Animated History of Poland - trailer

[Skullheadhq]

and the Poles did take Moscow.

"After a few skirmishes, the pro-Polish faction gained dominance, and the Poles were allowed into Moscow. The boyars opened Moscow's gates to the Polish troops and asked Żółkiewski to protect them from anarchy. The Moscow Kremlin was then garrisoned by Polish troops commanded by Aleksander Gosiewski. On 27 July a treaty was signed between the boyars and Żółkiewski promising the Russian boyars the same vast privileges the Polish szlachta had, in exchange for them recognising Władysław, son of Sigismund III, as the new tsar. However, Żółkiewski did not know that Sigismund, who remained at Smolensk, already had other plans."

"A historian (Parker) writes vividly of the Polish soldiers: "First they ate grass and offal, then they ate each other, and the survivors finally surrendered. The Moscow Kremlin fell on 6 November 1612." On 7 November, the Polish soldiers withdrew from Moscow. Although the Commonwealth negotiated a safe passage, the Russian forces massacred half of the former Kremlin garrison forces as they left the fortress. Thus, the Russian army recaptured Moscow."

That's something different then a 1795-1914 uncontested occupation of Warsaw, only 'retaken' by the Polish for an extremely short period in the revolutions of the last half of the 1840's

it were the Poles who aided the Austrians

What? You're giving the Polish WAY too much credit here. What about the Swabians? And the Bavarians? The Swabians? The Franconians? The Saxons? The Venetians? The Holy Roman Emperor?The Pope? But I guess they're all Polish....