Did you know about the special relationship between Poland and Japan in the run up and during the Second World War? Any other interesting stories from that period you'd like to share? Comment below!
@rustyyorkshire706310 ай бұрын
What did you read for this ????
@scrappy913310 ай бұрын
I want to see you make a video about the “National Committee for a Free Germany” (NKFD). Which operated in ww2 as a German Exile organization in the Soviet Union. It played a role in the formation of east Germany. Its a underrated subject that would complement your video style.
@satanicturtle992910 ай бұрын
@@scrappy9133I agree, this would be cool
@ace44810 ай бұрын
Germanys involvement with the KMT during the 1930s.
@death-istic958610 ай бұрын
Hi.
@Monkechnology10 ай бұрын
Poland: "We declare war on the Empire of Japan" Japan: "No, you don't" Poland: "Understandable, have a nice day"
@kamilszadkowski886410 ай бұрын
I mean it is a cool anecdote. Absolutely untrue but cool nonetheless.
@marcinwkurw31859 ай бұрын
@@kamilszadkowski8864 xD
@lenaurban77069 ай бұрын
@@kamilszadkowski8864it is true tho
@kamilszadkowski88649 ай бұрын
@@lenaurban7706 Nah, just a myth.
@lenaurban77069 ай бұрын
@@kamilszadkowski8864 explain then maybe?
@internetxxx_pl0r3r_xxx7710 ай бұрын
And that's how "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" got made.
@prodbyguac10 ай бұрын
fax
@BlazeMaster9 ай бұрын
XD
@Romczy9 ай бұрын
😂
@noobdogg9 ай бұрын
No. Cdprojekt are just weeaboos or mangozjeby it's fine actually I am too
@karolinakuc47839 ай бұрын
@@noobdoggDo I know? They mention only a few SF anime classics. I think they are just into SF and cyberpunk genre
@thorpeaaron111010 ай бұрын
Poland: *Declares war on Japan* Japan: "Nah we're good fam".
@itap88809 ай бұрын
Britain: "So, you're gonna help?" Poland: "Nah, not gonna die for Pearl Harbor"
@woryok10 ай бұрын
Japanese here. Interestingly, there was also cooperation between Germany and China. The Tripartite Pact was pretty much broken😂 Well, I hope we all are good friends now🇯🇵🤝🇵🇱🤝🇩🇪🤝🇹🇼
@czester999110 ай бұрын
I think we always were
@RAD1111able10 ай бұрын
Based Japanese using the real Chinese flag.
@cathulhu37729 ай бұрын
Gimme second season of Edgerunners and we'll be ok xD
@polishgigachad70979 ай бұрын
The Germanic tribes cannot be trusted. They are treacherous vipers. To this day, they have not paid tribute to the Polish Winged Hussars and do not agree to erect a monument to Jan Sobieski on Kahlenberg Hill.
@whitepolpot9 ай бұрын
@@RAD1111able came here to say this
@michaireneuszjakubowski528910 ай бұрын
Poland and Japand share a long history. Hell, just from the recent side of it: I remember reading the first software handbooks I got my hands on, and they were published back in the early 90s by the "Polish-Japanese Society for furthering technical cooperation". AFAIK the name's changed a few times, but the organization has been around since at least the 80s. Turns out the two countries have shared several scientific programmes over the decades, so extensively publishing houses sprang up to service them!
@kolakpatolik185710 ай бұрын
JBĆ PIS I KONFĘ
@RAD1111able10 ай бұрын
Hell, there's even a Polish-Japanese University for Computer Sciences or something like that.
@cathulhu37729 ай бұрын
@@RAD1111ableYes it is next to Warsaw Filters and hospital at Lindleya street. I live 10 minutes walk from it :))))
@satanicblood66669 ай бұрын
@@RAD1111able There are even two (at least). I work from time to time with the one in Bytom.
@therealjanczareq43559 ай бұрын
@@RAD1111ableyea there is, it's located in the Ochota district of Warsaw and i almost applied there a few years back.
@definitelynotadam10 ай бұрын
7:35 Engima was cracked by Polish codebreakers in early 1930s. Ahead of the war Poles shared both a working Engima machine, but also their codebreaking research, with Brits and French. A newer version of Engima had to be cracked again in Bletchley Park after the war started and Poland was overun by both Nazi German and Soviet Union. Codebreaking made a massive difference for the war effort.
@HanSolo__8 ай бұрын
Not exactly.
@arthis6378 ай бұрын
Pretty sure it's called Enigma machine
@Mike2344310 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly, Shogi, Japanese chess, was first distributed into Europe in modern times through Poland. A polish woman living in Japan was the first to become a foreign professional shogi player.
