the commonwealth. Poles felt as if they had a firm place in the world. The Treaty of Lublin created one of the most powerful nations in all of Europe and Poles were proud to be a part of it.This invasion had an overall negative impact on Nationalism in Poland. The polish people felt they had no place. There sense of a nation was being destroyed by the germans and they could do nothing about it but be subjects to cruelty.The Warsaw uprising proved that the Polish people would fight for there sovereignty. The sense of Nationalism among poles is what caused them to fight for the ruins of there country.With the fall of communism and the rise of a democracy, the Poles had a country that was finallythe East to the safer regions. Most Poles roots come from these peopleVancouver 2012Poland participated at the 2010 winter games in Vancouver. This was Poland best ever performance at an olympic games. As a result of this games Poland's national pride grew because they all were supporting the same national teams and athletes that were there to represent them at an international event. Poles were very proud of there performanceEvents like these untie poles into celebration for there country and demonstrate the nationalism that runs in the blood of Poland.

nationalism however can have negative impacts as demonstrated when the love for country can turn into hate against others. While most of independence day was peaceful some ultra nationalists carried out acts of violence as a result of nationalism.