Talk:List of wars involving Poland

Polish contribution to the Thirty Years War
The Commonwealth was not officially involved in the war, but id did contribute some of its forces:


 * The elitary light cavalry, known as lisowczycy (after their commander, colonel Lisowski), sent by Sigismund III Vasa to fight under Emperor Ferdinand II's command. In 1619 they rescued Vienna from a Transylvanian siege and helped defeat Bohemians at Bila Hora.


 * In 1629 Polish Pomerania was invaded by the Swedes. Wallenstein sent help to aid Koniecpolski defend that territory. Later, in exchange, Poland contributed its vessels to Wallenstein's navy (the ships were eventually lost).


 * Russian historians also consider Polish and Swedish wars against Russia in that time to be part of the 30 Years War.

--Kpalion 14:32, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I knew about Lisowczycy, I knew about 1629 invasion and 1634 war (And i know that Swedes were proimary initiators of that by funding Muscovy etc), but have no idea about Wallenstein's aid. Anyway, POland was not directly involved in the war, isn't it?.


 * Maybe not -- it depends on what you mean by "directly". But for the purpose of this list, I've defined "Polish wars" as military conflicts in which Polish armed forces participated or which took place on Polish territory. The 30 Years Was fulfills this definition and it doesn't matter here if the Polish gov't was officially involved or not. --Kpalion 19:06, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * Ok - that's my fault. I failed to notice that initial definition. But then, the phrase "on Polish territory", is tricky. Silesian wars between Austria and Prussia were on current Polish territory.. Szopen

Naming conventions (military units)
Forgive the spam, but I'm trying to round up wikipedians with an interest in international military history to help work out some conventions for the names of military units. If you are interested in that sort of thing, please visit Naming conventions (military units) and join the discussions on the talk page. &mdash; B.Bryant 17:47, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Polish-Swedish War of 1634?
I don't recall such a war. IIRC both side made preparations, but the war never happened. From Wladislaw IV article: "After the southern campaign, Commonwealth was threatened from the north. Sweden, weakened by involvement in the Thirty Years' War, agreed to sign the Armistice of Stuhmsdorf (Treaty of Szturmska Wieś) in 1635, favourable to the Commonwealth in terms of territorial concessions." Unless sb provides evidence to the contrary, I will remove this war from the list. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:33, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Campaignboxes
See WikiProject Battles/Campaignboxes for campaignboxes: list, how to, etc. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:57, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

List of Polish uprisings
I'd like to merge List of Polish uprisings into this article, as this article already covers most of the uprisings. Besides, some of the uprisings were all-out wars anyway. Appleseed 19:17, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd keep merge them here, but keep a separate article with a list of uprisings as well. After all there is a reason why some of the wars were named uprisings and some were not. Halibutt 02:38, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This demands rewriting some parts of the original article relating the 19th century as the uprisings are called there differently. NoychoH 14:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Polish-Russian War (1654-1656) and Polish-Russian War (1658-1667)
Were those two separate wars or should this be one war?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk  20:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

If there was a peace treaty or anything of that kind than of course : separate wars. Else : one war. Ask yourself if there was such a treaty ;-)

against germany
There is alot of wars against germany. Germay was only formed in the 1800s before that it would have been the Holy Roman Empire. Wouldn't it? Laconia 15:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Germany was also the main kingdom within the HRE. So, it doesn't really matter whether you say Germany or HRE in this situation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:810D:9540:E00:9D2E:EDB0:1052:2C37 (talk) 12:28, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

omitted wars
Since the list of wars clearly includes wars in which Poles participated (but not Poland as a geopolitical entity), I don't understand why certain wars are omitted. For instance, how is the participation of polish nationals in the Napoleonic wars (documented in the article) any different from the same participation of polish nationals in the Russo-Japanese war (ommited from the list) or any other Russian imperial conquests (were there not any poles under the walls of Tashkent?). Incidentally, a question for fellow polish wikipedia editors - could you recomend any polish literature with themes of polish participation in the Russo-Japanese war or the military machine of the Russian Empire in general? With respect, Ko Soi IX (talk) 22:07, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Poland participated as a geopolitical entity in the Napoleonic wars, see the Duchy of Warsaw. Moreover, Poles participated in those wars in great numbers and formed their own, strictly Polish units (for example szwoleżerowie). None of this applies to the Russo-Japanese war.