@Whurlpuul10 ай бұрын
Wow, that's interesting
@bibibuu664610 ай бұрын
Polish is also spelt with a capital P just like any another nationality.
@Mike2344310 ай бұрын
@@bibibuu6646 but unlike other nationalities, polish also means to make something shine, meaning autocorrect will not capitalize it, hence the mistake.
@KrysFG10 ай бұрын
2 honour based nations on the opposite sides of the globe 🇵🇱🇯🇵
@hirannes221710 ай бұрын
The more I learn about the Polish people, the more I am in awe of their valor.
@DeKevers10 ай бұрын
Poland was always seen as weak and helpless during WW2 but it’s not true, they got crushed on both fronts and it took about a month to be captured
@DeKevers10 ай бұрын
Also I’m not sure Japan during WW2 is a great ally morally
@ZeroScotland10 ай бұрын
@@DeKeverseven if you do manage to invade poland, expect to be meeting *hell*
@extrage306110 ай бұрын
@@ZeroScotland I think that even if you win, we will never stop fighting. Might have been a better sentence.
@123pik110 ай бұрын
@@DeKeversactually from every side Poland was attacked in 1939: West, East, South (Slovakia under German occupation) and North (East Prussia) So basically PL needed to defend itself from everywhere
@definitelynotadam10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: there is a Polish-Japanese University in Warsaw, which specialises, no surprise here, in Information Technology subjects.
@olafjansowidz9 ай бұрын
Also in Gdańsk
@nieczerwony9 ай бұрын
PJATK. It's academy not university.
@olafjansowidz9 ай бұрын
@@nieczerwony szczam na cb
@olafjansowidz9 ай бұрын
@@nieczerwony idź oglądaj te swoje teorie o Krymie kalifornijskim czy coś xDD
@czento93029 ай бұрын
@@olafjansowidzrozwiń nazwę pjatk xd w nazwie masz że to akademia,+ czy ty wiesz że uniwersytet to tytuł dla uczelni, nie każda uczelnia wyższa jest uniwersytetem, trzeba spełnić pewne wymagania co do ilości i jakości kierunków (wydaje mi się że pjatk ma za mało kierunków ale nie kłamiąc nie sprawdzałem tego)
@UTube4Junky10 ай бұрын
Wow.. Polish heritage and a history buff and yet I never knew any of this.. “Samurai nation” - that’s definitely an honor when described by a Japanese.. Knew about Poland being a nation of “Winged Hussars” but this is something else.. Thank you!! 🙏 🫡
@UTube4Junky10 ай бұрын
Today’s (Oct 26) “The Japan Times” has an article titled: “Japan and Poland mark centennial of orphans' rescue from Siberia” YT hates competition so they don’t allow links. Go to “The Japan Times” and Google the title, you’ll find it there.. The two nations have an amazing history of working together.. In the article they draw parallels to today’s Ukraine…
@naroddyzmow53569 ай бұрын
Szlachta Check this
@UTube4Junky9 ай бұрын
@@naroddyzmow5356 ?? Can you be any more vague? Check what? Szlachta - Nobility - дворянство Watch Timothy Snyder (part 9) where he talks about the Khmelnytsky Uprising (amongst other things). Pretty good explanation as to why they rose up against Poland. Basically a case of “taxation with no - or very little - representation”. A huge blunder by the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Sadly, the Muscovy principality (which later became russia) used it to their advantage. ..but I digress..
@HanSolo__8 ай бұрын
Not many used a sabre in WWII soldiers' equipment. Two countries come to mind. Both had equipped officers with long blades because of their place in history, tradition and national consciousness.
@NarodowyPolski186410 ай бұрын
As a Polish. Yeah Japan were our allies and they collaborated with us in WW2. Even though they join the axis. Love from Polska 🇵🇱❤️🇯🇵
@issintf92510 ай бұрын
Based profile pic. Long live the Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian commonwealth
@katon4410 ай бұрын
london here and there,british empire responsible for starting ww1 involved at moving out gold reserve(they keep refuse of sending it back until now,part of gold has been officialy taken as payment for fuels and amminition used by polish air division's at battle of britain) to sweden(their colony since napolenic wars),so not really any kind of cooperation between japan and poland but part of british business (there is some connection between self claimed dictator as well as most propably prussian agent and japan,but in the name of prussian then british business against russian empire)
@NarodowyPolski186410 ай бұрын
@@issintf925 thanks man
@kolakpatolik185710 ай бұрын
JBĆ PIS I KONF Ę
@pc_suffering694110 ай бұрын
@@issintf925cringe. Polacks go home.
