>Poland,[d] officially the Republic of Poland,[e] is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over **38 million people,** and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk.

Continuous settlement dates since the end of the Last Glacial Period. Culturally diverse throughout late antiquity, in the early medieval period the region became inhabited by the West Slavic tribal Polans, who gave Poland its name. Establishing statehood coincided with the conversion of a pagan ruler of the Polans to Christianity in 966. In 1025, the Kingdom of Poland emerged, and in 1569 it cemented its long-standing association with Lithuania, forming the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the time, the Commonwealth was one of Europe's great powers, with an elective monarchy and a uniquely liberal political system. It adopted Europe's first modern constitution in 1791.

With the passing of the prosperous Polish Golden Age, the country was partitioned by neighbouring states at the end of the 18th century. At the end of World War I in 1918, Poland regained its independence with the founding of the Second Polish Republic, which emerged victorious in various conflicts of the interbellum period. Forced into the Eastern Bloc in the global Cold War, the Polish People's Republic was a signatory of the Warsaw Pact. Through the 1980 emergence and contributions of the Solidarity movement, which initiated the fall of the Iron Curtain, the communist government was dissolved and Poland re-established itself as a liberal democracy in 1989, as the first of its neighbours.

>>510734696
you sound confused as to who won in the end

>>212666422
the land of Brandenburg was and is called Brandenburg, not Prussia, lol
Prussia was created in 1525
>>212666389
germany went to war with us over Gdańsk and we got it, also there were Polish soldiers fighting their way thru in Pomerania

>>509478168
the problem with foreigners is they under-estimate us and think we're dumb, allowing us to always stay ahead and keep outsmarting them, especially the ruskeks

>The city has a complex history, having had periods of Polish, German and self rule. Originating as a Slavic fort within Poland since 997, it has been an important shipbuilding and trade port since the Middle Ages, while between 1361 and 1500 it was a member of the Hanseatic League, which influenced its economic, demographic and urban landscape. It served as Poland's principal seaport and was its largest city from the 15th century until Warsaw surpassed it in the 18th century. With the Partitions of Poland, the city was annexed by Prussia in 1793, and became a part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1807–1814 and 1920–1939 it was a free city. On 1 September 1939 it was the scene of a military clash at Westerplatte, one of the first which initiated World War II. The contemporary city was shaped by extensive border changes, expulsions and new settlement after 1945. In the 1980s, Gdańsk was the birthplace of the Polish Solidarity movement, which majorly contributed to the Fall of Communism in 1989 and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact.

>>509020337
blablabla

>>508509401
>danz-
who?

How do you think Hitler felt in his bunker in March 1945 when Polish troops reclaimed Gdańsk over which he started the whole war, and SS Wilhelm Gustloff with 10,000 German civilians & troops on board got REKT with a simple click of a button by a literally-drunk Soviet submarine commander (to this day it remains the single biggest casualty event at sea)

I gotta admit, the ending to Bach's St Matthew Passion is the most beautiful piece of music that exists
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6hKinnZKM
It's so beautiful it hurts, bros... makes me really feel for our homie Jesus & the world

anyone else agrees??

Germans, I gotta admit, the ending to Bach's St Matthew Passion is the most beautiful piece of music that exists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6hKinnZKM
It's so beautiful it hurts, bros... makes me really feel for our homie Jesus & the world

anyone else agrees??