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Bratwurst Boy   
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]

Maurice de Saxe (d. 1750), Marshal General of France, in his book Mes Réveries.

Hmmm...sounds french....lived in France....fighted for France...hmmm...just a guess here! :)

And who was Maurice de Saxe ? An illegitimate son of king of Poland, so was it his original idea or he familiarised himself with division system while in Poland?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Saxe

Maurice de Saxe (German: Moritz Graf von Sachsen) (28 October 1696 - 20 November 1750) was a German in French service who was Marshal and later also Marshal General of France.

That "de Saxe" is a clear hint actually.

...Maurice was born at Goslar, an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and the Countess Maria Aurora of Königsmarck.
He was the first of eight extramarital children whom August acknowledged, although as many as 354 are claimed by sources, including Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, to have existed.[1]

August der Starke was a German too...
Bratwurst Boy   
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]

Yes Poland was one of the most powerful in the middle ages while Germany was one of the most worthless places in Europe at this time.
German power only comes from Poland.

How did that happen??? How could worthless little Germany "steal" mighty Polands power and wealth???

You should change the name to Wormany or perhaps just ManyGerms WormGermMany the land of the Virus & the Worm

Bratwurst worm??? Wormwurst??? Bratworm?
Bratwurst Boy   
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]

It seems German Tsars purposefully also kept Russia in prolonged fuedalism to keep Russia from being able to keep up with Germany

Erm...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great

Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to modernize along Western European lines.
Catherine's rule re-vitalized Russia, which grew stronger than ever and became recognized as one of the great powers of Europe....

...During her reign Catherine extended the borders of the Russian Empire southward and westward to absorb New Russia, Crimea, Northern Caucasus, Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Courland at the expense, mainly, of two powers - the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. All told, she added some 200,000 miles² (518,000 km²) to Russian territory.

Catherine's patronage furthered the evolution of the arts in Russia more than that of any Russian sovereign before or after her.

Catherine had a reputation as a patron of the arts, literature and education. The Hermitage Museum, which now occupies the whole Winter Palace, began as Catherine's personal collection. At the instigation of her factotum, Ivan Betskoi, she wrote a manual for the education of young children, drawing from the ideas of John Locke, and founded (1764) the famous Smolny Institute, admitting young girls of the nobility.[/quote]

...she isn't called "Great" for nothing! ;)

Then Germans invented Communism & Sent the Bolsheviks to Russia to destroy Russia when Russians started to hate German Tsar Nicholas II

He:)
You can call these bastards Germussians...makes it much easier to blame them for all polish warts and woes! :)
Bratwurst Boy   
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]

Last i checke everyone is using divisions today so it seems they're "copying" Poland:)))))

Do you have another link than wiki (I got curious). I would really like to learn more about it..

Wiki has no word on any polish invention of military units...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)
Bratwurst Boy   
3 May 2011
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

You'll appreciate this, then:

You left out the best part:

...There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. That shows that the sound of the words is correct-it interprets the meanings with truth and with exactness; and so the ear is informed, and through the ear, the heart...

Bratwurst Boy   
29 Apr 2011
History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [871]

Poland in 1939 - 35 million population
Poland in 1945 - 23 million population

Do the maths again.

Minus the Germans, the Belorussians, the Ukrainians...all what was counted as polish citizens before the war.
Poland lost many nationals in the East during the border shifting and expelled the Germans in the West...then there are the Jews murdered by the Nazis.

...the agreed upon number of dead ethnic Poles is about 3,5 Mill.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)#Yalta_and_the_Soviets

...
Of all the countries involved in the war, Poland lost the highest percentage of its citizens: over seven million perished,over three million of them Polish Catholics and the remaining three million were Polish Jews.

Bratwurst Boy   
29 Mar 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]

I dare say we get mocked just as much in return.

Oh that you are...who would forget the "mocking wars" at football games between our BILD and british SUN and Daily Mail! :):):)
Bratwurst Boy   
29 Mar 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media? [226]

lets keep an eye on this show so that hopefully nothing negative gets written into the script about the Polish character.

I have problems with that statement of yours MW.

Do you think Poles are perfect? Do you think a real life character has no flaws? Nothing negatives about Poles at all?

And what if you really achieve that...no Pole in TV will ever be shown a tiny bit "negatively".
Do you really think people don't look through that propaganda (because that's what it amounts to)?
Do you really think you are not just then INVITING jokes and contempt because of that behavior?

I don't get you!
Bratwurst Boy   
14 Mar 2011
History / Polish pirates [58]

Ach so...

:)
Bratwurst Boy   
14 Mar 2011
History / Polish pirates [58]

Störtebeker no historical proof??? WTF???
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_St%C3%B6rtebeker

There are memorials and movies about this guy here in Germany!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_St%C3%B6rtebeker#St.C3.B6rtebeker_today
Bratwurst Boy   
22 Feb 2011
Food / Eat goulash from a cat and a steak from a dog in Poland! [114]

So it is a cultural thing in the end?

At one side wanting to save pigeons from a cruel rice-death on the other side a preferred method to get a nice rice-dog meal without any scruples...