@Artur_M.10 ай бұрын
Nice to see you covering this topic! There actually was some Polish vs. Japanese combat in air over China. In 1941 Polish fighter ace and the former co-commander of the already legendary 303 Squadron, Witold Urbanowicz was send to US as an Air Attaché, where he met with Merian C. Cooper, who invited him to come fly as a special guest pilot of the American Air Force 23rd Fighter Group in China. Earlier Cooper (the guy most famous as the creator of King Kong) was one of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for Poland in the Polish-Soviet War (he actually came up with the idea). And the 303 Squadron was continuing the tradition of their unit, being named the Kościuszko Squadron and bearing their insignia.
@micahistory10 ай бұрын
i knew you'd be here
@kolakpatolik185710 ай бұрын
JBĆ PIS I KONF Ę
@NeostormXLMAX10 ай бұрын
More germans helped chinese fight japanese, originally china was supposed to join the axis in place of japan, chiang kai chek wrote a letter to hitler begging him to help china
@UTube4Junky10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this.. I have Polish heritage and am an airline pilot so this is very close to my heart.. 🫡
@historywithhilbert14610 ай бұрын
The first time I came away from researching Japan in the Second World War and thought "nice, good job, guys."
@westrim10 ай бұрын
It's sobering, because it's easy to fall into a rut of thinking that the Empire of Japan was simple evil, and did evil things because that's what evil governments do. But then you look situations like this where not just individual people but government policy towards a foreign nation was not just good but benevolent, and it makes all the rest of their sins feel that much worse. Like, as a government, Japan was still composed of people who still had choices. They loved their families, hugged their children, slapped their friends on the back and laughed. Then they went to war for resources what they may well have been able to gain peacefully and brutalized damn near everyone they encountered, even those they intended to make allies of. Except, sometimes, they genuinely did the right thing. Their rejection of Nazi persecution of Jews and intake of tens of thousands of refugees is another example. Evil is never simple. It's complex, insidious, and everyone has the capacity to do it, and the responsibility to be aware of that and choose not to.
@tadsklallamn8v10 ай бұрын
how incredibly dehumanizing to the millions of dead Jews the Polish aristocracy collaborators killed, and shows your viscous anti-communis bias.
@tadsklallamn8v10 ай бұрын
so many primary sources from Polish aristocracy at that time say they are fighting "judeo-bolshevism". the writing is on the wall. or will you bury your head in the sand like your video about Santa's racist minstrel you hold so dear.
@death-istic958610 ай бұрын
Hi!❤
@user-hr1iy4nz4s10 ай бұрын
Second unit 731 was premier good guys
@WujekFu10 ай бұрын
I'm Polish and I love Japan, it's my favorite asian country. Love your culture, history, language everything.
@VoytekPavlik9 ай бұрын
thumbs up
@man-lv1gd3 ай бұрын
Same 🗿
@man-lv1gd3 ай бұрын
Same 🗿
@listener-kv8rr10 ай бұрын
Interesujący odcinek. Dodam jeszcze jedną ciekawostkę. Japońska armia, podobnie jak inne, ma swoje marsze wojskowe. Jeden z nich, pochodzący z epoki Meiji, nosi tytuł: 波蘭懐古 / Pōrando kaiko / Wspomnienia z Polski.
@Dycdom9 ай бұрын
super..bardzo ciekawa informacja muszę o tym poczytać.dzieki!
@karolinakuc47839 ай бұрын
It is because one time Russia attacked Japan and they lost.
@piotrd.48503 ай бұрын
Jest nawet na YT i ma całkiem mocny tekst.
@Dupa15410 ай бұрын
Now we know how the miracle of the Vistula happened, Piłsudski was a anime protagonist
@lxdead55859 ай бұрын
Back then Pilsidski gave up his position, and was busy crying out his eyes in his lover’s skirt. Give respect where it belongs -> Rozwadowski
@man-lv1gd3 ай бұрын
Based Pilsudski moment lol🗿
@peterw35449 ай бұрын
Japan helped evacuate and save hundreds of Polish children from Russian Siberia. Children were housed and fed paid by personal funds of Japanese Empress. This is still remembered to this day in both countries.
@karolklepek-lm7dz10 ай бұрын
People often overlook how interwar Poland had great relations with later Axis states, including Italy, Hungary (which would both remain neutral during invasion of Poland), Japan, Romania and yes, prior to Piłsudski's death in 1935, even Nazi Germany.
