Greater Poland Uprisings - Definition and Overview

The Greater Poland Uprisings (Polish: powstania wielkopolskie) were a series of 5 military insurections of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region (also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań) against the occupying Prussian and German forces, after the partitions of Poland (1772-1795).

• Greater Poland Uprising 1794 - to help the Kościuszko Uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1806 - to help Napoleon I to liberate Poland and create the Duchy of Warsaw
• Greater Poland Uprising 1846 - part of the all-Polish 3-partion uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1848 - part of the Spring of Nations
• Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) - Poland regains independence after the World War I

See Also: History of Poland