans decline besides their own domestic issues also Kings and Generals I just wanted to know if you guys ever plan to do the Russo Turkish war of 1768 to 1774 mass battles incredible commanders such as Alexander Suvorov were involved in this conflict and of course, Samuel Greig maybe I feel like you should do this as part of your Russia series, especially since the great Northern wars is pretty much over the Ottoman part one series wraps up

@user-McGiver 20 күн бұрын

of course, you'll say that Ivan... but that isn't true... it took combined forces of western powers and local revolutions to hurt the beast... but still that wasn't enough... the fatal blow came from an ''ally'... the trust on Kaizer's promise of reinstalled lands after ''victory''... a victory that never came of course... but still a someone ''Laurence'' twisted the blade that finally put it down..([ to rise again on another form...) ''Beasts shouldn't be put to sleep... but cooked and eaten!...''

@MohamedAli-xu3uw 20 күн бұрын

How did the Ottoman empire lose a fight against the Russ boys?

@Echoak95 20 күн бұрын

the biggest impacts were the wars against Austria, as they fought each other way longer than the Russian Empire. The deciding factor was the great turkish war and the defeat at Vienna and the concluding treaty in 1699.

@user-lv3xr4wj3i 20 күн бұрын

@MohamedAli-xu3uw OTTOMAN BEAT RUSSO BOYS MANY BATTLE BUT RUSSO COALAYİON FORCES AGAİNST OTTOS DEFEAT.

@user-lv3xr4wj3i 20 күн бұрын

@@Echoak95OTTOMANS VS WHOLE EUROP. YeaE

@razvanpopescu-lw4nw 4 күн бұрын

The Wolf of Austria took the north of Bukowina (from the Principality of Modovia) in 1775 and the Wolf of Russia took Basarabia (from the Principality of Moldovia) in 1812.

@krzysztofwisniewski4746 12 күн бұрын

The map shown (approx. 4 minute of the film) shows that around 1700 Silesia, separating Saxony from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, belonged to Prussia. This is not true, Silesia belonged to Austria at that time, and was conquered by Prussia later - in the years 1740-1763.

@adhdlama2403 20 күн бұрын

In 1772, Sweden certainly didn't control Livonia and Estonia. Russia's capital at the time was S.t Petersburg and it's in what's portrayed here as Swedish territory 😅