@piop10 ай бұрын
True, however, relations with Germany are more complicated. Before 1933, Pol-Ger relations were basically an undeclared war in every aspect other than military, for example, Germany tried to destroy the Polish economy with trade tariffs. Poland (specifically Pilsudski) reacted very aggressively to the Nazis' coming to power and almost openly asked France to start a preventive war against Germany. The reaction of France was, of course, negative, and then Hitler did something completely unexpected and completely changed German policy towards Poland to a friendly one. Not only did he sign a non-aggression pact, but he banned anti-Polish propaganda and unfreezed trade relations. Poland did not refuse this goodwill because why should we if our main ally - France also wanted the same thing - peace. This state of affairs lasted until the spring of 1939.
@123pik110 ай бұрын
@@piop Pilsudski suggested preventing attack on Germany when they remitilarized Rhineland what broke the statement in Treaty of Versaile
@piop10 ай бұрын
@@123pik1 If we look at the diplomatic process in detail, it is more complicated. Immediately after coming to power, Hitler demanded in a press interview that Poland should return the Corridor, Poland responded with escalation - a provocative visit of its own warship to Westerplatte and statements about preventive war, this tough stance had a sobering effect on the Germans. But yes, the issue of preventive war actually returned with the remilitarization of the Rhineland.
@LecherousLizard9 ай бұрын
@@piopNot to mention Poland was fully expecting Germany to attack them like they did and prepared accordingly, except that Germany went ahead with their plan a few years in advance (iirc, Poland was preparing for the war to start in 1942 give or take, not 1939)
@nzcamel310 ай бұрын
Wow. I'm impressed with the nuance Japan employed in relation to a long standing friend under pressure. Whatever else one thinks about Japan during WWII, that is very commendable!
@gombao3489 ай бұрын
Respect for Japan from Poland
@TheGrace02010 ай бұрын
Based Poland and Japan cooperation 😼💅
@jacplac9710 ай бұрын
Great work on that one. I already knew most of these facts, but the bit about Japan helping evacuate our gold was new to me.
@maddog5029 ай бұрын
It is worth mentioning the figure of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, who, during his work, having realized how the Germans treated people of other races in cooperation with the Polish underground, issued visas together with his wife (it took them 18-20 hours a day - but not the number of so-called family visas issued for several people) transit to Japan, which helped save 2,139 to 10,000 Jews. A large number of false visas were also issued by the Polish intelligence.n 1985, he received the Yad Vashem Award and - as the only Japanese - was honored with the title חסיד אומות העולם [hasid umot ha-olam] - "Righteous Among the Nations". However, Sugihara was too ill to go to receive the award, and his wife and daughter received it on his behalf.
@KatarzynaSzaniawska-tj3cm9 ай бұрын
Do you have more details on that topic? Any sources? My grandfather was taking part in this operation in Kaunas, but I only heard about it from him. I would like to read more about it.
@maddog5029 ай бұрын
@@KatarzynaSzaniawska-tj3cm Witam...może być po polsku? rcin.org.pl/Content/61535/WA303_80831_A453-SzDR-51-1_Hadzelek.pdf
@kordiankacprzak762310 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for preparing this material! Even here in Poland, few people know about the relations between Poland and Japan before and during the war. But there are a few more things worth mentioning. The first is that Japan not only helped Polish Jews escape, but also Poles deported to Siberia. Many refugees found shelter in the city of Harbin in Manchuria, where there was a large concentration of Poles and there were numerous Polish cultural institutions and even a university. Moreover, the Japanese did not object to Poles staying in Manchuria joining the Polish Army being formed in the West fighting the Germans. And despite German protests, the Japanese government neither closed Polish cultural institutions nor severed diplomatic contacts with Poland. The second is the fact that cooperation between Poland and Japan began to deteriorate even before the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the reasons why the Japanese maintained such close cooperation with Poland was the conclusion of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by Germany. The Japanese, for whom the Soviet Union was one of the greatest threats, considered this act a betrayal on the part of Germany. Therefore, Japan continued to support the Poles, in return for which Poland provided it with intelligence data regarding the Soviet Union. The situation changed on July 30, 1941. After Germany attacked the USSR, Great Britain sought to reach an agreement with Stalin in order to jointly defeat the Third Reich. Therefore, it forced the Polish Government in Exile to sign an agreement with the USSR on the resumption of diplomatic relations, which had been broken after the USSR's invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939. This agreement was later called the Sikorski-Maisky Agreement, and as a result, Poles began to be released from Siberian labor camps. and the Polish army began to be formed in the USSR. This caused Japan to cease cooperation with Poland, but Polish institutions could continue to function peacefully in Japan.