Peter558 (talk) 01:48, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

B-class review
This article is currently at start/C class, but could be improved to B-class if it had more (inline) citations. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 17:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Khmelnytsky Uprising
I am a bit puzzeled why the Khmelnytsky Uprising is labeled a Polish-Lithuanian victory in this article. Since it lead to End of the Polish influence over Cossacks' Rus/Ruthenia (Ukraine) and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Polish-Lithuanian forces lost the last 2 battles of the war. Is it not better to lable it Indecisive? —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  21:23, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * When was the end of the Khmelnytsky Uprising? Treaty of Zhvanets not ended this uprising and fight still ongoing. And after 1653, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth still have an influence on the Cossacks. For example, after the Battle of Ozerna in 1655, Bohdan Khmelnytsky was forced to sign the Treaty in which agreed to break relations with Russia and agreed to provide military aid to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Or Treaty of Hadiach.Kcdlp (talk) 23:25, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Hence I proposed the label: Indecisive. The Treaty of Hadiach was not the surrendering of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. Poland-Lithuania had to make compromises too in the Treaty of Hadiach. A war is won when 1 of the parties involved surrenders or has lost large parts of its capacity's to fight. Anything other then that: Indecisive. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  00:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Also I think that the outcome of this war should be indecisive, because the fight in Ukraine really ended in 1671. Yes, in the Treaty of Hadiach both sides agreed to compromise, but I gave this treaty as an example of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had an influence on the Cossacks, after 1653.Kcdlp (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Ending the edit war
&, you guys need to talk in the talk page here, this article is very unstable, every time it changes drastically. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 04:08, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

1015–1016 Cnut the Great's Conquest of England
I would like to review the role of Dutchy of Poland in this conflict. It is not listed explicitly on England's list of wars. I suppose it is included within 937 - 1066	Viking invasions of England by Denmark and Norway. My understanding is that Cnut's mother had Polish roots, supposedly she was a daughter of Polish King Mieszko I. It doesn't seem like Poland was involved in this conflict in any meaningful way. WalterMccan (talk) 01:13, 11 November 2018 (UTC)


 * @WalterMccan Agreed. I don't think Cnut the Great's invasion of England is related to Poland; I don't see it mentioned here, and I don't think it should be. That article doesn't mention Poland, and doesn't even have a pl wiki article, which strongl suggests it's not an event of note in Polish historiography. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:45, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Result for the War on Terror: Coalition defeat?
Really? Afghanistan, arguably yes, but Iraq, I think not, and isn't the conflict still ongoing? Shouldn't this be 'undecided'? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:42, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Yet another missing war?
The Seven Years War (fun fact: it lasted 9 years but this doesn't matter now) is not included in the list. Saxony and Poland were united and Prussia invaded Saxony so why doesn't this war count? Russian troops were also allowed to use Polish soil to attack East Prussia. Or is it because it was united with Saxony? 2A00:23C7:5882:8201:CD9D:A103:EE60:876D (talk) 15:00, 24 April 2023 (UTC)


