The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919 to 1921, against German rule; the insurgents' order was breaking away from Germany and joining Upper Silesia to new independent Polish Republic, which regained independence after World War I.

After the rebirth of the Polish state it was a matter of contention, if Upper Silesia should be a part of Germany or Poland. The region was ethnically mixed with both Germans and Poles. According to prewar statistics, ethnic Poles formed 60 percent of the population. Under the rule of Imperial Germany, these ethnic Poles faced often discrimination.

So at the Versailles Conference it was decided, that in Upper Silesia a plebiscite will be carried out to resolve this question and determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.

The period of the plebiscite campaign and interallied occupation was marked by acts of discrimination, terror and violence. Eventually it caused an outbreak of the first and the second uprising.

The third uprising began just after the plebiscite, which was held on March 21st, 1921. The reason of it was that the majority of the inhabitants of east districts of Upper Silesia voted for joining these districts to Poland, but the Interallied Commission planned to give Poland only a part of them, where were any industrial areas.

The Third Silesian Uprising was the last, largest and longest of the three uprisings - it lasted over two months and the insurgents took over a large portion of the area of Upper Silesia. After the uprising the Interallied Commision changed its decision and it was confirmed by the Conference of Ambassadors on October 20th, 1921. As a result Poland received roughly one third of the plebiscite zone, including the greater part of the industrial region. Thanks to heroism, courage and fortitude of the Silesian Insurgents (some of which were from Tychy and its neighbourhood) more land reverted to Poland.