@bensonfang186810 ай бұрын
Germany also helped China a lot so 1939 was truly confusing
@NeostormXLMAX10 ай бұрын
Nazi officials saved a huge amount of people in nanking, china was originally supposed to be in the axis NOT japan, they let japan in due to its massive navy
@aka9910 ай бұрын
Would make a Greta topic aswell by hilbert
@HCforLife19 ай бұрын
Not to mention that Germany worked closely with USSR, partitioning Poland in September 1939. Not many people remember that they cooperated closely on so many levels up until 1940's
@emkabe236210 ай бұрын
The Japanese rescued and sheltered nearly 900 Polish orphans from Siberia. Poland took care of the Japanese kids in need after the great tsunami wave.
@joebombero110 ай бұрын
Poland has always had a very dedicated and complicated diplomatic corps.
@micahistory10 ай бұрын
interesting, i had heard about this friendship but never knew the reason why. A common enemy sure can bring countries and peoples together
@ronblack787010 ай бұрын
remember that statement when you call ukrainians who cooperated with germany nazis for fighting against the russians.
@LecherousLizard9 ай бұрын
Tadeusz Piłsudski was much more accomplished than what was mentioned here too. His work with Ainu was basically the only reason Ainu culture (before they got assimilated) was preserved in any capacity and he even managed to make audio recordings of the Ainu language, which, Iirc, are the only in existence.
@karolinakuc47839 ай бұрын
True
@The_Greedy_Orphan10 ай бұрын
So, in Nanjing, there was a Nazi officer who sheltered Chinese civilians from rampaging Japanese troops, and in Siberian, the Japanese red cross sheltered Polish children from Russian Agression.
@aka9910 ай бұрын
The Germans made a movie about John Rabe. I recommend the movie.
@PiotrZaw9710 ай бұрын
And poland sheltered korean children during korean war.
@lawleokatsushika462110 ай бұрын
China also sheltered Austrian Jewish during the WWII
@123pik110 ай бұрын
Nazi or German officer? I guess German
@CIACH4410 ай бұрын
And Persians in Iran during World War II warmly took care of Polish refugees from the Soviet Union.
@alansmithee883110 ай бұрын
Hello Hilbert. I knew nothing of this, but it makes sense in that the two were at either end of the expanse that was under Russian or Soviet rule. Very interesting.
@DingDimlewitz10 ай бұрын
Why did Poland and Japan Work Together In World War 2? Because there is a big country inbetween that threatened both of them?
@Alan468109 ай бұрын
7:30 Enigma was cracked long before... by Poles in fact
@larrydzemorsky17779 ай бұрын
Great pronunciation of polish words 👍
@robertdominiktkanka35419 ай бұрын
Most of my Polish friends were in some way into Japaneese culture, from anime, sushi, through practising karate or Zen, to learning Japaneese a couple of them 🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍
@bannedeverywhere10 ай бұрын
The hussar likes the samurai.
@Zzrik10 ай бұрын
Imagine some one pulling a uno move on a nation today like Japan did lol "We don't declare war on North Korea as they are just forced into conflict thanks to China." Like the idea of just refusing someones declaration of war is itself amazing. "We declare war." "Nope you don't, we won't fight since we don't acknowledge your declaration of war as valid, you only did it under pressure so it doesn't count."
@NeostormXLMAX10 ай бұрын
China could say the same thing with taiwan, since they say taiwan is not a country they could just say they are transporting troops
@greycliffnative10 ай бұрын
Actually, North Korea has extremely inhumane, aggressive and militaristic system herself, so cannot be treated as just China's proxy. I am afraid that NK will be in aggressors' pact rather than defending herself.
@warcat246910 ай бұрын
Japan anytime they find another country that also hates Russia: *"KAWAII ^_^ WE LOVE YOU"*
@Ewas779 ай бұрын
How very informative!! I'm from Poland but have a cousin who settled in Japan many years ago, I'll forward this to him for sure!
@piotrwojdelko115010 ай бұрын
As a Pole I'm surprised but it makes sense against the Russian Empire but probably this alliance was weak.I was surprised when one Japanese who knows Polish language well wrote that some Japanese cities like Hiroshima had spelling mistake because it was translated from English. He also mentioned that polish language has a high range of consonants .Should be not HiroSZima but HiroŚima.
@purpleneons9 ай бұрын
If anything, it should be spelled Hirosima - a minor difference, but it just looks better. I agree with him though.
@Yuudaddy9 ай бұрын
This is because the Japanese words that are in the Polish language were taken from English speakers which makes it very innacurate. By Polish standards "Sushi" is "Susi", Geisha is "geisia" or "gejsia", "Hiroshima" is "Hirosima" and so on. Same reason why the Japanese call our country "Pourando"(Poorando) and not "Porusuka"(Poruska/Porska). The Polish langauge has all the sounds that the Japanese language uses. This makes us the best Japanese speakers among Foreigners or at least so the Japanese Embasy in Poland says.
