Top 10 history of Poland facts

Holy Bible. Radio intelligence played a major role in the Polish-Soviet war. Poles actively searched for radio frequencies used by Red Army just to disrupted by broadcasting Bible verses, so the Soviets were unsure if this is an accidental disruption by local radio station or not.

Japan. Poland declared war on Japan on 20th December 194 as most of WW2 allies. Though Empire of Japan refused to accept a state of war due to friendly relations between the two countries. Despite that legally the state of war lasted until 8th February 1957. It might be the longest war without any clash.

Poland. Historians aren't sure why Poland was spared the worst of the plague, even though all its neighbours got depopulated. It was the only place not affected by the disease on the European continent (Iceland was also spared because it was rarely visited and Black Death never reached there).

Around 600. Polish Armed Forces did have around 600 tanks at its disposal. Mainly tankettes TK-3 and TKS but also 7TP, Renault FT, Renault R-35, Hotchkiss H-35 and couple of prototypes.

203. The size of Teutonic Army is estimated at 15000-30000 men, and its loses were very heavy. However, at the time of the battle, there were about 500 religious brothers in the entire Order, and only 250 residing in Prussia. 203 of them died in the battle.

House of Habsburg. Despite many attempts, Habsburgs have never ruled Poland. The list of kings of Poland includes Louis I of Hungary and Jadwiga of Poland from the House of Anjou, Augustus II and Augustus III from House of Wettin and Henry III of France from the House of Valois.

Nobody. A battle near a polish town Mosty is acknowledged as the start of the war. Noone ever declared it.

Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen (1541–1617) was a wealthy and politically influential Polish Jew who is said to have briefly occupied the throne of Poland on 18 August 1587. He has historically borne the nickname, "Le roi d'un jour" (king for a day). While no physical evidence exists to prove the veracity of the story that Saul was briefly king of Poland,[citation needed] it has nonetheless gained a firm place in the folklore of the Jewish people.

Vickers 6-Ton E . The 7TP was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. A development of the British Vickers 6-ton, it was significantly better armed than its most common opponents, the German Panzer I and Panzer II. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, its production never exceeded 150 vehicles.

Wieluń was attacked by the Germans as the first city on 1st of September 1939, 4:40 a.m. Westerplatte was hit at 4:45 a.m., Poznań on the 10th of September and Głębokie at 17th of September.