The Poles and Napoleon / Polacy i wojny napoleońskie
Author RogvistQuotes in the clip:
"... there were plenty of young men [in Poland] determined to prove their prowess on the battlefield." - Norman Davies
"800 Poles would equal 8000 enemy soldiers." - Napoleon Bonaparte
"Russia and Prussia, especially, tried to suppress both Polish culture and language and the Catholic faith. In response, the Poles developed one of the most intense and self-sacrificing versions of Romantic nationalism ever seen in Europe. " - Neal Ascherson
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