@patrickwentz841310 ай бұрын
Utterly fascinating. Thank you so much for this video!
@salsheikh450810 ай бұрын
Great episode. Never knew
@ernestpruchnicki374810 ай бұрын
Holy shit I love you pronunciation of Polish names
@misuszatek77499 ай бұрын
Your "Józef Piłsudski" was perfect.
@szymonkania30689 ай бұрын
Nobody is going to mention how he nailed the pronounciation of polish names? I had to skip back few times to hear it again because i was so surprised, great job man
@stanleygohome486910 ай бұрын
Dziękuję!
@xzardas5419 ай бұрын
2 best allies of poland during ww2 were japan and hungary. And both of them were in the axis, meanwhile actual "allies" brits and french were worse than useless.
@MarkMac-in3nh9 ай бұрын
So called „ partitions of Poland „ [ Commonwealth of Poland and Dutchy of Lithuania ] is only an euphemism for theft and robbery : Russia - Prusia - Austria divided their neighbour Poland between themselves, it was the largest land grab in the European history. Prussia , a small insignificant German principality, suddenly doubled in size, Russian Empire grabbed most of vast territory of Poland , and Habsburg Empire ( despite being Catholic ) took still a large chunk of Southern Poland. All three participated in a premeditated and unprovoked dismembering of the only free democracy in Europe, the only successful political Union of two distinct independent States in Europe, which was a political feat not matched ever since. It was also a grand theft of Poland’s wealth and treasure , a looting operation - for example Russians stole from Warsaw the largest library in Europe at that time , the 400,000 volumes Załuski Library in Warsaw - transported it to Moscow to lay foundation for the Moscow University - the Załuski Library is still in Moscow. And millions of conscripts for their armies were forcefully extracted from the occupied Polish lands. It is legitimate to say that destruction of the Polish Commonwealth in the XVII century paved the way for horrors of the XX century in Europe and of now. For the European ( and global ) security and stability Poland must be restored to its historical significance. Polonia Semper Fidelis.
@sywu11110 ай бұрын
Polish-Japanese friendship (almost love!😅) could happen only, for Poland & Japan have absolutely NO contradictory interests, but both had/have one common ENEMY - it is Russia😅; in fact no one in Poland would like anything as "Nanjing Massacre" (!!!😢), but - anyway - towards Polish people, Japan proved to be chivalric👍 PS. My Polish father in '80's lived in Poland, & started training of karate... He still loves this Japanese fight skill trainings, & it was connected to Bruce Lee movies!😅🎃
@Wit22009 ай бұрын
The fact you can respond to a war declaration with "Nahhh
@drohiczyn10 ай бұрын
Poland : I demand satisfaction Sir ! Japan : You are drunk Poland , go home ! Poland : Good day to you Sir, Sayo-nara.
@karolinakuc47839 ай бұрын
Nah Japan knew that it was USA that made Poland declare war and they don't have any grievance towards them
@robertsiwek750326 күн бұрын
@@karolinakuc4783 UK n ot USA. USA was not involved i the war then
@mramogus10329 ай бұрын
Respect to Poland 🇲🇨 From usa 🇺🇸
@karolinakuc47839 ай бұрын
Polish flag is different white is on top. You showed flag of Indonesia. Too much countryballs I guess
@KamilsView10 ай бұрын
Very interesting and important information. I had no clue about that - that was not taught in my school in Poland and never mentioned anywhere, really.
@MarbelCube9 ай бұрын
My great greatgrandfather was a Polish conscript who fought in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904. He was lucky to make it trough. And many out of 250 000 mobilized Poles from russian partition started their military career on war with Japan. Lately becoming those, among the others, officers from the photos.
@ssg9offical10 ай бұрын
This video so random I’m watching it all the way through.
@brooksrownd227510 ай бұрын
wooo, that was quite a tour of some interesting and obscure backroads of history
@scrappy913310 ай бұрын
I want to see you make a video about the “National Committee for a Free Germany” (NKFD). Which operated in ww2 as a German Exile organization in the Soviet Union. It played a role in the formation of east Germany. Its a underrated subject that would your video style.
@KutasMroku10 ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@olowrohek954010 ай бұрын
Well done 👏 Very interesting 👌
@slawomirkulinski10 ай бұрын
Actually Japan had a much bigger impact on Poland's history. In early 1200' Poland was facing Mongol invasion. Mongols reached Legnica which is on the current western border of Poland and won the battle. Lajkonik which is a tourist attraction in Krakow is actually a depiction of a Mongol raider. Also bugle call in Kracow old town ends so suddenly to remind that the guard playing the bugle died killed by Mongolian arrow. However Mongolian invaders returned back to Mongolia after fiasco of Kublai Khan's invasion of Japan. The very same invasion which ended up in entire fleet being destroyed by the God's Wind - Kamikaze.
