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We still love you, Poland 🥺 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Much of Poland had been stolen by imperialist powers, but the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth still existed at this time, albeit in a weakened state. It would receive its final deathblow in the 1790s.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Though, oddly enough, there was also this one Prussian general with the continentals...

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Von Steuben ♥