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90th Anniversary of the Good Marshal's (Józef Piłsudski) Death [14]
Is what necessary?
Should we post about the anniversary of his death?
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Piłsudski has always been the symbol of Polish independence.
Are you talking about symbols? I talk about real people and real politicians.
As a symbol, there is nothing to say but
Hail to the Commander.If we talk about reality, that is an entirely different matter.
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Piłsudski believed that Poland could regain independence through military action,
In that case, he was wrong. Poland gained a chance for independence due to the conflict between the partitioning powers and the fact that all three of them lost.
That is a big deal, unprecedented.
Poles at the time were well enough organized and prepared to size that change and defend it with military force built from scratch.
In such circumstances, the fact that he was pestering people about the armed forces has more moral and propaganda value than anything else.
Those couple of thousand people he led are a drop in the bucket in an over-million-strong army.
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Piłsudski played a decisive role in organizing the structures of the newly reestablished Polish state and creating the Polish Army,
That is not really factual. In fact, he was rather weak in organizing stuff, had people fort it, like Sosnkowski.
Aside from that at the time of his return from Magdebrug, there were already basic structures for a state and military built in places by the overlooked Regent Council.
Any more questions?
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Mieszko's heir
In his case, it would be Gedeminous' heir.
