December 27th, 1918 – The Greater Poland Uprising
In late 1918 Poles with hopes for a sovereign Poland began serious preparations for an uprising after Kaiser Wilhelm‘s abdication on November 9th, 1918, which marked the end of the German monarchy, which would be replaced by the Weimar Republic. The uprising broke out on December 27th, 1918 in Poznań, after a patriotic speech by […]