@katon4410 ай бұрын
lajkonik and arrow's legend is bullshit story made as tourist attraction of fallen city like cracow under austrian rule and jewish president's was at 19 century,mongolian armies were actually mercenaries of banks(venice or genua),not successfull in any battle while invasion's(not able to take any city until traders from genua or venice opened them gates like in sandomierz),avoided of any city fortress(grod),being stopped by small numers of knights(leader of mongolian army was killed in first days of invasion,then they retreated etc etc),one part of army went fastly to region where new polish king able to unity old lands against banks business was located and nobody knows who killed who at battle of legnica(unresolved),once done remains had to moving very fast back to hungary not likely winning army would be behave and second one have been destroyed by army of mercenaries paid by new roman empire(they stopped march for few days until battle of legnica was over,then mongolian army may did able to make a deal done)
@Rodzyniastyyyy10 ай бұрын
@@katon44 have you been drinking Domestos or something lately?
@NeostormXLMAX10 ай бұрын
@@katon44europoor cope, mongols raped your ancestors all eastern euros have asiatic genes, especially fingolians and HUNgarians
@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre10 ай бұрын
The fact is that before the typhoon, the Samurai had defeated the Mongols.
@katon4410 ай бұрын
yes getting knowledge sounds like drinking mana potions for ignorants like you and 10 other's,but isn't magic :)
@pennyspencer45010 ай бұрын
All new to me, but it makes things so much clearer!
@vangogh33010 ай бұрын
I'd love to know what lead to them declaring peace so many years later. Was it just an oversight, or some other circumstance...
@LiezAllLiez10 ай бұрын
Negligence. Poland and Germany hadnt signed a peace treaty, and neither have Japan and Russia after WW2. If relations deteriorate...
@benjamindover739910 ай бұрын
Poland, being a satellite of the Soviet Union, was not allowed to make peace with Japan until the death of Stalin because of Japan's dispute with the Soviets over the Kiril Islands.
@user-uq7io2os3r10 ай бұрын
Many thx for relly interest piece of WW2 history 👍
@user-xq5og9lt8p10 ай бұрын
Poles had allies? What next, Frenchmen aren't all cowards?
@Adrian-zn1eu10 ай бұрын
We had great allies! but only from axis powers. Hungary and Japan for Life... o and btw love to Italians
@Alaryk11110 ай бұрын
@@Adrian-zn1eudon't forget Rumunia.
@Adrian-zn1eu10 ай бұрын
@@Alaryk111 true. I feel ashamed, we Poles to many times are forgetting Romanians. Even though they flex quite a bit to help us out. And I believe we have some history of friendship outside ww2
@Adrian-zn1eu10 ай бұрын
so now literally we checked out everyone from Axis but Germany. Amazing
@00700A10 ай бұрын
If not Germany we would be villains of the history.
@david-jamesferguson144910 ай бұрын
I miss the old "Poland Japan WW2" title back before you re-posted it 😉
@miroslawturski9 ай бұрын
Thank you for bringing that part of history to our attention. We Poles are aware of the stories of saved Polish children, but putting it in even wider context is fascinating. The latest chapter in those friendly relations is the financial help for rebuilding Ukraine ofered through Poland last year.
@combatpriest587810 ай бұрын
Is your girlfriend a part of the reason why you make slightly more content revolving around Poland as of late, or did you just find bunch of interesting stories with Poland without any invovment from your girlfriend? Great work as always!
@Litwinus10 ай бұрын
I don't know much about my ancestors, but my grandfather (Polish) said that his father was a translator in the Russian tsarist army in Manchuria.
@metanoian96510 ай бұрын
This was indeed interesting. This is an easy, flowing narrative and smooth graphics. Educative. Thanks. - Polish would be outsiders in a unified Nihon. As were the native inhabitants = Ainu, who are not Han immigrants to the Japanese islands. Before their forced mixing with Japanese, to erase their true origins in one Japan, they had all the indictors of being Caucasoids. Probably these people were the True Samurai with round eyes and big noses and red hair. The Polish being called 'Samurai Nation' , @ 2' 14" is beguiling. After centuries of oppression and abuse, on 19 April 2019, the Ainu indigenous people were recognized by the Japanese State as being a unique, Native People, worthy of protection. Bronislaw Pilsudski - exile among the Ainu and first dictionary.
@hazchemel10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I didn't know that I didn't know about this.
@esmereldaweatherwax723010 ай бұрын
Fascinating. Thank you!
