Silesian Uprisings

Silesian Uprisings
Part of the aftermath of World War I

Silesian insurgents
Date16 August 1919 – 21 July 1921
Location
Result Indecisive
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

Polish insurgents


Supported by:
 Poland
Weimar Republic Germany

Polish armored car Korfanty in 1920 made by Polish fighters in Woźniak foundry. It was one of the two created, the second was named Walerus – Woźniak.[1]

The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie; German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) 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. 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.[a]

  1. ^ (in Polish) Ostatnie chwile odlewni Woźniaków Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Zaglebie.info
  2. ^ Polak-Springer 2015, p. 29-30.


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