The ENTIRE History of Poland: The Nation That Disappeared for 123 Years

The ENTIRE History of Poland: The Nation That Disappeared for 123 Years In 1795, Poland was erased from the map. Not defeated in a final battle, not conquered in a dramatic invasion, just divided up by treaty between three empires and wiped off every official map on Earth. For the next 123 years, Poland had no government, no army, no capital, and no king, just generations of people who refused to stop calling themselves Polish anyway. This documentary covers the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its Golden Liberty, the fatal flaw of the liberum veto, the three partitions of Poland between 1772 and 1795, Poland's cultural resistance and failed uprisings under foreign rule, its rebirth after World War I, the Nazi-Soviet invasion and devastation of World War II, the rise of Solidarity and Lech Walesa, and Poland's transformation into a modern NATO and EU member state. 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Golden Liberty 01:45 - The Liberum Veto and the Partitions of Poland 04:34 - Poland Erased: 123 Years Without a Country 06:09 - World War I and Polish Independence 07:10 - World War II and the Nazi-Soviet Invasion 10:08 - Solidarity and the Fall of Communism 11:52 - Poland Today #historyofpoland #worldhistory #poland #historydocumentary