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  • Greater Poland Uprising (1848)
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  • The Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 or Poznań Uprising ( or powstanie poznańskie) was an unsuccessful military insurrection of Poles against Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period. While the main fighting was concentrated in the Greater Poland region, fights also occurred in other part of the Prussian partition of Poland, and protests were held in Polish inhabited regions of Silesia.
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Strength
  • initially 20,000. demobilized to 4-5,000 before the start of the Prussian attack.
  • initially 30.000, later reinforced to 40.000
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Partof
  • the Revolutions of 1848
Date
  • March 1848–May 1848
Commander
Caption
  • Battle at Miłosław, 1868 painting by Juliusz Kossak.
Casualties
  • Unknown
Result
  • Prussian victory
combatant
  • *Prussian Army and German militia.
  • Polish independence movement *Polish militia and peasant guerrillas
Place
Conflict
  • Greater Poland Uprising 1848
abstract
  • The Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 or Poznań Uprising ( or powstanie poznańskie) was an unsuccessful military insurrection of Poles against Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period. While the main fighting was concentrated in the Greater Poland region, fights also occurred in other part of the Prussian partition of Poland, and protests were held in Polish inhabited regions of Silesia.