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The uprising forces consisted of members of the Polish Military Organization of the Prussian Partition, who started to form the Straz Obywatelska (Citizen's Guard), renamed later to Straz Ludowa (People's Guard) and many volunteers - mainly veterans of the Great War. The ruling body was the High People's Council (at the beginning members of the Council were against the uprising, but supported it a few days later - unofficially 3 January 1919; officially 8 and 9 January 1919) and the military commanders: Captain Stanislaw Taczak (temporary commander 28 December 1918 - 8 January 1919) and later General Józef Dowbór-Musnicki .

By 15 January 1919, the uprising forces managed to take control of most of the Poznan province engaging in heavy fighting with the regular but demoralized German army and the forces of Grenzschutz, up until the German-Allies ceasefire on 16 February, where the French delegation forced Germany and other countries to recognize Great Poland's Army as Allied Forces. The Poznan high command subjugated to the Warsaw government on 25 May 1919. The front in Great Poland was liquidated on 8 March 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu. The fate of Great Poland was part of the Treaty of VersaillesThe Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of the six-month-long Paris Peace Conference of 1919 which put an official end to World War I. The ceremonial signing of the treaty with Germany occurred June 28, 1919. The treaty wa.

The Great Poland Uprising is considered to be one of the two most successful Polish uprisings ( The second was the Great Poland Uprising of 1806 which was ended by the entry of Napoleon's Army).