 * If Polish forces took part of it I'd support adding this in. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:48, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Siberian Uprising
I can see an inconsistency - this article mentions Siberian Uprising as a (Polish) victory while Baikal Insurrection (the link from that item) as a Russian victory. Grillofrances (talk) 02:42, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Grillofrances I'd support changing it to Russian victory. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Bretislav's invasion
Why Bretislav's invasion is labeled as polish victory? Bretislav conquered Silesia, Lesser Poland, then burnt and looted Greater Poland and returned easilly to Bohemia. If it isn't a polish defeat I don't know what is. Maciej17 (talk) 12:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Polish-Soviet War
Poles and Latvian fought against Soviet Russia during the battle of Daugavpils. Latvia should be added as an ally. Ittapubas (talk) 20:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Cleanup
There is a substantial amount of unsourced material in the article. I have tagged some of it for clean up. Entries without sources (or linked to articles with sources) may be removed at any time per WP:BURDEN and WP:V. I've been very specific tagging the entries needing sources.  // Timothy :: talk  03:01, 11 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @TimothyBlue, so what exactly is the point of tagging a third of this page with the citation needed note? The problem is that a large part of the articles you tagged already have a page on Wikipedia. SebbeKg (talk) 10:52, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, @SebbeKg, I encourage you to read WP:V as @TimothyBlue suggested, especially the section WP:Burden, which states that "The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution." Thus, you cannot rely on the fact that other Wikipedia pages have sources to meet this burden of proof, but it should ease the difficulty in finding citations to support your own edits. 13:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC) Annwfwn (talk) 13:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, @Annwfwn, So where is the problem now? Yes many columns did not have references to any articles yet they were added by me I provided links to the Polish chronicles of Jan Długosz in which there is a detailed description of each of the listed conflicts from the founding of the Polish state until 1480. Yet I still do not understand why anyone would add references to existing articles.
 * Please check these edits, the author has provided notes to a very large number of articles that have already been separately described:, , , , ,
 * The author of those edits suggested that he was very specific tagging the entries, in my opinion, however, he committed an act of vandalism. SebbeKg (talk) 13:41, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have restored the maintenance tags you removed and failed provide references showing the entry meets the article criteria. You have reverted two editors. This edit warring, even if it doesn't violate 3RR.
 * Tagging an article with maintenance tags is not vandalism, if you continue these personal attacks you may very easily find yourself blocked.
 * Remember entries in the article need to meet the article criteria, clearly stated in the title and the lead - the is is a list of wars. As for the examples you listed above, none of these are described as wars by a consensus of reliable sources. These are minor military events, not wars.
 *  // Timothy :: talk  14:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Why did you remove my references? I created a reference to every conflict on this list from the founding of the Polish state until 1480. I provided here the chronicle of Jan Długosz which is an absolute base for learning Polish history. If you want, I can also give you the exact page of those books I cited, but I can't do it all in one day, I need some time to do it, because I'm not a robot, it takes some time to research all the information.
 * Tagging a huge number of entries that already have an article is inappropriate, because why do you need a reference to Polish uprisings, operations fought during World War II or wars that Poland fought over the centuries that have already been described in separate articles?
 * Yes it is a list of wars, civil wars, raids, interventions, invasions, etc. Every single article List of wars has a similar structure, so what is the problem here? SebbeKg (talk) 16:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Read the title, this is a list of wars, not a list of raids, uprisings, operations, etc. Your references did not provide sources for the information. Simply adding a reference does not mean the item meets the article criteria.  // Timothy :: talk  17:36, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Yes of course, uprisings, military operations or raids are also wars, thousands of people have died in each one of the events listed here. Please see any other list under the title of List of Wars every one of them is built the same way as the Polish list, so I do not understand why you are so concerned about the Polish article if every other one is build the same way....
 * My references do not provide sources for those information? The references i added are from professional historians, medieval chroniclers, professional studies. What then should I do to make my entries meet the criteria, send a selfie from archaeological institutions involved in the study of these events? SebbeKg (talk) 17:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * You can translate every single reference I provide simply copy the text and put it into the translator.... SebbeKg (talk) 17:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The references you provided do not indicate these are wars. Removing the maintenance tags and adding more entries that do not meet the article criteria will not stop the article clean up.  // Timothy :: talk  18:05, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Of course they prove that there were wars, just translate them somehow.
 *  Removing the maintenance tags and adding more entries that do not meet the article criteria will not stop the article clean up.  - So the only thing you wanted to accomplish here was to get rid of a third of the content of this article? XDD
 * I worked on this article for a really long time and will defend my points. SebbeKg (talk) 18:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The entries I marked are not wars. Your spamming the article with entries that do not meet the article criteria clearly stated in the title.
 * I have gone to the trouble of marking individual unsourced entries and entries failing verification (although more have been added). These entries/information could be removed immediately per WP:BURDEN.
 * If you wish to create an Index of military related events involving Poland, go for it. This is a list of wars.  // Timothy :: talk  18:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Can you please go to other List of Wars articles and mark them the same way, for example Wars involvigng Germany? SebbeKg (talk) 18:24, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * This is a list of wars involving Poland
 * Category:Wars involving Poland - Wikipedia SebbeKg (talk) 18:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * I have a good idea, you can move this page to ´´List of wars and conflicts involving Poland´´ SebbeKg (talk) 18:27, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Btw. Thanks for motivating me to put references to all these conflicts, next time when i will be writing an article at least i will know where to search. ;) SebbeKg (talk) 18:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If you wish to create a new article index or outline related to the military history of Poland, feel free. This article is established and the scope is appropriate.
 * In regards to Germany, I will eventually get there, these cleanups can take a while to complete.  // Timothy :: talk  18:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Why create another article if you have already one? XD
 * I suggested you to move the page to List of wars and conflicts involving Poland, you are the only one that has a problem with the article, if you move it the problem will be solved.
 * Yes, please do the same thing to Germany, Russia and every other country!
 * SebbeKg (talk) 18:51, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thats not the way this works, if you want to change the article scope you need WP:CONSENSUS. Otherwise you can create another article. And stop ping spamming me you might think its funny but its not.  // Timothy :: talk  18:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * So what is the problem with the consensus, can we not make a voting or something?
 * Ping-spamming? You are the one who started the conversation and spammed my talk page. SebbeKg (talk) 18:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I left appropriate warnings for you on your talk page, you are ping spamming.  // Timothy :: talk  19:03, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Ok this conversation does not make sense, i am waiting for your cleanup then... SebbeKg (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * And adding maintenance tags was a courtesy, not a requirement. Entries not meeting the article criteria can be removed at any time regardless of tagging.  // Timothy :: talk  19:24, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Yes, thanks for that, it will be very helpful for me when i will be writing articles about Polish history, in the future... SebbeKg (talk) 19:27, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It appears you have added a substantial amount of unsourced original research in your new articles.  // Timothy :: talk  19:34, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * Timothy, please keep your energy on adding citation needed notes to other 187 countries lists, instead of talking to me... SebbeKg (talk) 19:41, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll review articles per guidelines and policy. You need to follow policies and guidelines regarding sourcing.  // Timothy :: talk  19:46, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * No problem my friend, i create a lot of articles so you will have a lot to review XD SebbeKg (talk) 19:48, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know, the refs I have checked all fail verification, none verify that the entry meets the article criteria.  // Timothy :: talk  23:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know, the refs I have checked all fail verification, none verify that the entry meets the article criteria.  // Timothy :: talk  23:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