@izaakfewton75369 ай бұрын
Thanks mate!
@mariusz593810 ай бұрын
8:50 That's a bloody sad I did not ever knew the reason why the Japanese declined to join barbarossa plan. Thank you for that knowledge.
@twisters99910 ай бұрын
Nice! Great video :D And very interesting!
@katharina...10 ай бұрын
Samurai nation 😯 Jeepers, I already liked the Japanese, but after seeing this 🇵🇱❤️🇯🇵
@elendal8 ай бұрын
thank you so much for this video, their intelligence cooperation is a very interesting topic.
@mistep44410 ай бұрын
Great clip! Congrats and good luck in you future endeavours!
@jesupcolt9 ай бұрын
This is really interesting. I had no idea.
@carlensiza65259 ай бұрын
There were actually casualties on Japan's side during the war. The Poles had to send some of their pilots over to the Pacific, and they shot down some Japanese aircraft
@jonaszkoran-mekka14549 ай бұрын
Source?
@piotrd.48509 ай бұрын
Polish State Police of pre War Poland trained Japanese Police and polish cryptologists were lecturers in pre War Japanese Academy.
@morusmarus10 ай бұрын
As Pole I love Japan deeply. I think we are both bit fucked up and mental:p
@Humancompassion123410 ай бұрын
Very interesting Thank you 😊
@shrewdinvestor111410 ай бұрын
Would you please consider a story on the Enigma
@biohuk9 ай бұрын
Very interesting video
@mee47037 ай бұрын
Thanks for the videos Hilbert! I learn a lot from watching your channel ^_^ Is there any chance you could make a video about the history of interactions between the Dutch and Japanese? That would definitely be something I'd be interested in seeing. Thanks again :)
@MrKieras66610 ай бұрын
We love Japan in Poland
@9bang8810 ай бұрын
hi :)
@Shx14810 ай бұрын
Great vid
@hikosaemon10 ай бұрын
I was expecting you’d bring up the strong 19th century ties between Prussia and Japan on this also. Prussia gave Japan a lot of advice on dealing with the bigger powers around them, and helped them develop their military that beat Russia in 1904. But a lot of stuff here I never knew. Thanks!
@tommy-er6hh10 ай бұрын
Nice how you manipulate. You speak of the Japanese disapproval of the German invasion of Poland, as if that act was a major influence why Japan never joined in Barbarossa - BUT you NEVER mention that Japan and the USSR had been fighting for months in Mongolia during the summer if 1939, NOR that Japan was hoping for intervention vs USSR by either Poland, or their Anti-Comintern Pact allies Nazi Germany and Mussolini Italy - or all three. THAT hope was shattered when the news of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact came out at the near same time the Japanese army was destroyed by the USSR. The invasion of Poland by Nazis was only the cherry on the top of the banana split of Disaster, NOT the main meal. The Japanese felt betrayed by their Anti-Comintern Pact allies while their army was in ruins. That is why Japan never joined the Barbarossa campaign.
@susangoaway9 ай бұрын
This is actually correct. I have yet to see a single video that does not forget about such details. Somehow every youtube history channel keeps forgetting about such keypoints. Only proves that doing your own research is always better. Is it manipulated? Well, I wouldn't say so though. Rather unnecessarily romanticised.
@piotrd.48503 ай бұрын
Poland was invaded by GERMANS; it has no border with Nazlinad from the moon.
@Rezzzn0r8 ай бұрын
Thank you, Japan 🙏 Greetings from Poland!
@Jobe-1310 ай бұрын
Well this is bizarre
@Adrian-zn1eu10 ай бұрын
getting even more when you realise that our biggest ally from WW2 was as well from axis powers... Hungary. To not let italians out, Poles mention italians in the anthem and italians mention Poles in theirs.... As good in stealing german allies during WW2 as german cars in the 90'
@oljackie3510 ай бұрын
Thats how alternative jojo bizzare adventure originated xD
@wb56569 ай бұрын
interesting pice of history , ty
@RooZvonBooZ10 ай бұрын
Lol the uno reverse card of diplomacy, love it 😂
@randomname58019 ай бұрын
Polnad: WAR KURWA! Japan: No. UwU
@bcv144310 ай бұрын
here before the video gets taken down
@hin82962 ай бұрын
Japan was so disappointed when Poland was attacked that its then prime minister resigned because he wanted to add Poland to the alliance with Germany. Soon after, Japan moved to end its hostile relations with the Soviet Union and to include the Soviets in its alliance.
@piotrprs5729 ай бұрын
I'm Pole and I'm interesting in polish history, but IDK so many facts about Polish-Japan cooperation before WW2 and when it's began. RLY NICE VIDEO!!🙂