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Historical Facts: The Polish Partitions

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     Alright. I know I said that my next post will be on my Visita Iglesia. But don't worry. It's coming soon! Just a few more days.      Anyway, Poland has such a history of being partitioned and annexed. Yet it kept fighting back. Still, they have such a tough history. They only truly gained independence in 1990, a mere 34 years ago. But why is it like this? Why did Poland have to suffer so much? Find out today on Historical Facts.  The First Partition (1772)      From the beginning of the 18th century to the end of World War I, the Russians and Austrians were big rivals. In 1772, it seemed almost inevitable that Russia and Austria would go to war. But to prevent this, Prussia had an idea. They decided to partition Poland among themselves. This marked the beginning of Poland's partitions. Poland was still a large empire in union with Lithuania, known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but this was the beginning of the end for the e...

The Sesame War - Part 4 (The End)

     Welcome back to the Sesame War! Well, the war has already ended, but this is the aftermath. Let's see how the new nations of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia dealt with the neo-Sesames.      In Bohemia, the Friends of Abby party currently holds the chancellor, Frank Arthur. Now, he actually negotiated in 2021 about reunification with Moravia. But the Treaty of Prague that divided Bohemia-Moravia in 1963 said that Bohemia and Moravia "shall never reunite to prevent Sesame Street's return." The name of Arthur's party explicitly states that they are friends of Abby Cadabby. (Yes, I have been spelling her name wrong the whole time. Haha!) But the treaty had already been signed. So the president of Moravia, Evan King, rejected the offer.      However, despite Moravia having an anti-Sesame president, the senate of Moravia has never had an election where their two neo-Sesame parties, Super Sesame and Cadabby Group, were absent. Moreover, they're ...

The Sesame War - Part 3

     Guys, welcome back to the Sesame War! We left off with the rapid rise of the Sesame Empire, aka the Czechoslovakian Empire. They had fast war tactics reminiscent of the Mongol Empire. But in 1959, something shocking happened. So let's see what it was. Let's go, OttoRomans!     As the empire rapidly grew, something shocking happened. Military Manager Big Bird, General Ernie, and Colonel Bert split from the Sesame Street Party, leaving the party in the hands of Party Secretary Abby Caddaby. (Judicial Manager Elmo Monster was still there, but he was barely doing anything.)      The new party formed by Bird was called the Czechoslovakian Liberation Organization. Though Caddaby was suspicious that "liberation" meant liberation from Sesame Street, she allowed it due to her trust of Bird, who helped with the growth of Czechoslovakia.       She made a big mistake. On September 7, 1959, Bird started negotiating with the United Stat...

The Sesame War - Part 2

  The Sesame War is back! In Part 1, a new rightist party took over Czechoslovakia, leading to a war. Last time we looked at the front, it was a stalemate. Let’s see what happened now.  Since it was a stalemate, Military Manager Big Bird started drafting troops on January 7, 1954. It was a smart decision. Within 3 months, Warsaw was conquered, and Budapest was encircled, though it was never captured. Just a month later, all of Romania fell, and the Soviet Union was forced to send troops to Bucharest. This failed, however, as Sesame Czechoslovakia managed to capture Moldova in the process.  Both the American and Soviet governments started convincing other countries to join the war to stop Czechoslovakian expansionism. They did make a bit of progress, leading Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece to join the American and Soviet’s sides. These countries made almost no contributions, however.  What was even worse was that Sesame Ships, the new navy of Sesame Street, forcef...

Nicolae Ceaucescu - Speech Reenactment

     Nicolae Ceaucescu was the last communist dictator of Romania, then a member of the Warsaw Pact. In 1989, he ordered a major massacre in the city of Timisoara. So, during his next speech, which was supposed to be for his supporters, the people roared, trying to interrupt him. And it worked! He was able to finish his speech, but not without an interruption. A few days later, he was executed in a summary trial.      I reenacted that same speech that got interrupted using CapCut to add the sound effects. I added clapping because some of his supporters were still there. Here it is:

The Sesame War - Part 1

Welcome to Part 1 of the Sesame War! Here, a new political party in Czechoslovakia forced the United States and Soviet Union to set aside their differences… again. We’ll find out who this political party was in this new series.  It was 1945. World War II just ended, and the United States and Soviet Union entered the Cold War. But a new political party was established in Czechoslovakia that resulted in a full war. Led by Party Secretary Abby Caddaby, Military Manager Big Bird, and Judicial Manager Elmo Monster, the Sesame Street Party set their aim on taking over the country.  Then, in 1948, Joseph Stalin added Czechoslovakia to his list of satellite states. (He did in real life.) But a day before the first speech of the communist party, members of Sesame Street launched a coup that forced the communists to leave. As you can tell, they were against communism. But they were also against democracy. They were on the right of the spectrum.  Eventually, Sesame Str...