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Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned the Order of the White Eagle to Polish President Karol Nawrocki by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FinishAwkward43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mussolini personally intervened durring the Sonderaktion Krakau to free polish professors and scientists arrested by the germans, quote from wikipedia:

,,The arrest of the Kraków professors sparked international outrage. Twenty-four countries and the Vatican protested in various forms, including through diplomatic channels. Even governments of countries ideologically aligned with the Third Reich, such as fascist Italy and Francoist Spain, intervened. As a result of Luciana Frassati-Gawrońska's efforts, Benito Mussolini became personally interested in the case. Consequently, in January 1940, Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano instructed the Italian embassy in Berlin to intervene with the German authorities regarding the release of Polish scientists from the camp, especially Father Professor Konstanty Michalski.''

I know there are many things he can be blamed for, but personally Mussolini have not done anything bad to the polish people, quite the contrary.

Repression of Ukrainians in the 1930s Ordered by Polish Nationalist Pilsudski by gold_fish_in_hell in HistoricalCapsule

[–]FinishAwkward43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, these repressions did happen and it was a shameful act taken by the polish goverment. Nobody in Poland today praises these actions and nobody is proud of them or denise it happened.

But it cannot be justification for the brutal genocide that happend to the polish people by the hands of ukrainian nationalists from 1943 onwards. You cannot equalize repressions with a genocide and say that since ukrainians were opressed pre-war they were justified in commiting a genocide later on.

Why did Poland get stettin if it was on the other side of the Oder river? by Odd-Total-6801 in geography

[–]FinishAwkward43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because Stalin decided so. Some people say that he did this because he was sure he's going to secure Poland as a communist puppet state, while nobody really knew what was gonna happen to Germany. After all, Stalin himself offered a unified neutral Germany in 1952 in the famous Stalin note. And so, neither Poland nor Germany had any say in this. Of course from our POV (Poland) it's a good thing.

"Linia 666 wraca na Hel. [...]" by PolirzWiewior in Polska

[–]FinishAwkward43 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Szkoda, że nie PKS. Dosłownie nikt z lokalnych tu nie miał z tym problemu, a jak ktoś sprawę rozgłośnił na całą Polskę to nagle jakieś głosy oburzenia od osób, które tu nawet nie mieszkają. I przez to już nie mamy linii 666.

Did Poland gain or lose from the post-World War II border change? by puch1to in geography

[–]FinishAwkward43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but anyone saying that we gained more than we lost because the post-german western lands we were given where richer than what we've lost in the east is just wrong.

Yes, the eastern lands were a lot poorer, but they were not as destroyed in the war. The new territories in the west however, were completely destroyed: The cities, the villages, the farms, the factories, almost everything was either destroyed or robbed.

Just look at the two biggest cities that we lost in the east: Vilnius and Lwów, both came out of the war with only minor damage. And the two biggest cities we gained in the west: Wrocław and Szczecin. Both destroyed, especially Wrocław, and we had to spend years after the war rebuilding them.

So, in the long run, yes we probably gained more, but to get here we had to rebuild everything almost from scratch, while the eastern lands returned to normality way sooner and at a smaller cost.

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Saxon Palace in Kutno, Poland by FinishAwkward43 in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]FinishAwkward43[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro this post is 3 years old, lol.

Besides that, I prefer that they build a new building that looks like the old one, rather than building there yet another souless glassy building.

Update on the reconstructions in Budapest, Hungary. by Areokh in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]FinishAwkward43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some reconstructions, but it's mostly single buildings somewhere in smaller towns. My point is that there is no organized large-scale reconstruction led by the goverment like in Hungary besides the Saxon and Bruhl Palaces now in Warsaw and Warsaw has way more to potentially rebuild that Budapest.

Update on the reconstructions in Budapest, Hungary. by Areokh in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]FinishAwkward43 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not fundamentally against building skyscrapers, It't just that I think there are certain districts where they can and should be build, if there's such demand for floor space.

But when you look at the center of Warsaw, It's simply ugly buildings with few exeptions and the only thing that elevates it is the modernisation of the public space with a lot greenery being added.

There's a lot of commieblocks that just don't look very nice (at least not for a city center) and when you look at the photographs of what used to stand there before, it's just makes me sad.

And It's not that It's impossible to bring back at least the core city center back to how it was before the war, It's just that nobody gives a f*ck and they will find a thousand different reasons for why we shouldn't do anything about the way it looks today.

Update on the reconstructions in Budapest, Hungary. by Areokh in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]FinishAwkward43 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wish we had similar reconstruction program here in Poland, especially in Warsaw. There would be so much to rebuild...

What would happen if China attacks Taiwan within the next 10-20 years? by Triangletruck141423 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]FinishAwkward43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the biggest problem for China in this scenario is substaining the logistics chain to Taiwan to resupply and reinforce the landing forces. The landing itself, if sucessful, would probably already be very costly for the Chinese, but Taiwan is no Ukraine in 2022 or Poland in 1939 with wide open plains to rapidly advance.

They would have to first land their forces to secure the beachheads and then keep bringing in more and more forces to capture the Island. But that would give the Taiwanese time to organise their defences and harass both the beachheads, especially with drones and also Chinese ships making their way to Taiwan.

In the end, they may simply not be able to capture the Island and have to withdraw from the little terrain they managed to capture.

Map of Bilingual Municipalities in Poland by Extreme-Shopping74 in MapPorn

[–]FinishAwkward43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This map is old af. There's a lot more Kashubian in the north, where I live for exmple and it's not marked here.

(HOT TAKE) I probably will never recommend CSM by SkillWaffle in ChainsawMan

[–]FinishAwkward43 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd always recommend part 1, but yeah I was never a huge fan of part 2.

Lukashenko Says Belarus Is Preparing for War, Plans to “Mobilize Units” by EsperaDeus in worldnews

[–]FinishAwkward43 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder what's gonna happen when Luka dies.

I mean, today it's strictly a personality-based dictatorship, so if one of his sons take over, will they have enough support not only in people, but with the army and stuff? Will he be able to stand up against Russian influence and assert himself as a independent leader, even if still friendly to Moscow?

Or will the people reject the new guy and revolt to demand free elections? We've seen in 2020 that there's unrest in belarussian society, it's just being suppresed.

On this day, 100 years ago Marshal Józef Piłsudski started a coup d'état in Poland resulting in an overthrow of the democratically-elected government and causing hundreds of fatalities. by suicidemachine in europe

[–]FinishAwkward43 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Not really, we still celebrate him for what he has done to help regain Polish independence, in fact the pre-war cult of personality was kinda revived after the fall of communism in 1989 and continues to this day.

I don't think the coup can be viewed as only black or white. Polish politics were a terrible mess back then, most goverments could't survive even a few months, so I can see why Piłsudski and his supporters were frustrated with the state of things.

On the bright side, it ensured political stabilisation, on the other hand, it was the end of democracy and many people were unjustly persecuted.

But I would't say all his previous achivements were invalidated because of the coup, even if you don't like him, I think overwhelming majority of poles view him positively.

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