Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them?

Na ja....but you wrote yourself that the majority of Poles were quite pleased with the invasion because of their fears of Germany.
That's not quite brotherly, freedom lovingly etc. at all.....

so what do you expect from people who lived in 1968??? Brotherly feelings? After 6 million victims of German folly? :):):):)

Well lets bring it home a bit, Norwegians tried to wipe out the indigenous Sami culture.

Who were about to shed the shackles of yet another dictatorship? As the Poles wished to do also?

I did not know that black Poles in Haiti existed.

For their chzechoslovakian slavic brothers who too had been victims of Nazi-Germany?

There are Blacks in Chicago with POLISH last names

The "genocide" that you constantly chirp about was initiated by the British and Spanish.. not the American. Perhaps you suffer from said amnesia yourself. It was the British that literally brought slavery to North America as well. Made the southern planter use them to grow tobacco and cotton. All done for your glorious crown.. just like all the other atrocities that your people commited over the centuries. You may to want to grab a mirror before you wag your limey finger at others.

 For a nice start, Haiti.

Loss is that in Poland it is noted that the legions were involved in the suppression of liberation movements in countries such as Italy and Haiti. Poles fought for their own independence, however, suppressing the liberation movements of other nations in the service of Napoleon.

 If you think, that we as the nation, mangle our history, the answer is , for sure, we do not, since in the quoted passage, as well as in school textbooks, it is mentioned about it .

 All Nations colour history to suit themselves that's why there is more than one book (and no it’s not for ease of carrying).

 Oh I have noticed that , and as an evidence you`ve put some scribble contained in a blog of Mr. Who Knows Him, anyway?

A very good source to support your argument.

It just shows, how ignorant this Mr. Who Knows Him is .

 Who Witold Głębowicz the author?

Hussars its success largely owed ​​their armour . As it turns out so, hussar saber was reaching the peak of this kind in the world. Wojciech Zablocki-eminent Polish fencer, multiple world champion and Olympic medalist and multi-edged weapons scientist did not hesitate to call it the best saber battle that emerged in human history. Add the falls here, that sword was only a creation of the Polish, formed on the basis of experience gained in the many wars which, unfortunately, the fate of our country is not spared.


An interesting observation of Polish hussars siege of Vienna concluded in writing of Peter Lorraine, "Memoires dun gentilhomme dAlsace Campagne au se reportent Turque." As a military engineer , noted that :

"The splendor of armor and costumes combined with them with a sense of great convenience: many of them are strapped to the saddle at the upper thigh at 4-6 feet long

Hussars there was almost 3 centuries of their existence . During this time they participated in many battles and skirmishes, that the very mention of them is almost impossible. But to bring more acts of this formation, I have given below a list of battles, in which the hussars took part in only one decade (years 1600-1610). Of course, the Poles won the battles, and are given below only those of them, where the enemy forces were significantly larger than the Polish.

Date , Place , Nb of Polish troops , The opponent and its number, The ratio ( Poish troops : Enemy)


29-IX-1600 Karks 1200 (?) 3000 Swedes [quote] 1 : 2.5

1: 6

1: 4.3

1: 1.6

1: 2.6

1: 3.1

1 :about 5

 Did you know that wings on Polish winged hussars` backs are a myth in its largest part?

 Historians, I've read, also claim that the wind whistling through the hussars wings when they charged made an eerie noise that terrified the enemy,

 Do most Polish military historians now agree that the wings were never used in battle?

  Historians, I've read, also claim that the wind whistling through the hussars wings when they charged made an eerie noise that terrified the enemy, and so they were also worn to induce panic in Poland's foes

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Historians, I've read, also claim that the wind whistling through the hussars wings when they charged made an eerie noise that terrified the enemy,


i always thought this to be true. it seems 'myth busted'.

 Nope, they agree that most probably the wings were used in battle.

 Nope, not noise, rather their view had a psychological effect on a foe.
That and a fact that all those feathers and tiger skins, supposed to have a magical essence, infusing hussars with predatory spirit of those animals which skins and feathers they wore(bear, wolf, panther, lion; eagle, falcon).

 More relevat were their achievements .

 So, what exactly are you going to prove , why did you say " nice " . For me, it holds an ironic connotation , does it for you ?