Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)
Polish insurrection against German rule in Greater Poland.
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It broke out on 27 December 1918 in Poznań after a patriotic speech by Ignacy Paderewski.[1] The uprising succeeded, unlike the January Uprising or the Warsaw Uprising.[2] The uprising in Greater Poland (1918–1919) is described as a military operation that expelled German forces from a portion of the Prussian Partition.[2]
Key facts and history
Jozef Pilsudski did not intend to enter armed conflict with Germany over this region.[3] The uprising began on 27 December 1918 with 2,000 men rising up in Poznań.[1] Germany's territorial losses after the Treaty of Versailles incited German revanchism.[4] Between 1795 and the start of World War I, multiple efforts to restore independence through uprisings were attempted but failed.[5]
Poles experienced systematic discrimination and oppression while under German governance, which included policies of Germanisation and the seizure of land.[5] At the end of World War I, the majority of Poland that had been annexed by Prussia in the late 18th century remained part of Greater Germany.[6] In Greater Poland, over 60% of the inhabitants were Polish and they desired inclusion in the new Polish state.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Karwat, "The Greater Poland Victory", greaterpolanduprising.eu, 18 December 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "An unforgettable spurt. The Greater Poland Uprising 1918–1919", ipn.gov.pl (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Karwat, "Military contact between Poznań and Warsaw before the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising.", greaterpolanduprising.eu, 18 December 2019; Karwat, "Military contact between Poznań and Warsaw before the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising.", greaterpolanduprising.eu, 18 December 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment After 75 Years", Publications of the German Historical Institute, 1998, p. 220 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Racisms Made in Germany, edited by Wulf D. Hund, Wulf Dietmar Hund, Christian Koller, Moshe Zimmermann LIT Verlag Münster 2011 pp. 20, 21; The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan, Lee Yeounsuk p. 161 University of Hawaii Press 2009; The Immigrant Threat: The Integration of Old and New Migrants in Western Europe since 1850 (Studies of World Migrations) Leo Lucassen, p. 61, University of Illi (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Historia 1871–1939" Anna Radziwiłł, Wojciech Roszkowski Warsaw 1998 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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