Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919)

After culture and economic war in Poznań (won by Poles) we had WWI it was great opportunity...

The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918-1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918-1919 or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland against Germany.

Poznań remembers this victory:

Thanks.

my great-grandfather fought in the uprising.

If you go on Stary Rynek (Old Market) around old Towns Hall you will find nice exhibition around buildings. 90 anniversary is very close and there are nice pictures presented there. I have been looking for them on interenet but I couldn't find them. They are realy interesting.

Old Market durring up rise whole in Polish flags (Old market has been always in Polish "hands") etc.

Today in Poznań everybody have been eating "Rogale Marcińskie" We eat them during Poland's independence day.

Merged: 97th Anniversary of Greater Poland Uprising (Powstanie Wielkopolskie)

97 years ago another uprising started- it was different than others, because it actually succeeded without costing thousands of Polish lives; that's also one of the reason it's almost a forgotten anniversary; clearly celebrating catastrophes (like Warsaw Uprising etc) committed without much thinking is a much better thing to do than to celebrate actual victories.

url in English
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Poland_Uprising_%281918%E2%80%9319%29

Video in Polish

youtu.be/L0szPkk6bbE

There is a good film made about the Rising: Męskie Sprawy - Males` Job. See the skirmish between insurgent Poles and Germans at 1:22:45. Made in 1980s so the special effects aren`t too good.

youtu.be/HcUGU9I9MIM