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The Kościuszko Uprising: Poland's Last Stand for Freedom
In 1794, Poland was already erased from the map by the Second Partition, but one man refused to accept it. Tadeusz Kościuszko, a military engineer who had fought in the American Revolution, returned home to lead a desperate uprising. This episode follows the Kościuszko Uprising from its dramatic opening at the Battle of Racławice, where peasant scythe-bearers defeated Russian infantry, to the tragic fall of Warsaw. We explore Kościuszko's ideology, the Proclamation of Połaniec, the role of Jewish commander Berek Joselewicz, and the final battle at Maciejowice where Kościuszko was wounded…
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