All the sources I've checked have failed verification too. Annwfwn (talk) 17:20, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I've started removing items that clearly do not meet the article criteria, a list of wars.
 * you are making a mess of this article with entries that clearly do not match the article criteria. I have given you a perfectly reasonable alternative, creating an Outline or index of Polish military history. This is a list of wars. Read WP:LISTCRIT a list article should have unambiguous criteria, this list does - the lead and the title clearly define the scope of this article.
 * I'm asking you to stop what you're doing and adhere to the article's criteria.  // Timothy :: talk  06:49, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue, Now you have crossed the line, I am writing a report about you to support to ban you from editing this page! SebbeKg (talk) 15:07, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue, sebastian.1100069, this is my discord if you have any problems or questions write me there instead of vandalising all my articles!!! SebbeKg (talk) 15:14, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue, dont you see that i am currently adding references to those conflicts??? SebbeKg (talk) 18:16, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue, dont do it now i am currently adding references, i cannot save my changes because of you!!!!!! SebbeKg (talk) 18:19, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You clearly do not intend to respect guidelines and policy regarding LISTCRITERIA and sourcing. I think a block or ban is needed at this point, so I have posted to ANI.  // Timothy :: talk  18:29, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Additionally you need to read the ANI discussion and the discussion at the reliable sources noticeboard. You need to be using reliable secondary sources, not a bias unreliable 500yr old chronicle.  // Timothy :: talk  18:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * This situation is simply abnormal. Yesterday we had a long discussion on this topic, after all, I add references to these entries not from the chronicles of John Dlugosz but from books by professional historians. And you, by deleting these entries, are making my job more difficult. SebbeKg (talk) 18:40, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @TimothyBlue
 * You can't delete entries with already existing separate articles discussing these wars, you also can't delete entries that have a reference, after all I started today to add references to history books that have nothing to do with Dlugosz, so why are you deleting them? SebbeKg (talk) 18:52, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You have made this a conduct issue, this needs to be discussed on the ANI thread you started.  // Timothy :: talk  18:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Since the ANI has closed, I have again cleared out items that clearly do not meet article criteria, or are completely unsourced.  // Timothy :: talk  21:13, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * the article was previously named "Wars and conflicts involving Poland" before *YOU* changed it, there is no reason to do this but if you are going to do such nonsense then please do it on every "Wars involving" Article And look how many people think how great your Change is. Docd13 (talk) 00:13, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No the blocked user changed the article title and it as reverted by another editor, You are headed in that direction.  // Timothy :: talk  00:38, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * you also need to read the talk page notices regarding categories.  // Timothy :: talk  00:43, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * And you change it even though the page name clearly ALSO includes conflicts, litteraly Vandalism Docd13 (talk) 10:38, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Issues

 * 1) The events column has become extremely lengthy for some entries. I think this should either be trimmed down to only the major events, or placed in a footnote. When a list or category is available this should be used to improve readability.
 * 2) Along the same lines, the events column also has commanders listed now. This is done and can be useful, but again the rows are in some cases excessively long.
 * The above are mainly problems for mobile users or screen magnifier users (accessibility).

MOS issues
 // Timothy :: talk  05:43, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Remove html small tags per MOS:SMALLTEXT, "Reduced or enlarged font sizes should be used sparingly... HTML ... tag has a semantic meaning of fine print or side comments; do not use it for stylistic changes."
 * 2) Bold headings are used for emphasis, Remove underline tags per MOS:UNDERLINE, "Underlining is used in typewriting and handwriting to represent italic type. Generally, do not underline text or it may be confused with links on a web page."

Tagging
I had previously marked a number of entries as bsn, they are only sourced to an unreliable medieval chronicle and not to a reliable source. No additional sources have been provided and I have marked them fv. If no reliable sources showing the entries meet the article list criteria these will be removed.  // Timothy :: talk  17:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Second Northern War
The page considers this war a Polish-Lithuanian victory, although I don't see how it is a Polish-Lithuanian victory? Personally I'd consider it Inconclusive, so could someone explain to me how I'm wrong or if I'm correct? Setergh (talk) 17:55, 5 June 2024 (UTC)