Silesian Uprisings
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The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area transferred to the newly founded Polish Republic, fought German police and paramilitary forces which sought to keep the area part of the new German state founded after World War I and the subsequent revolutions in Germany. Following the conflict, the area was divided between the two countries. The rebellions have subsequently been commemorated in modern Poland as an example of Polish nationalism. Despite central government involvement in the conflict, Polish historiography renders the events as uprisings reflecting the will of ordinary Upper Silesians rather than a war. In total, several thousand people may have died violently in the militant clashes in Upper Silesia between 1919 and 1921. About four fifths of the victims were killed during the three Silesian uprisings, three fifths alone during the Third Silesian uprising in 1921. However, due to the success of the Silesian Uprisings, Poland gained coal mines and territory that accelerated their economic development. If it were not for the success of the third Silesian Uprising, most of the Silesian industrial area would have ended up in Germany's hands, leaving Poland an agrarian state. Additionally, the reconstruction of Poland, post WWI, would have been slower, hindering currency reform and the establishment of the Bank of Poland.
1919 — 1921
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1138 | Duchy of Silesia | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1173 | Duchy of Wroclaw | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1313 | Duchy of Oleśnica | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Trzebnicą | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1109 | Battle of Hundsfeld | Holy Roman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1757 | Battle of Breslau | Kingdom of Prussia, battle, Archduchy of Austria | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1757 | Battle of Leuthen | Frederick II of Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy, battle, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Leopold Joseph von Daun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1757 | Siege of Breslau | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1760 | Siege of Breslau | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1806 | Unknown | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Silesian Offensive | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1919 | Silesian Uprisings | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1921 | Battle of Annaberg | battle, Silesian Uprisings | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Siege of Breslau | Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Lower Silesian Offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1474 | Unknown | war, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Poland | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1740 | First Silesian War | war, Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1744 | Second Silesian War | war, Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy, Electorate of Saxony | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Bunker at Strzegomski Square | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | kompanijny schron główny we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron bierny piechoty we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron bierny piechoty wschodni (dowódcy), Ostowa we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron bierny piechoty zachodni, Ostowa we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Schron przeciwlotniczy, ob. składnica muzealna | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron przeciwlotniczy, Plac Solny, Wrocław | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron straży we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron wartowniczy wschodni we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | schron wartowniczy zachodni we Wrocławiu | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1930 | Schron przeciwlotniczy w zespole wodociągowym Na Grobli | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Oleśnica Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Wojnowice Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1523 | Castle in Smolec | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1800 | Palace in Dobroszyce | palace, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Infantry fort in Wrocław | infantry fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Wrocław Fortress | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1897 | Infantry fort in Wrocław | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1815 | Königliches Museum für Kunst und Altertümer | numismatic museum, archaeological museum, military museum, art museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1300 | Bear Tower | architectural heritage monument, fortified tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Opstanden, ordeherstellingen, SFA022823652 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Opstanden, ordeherstellingen, SFA022823650 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Opstanden, ordeherstellingen, SFA022823651 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Odznaka grupy Wawelberg | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Opstanden, ordeherstellingen, SFA022823649 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Armoured Car Korfanty 1920 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Wspomnienia i przyczynki do historji 3-go Powstania Gornoslaskiego 1931 (102019303) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Nikodem Sobik kpt. kawaler VM | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Wendelin Świerczek (-1921) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bronisław Sikorski ps. Cietrzew (-1921) | Commons | ||









