Micha" Łoś wrote:
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"iowa" wrote
1939
Germany invades poland in less than a month almost without casualties,
polish soldiers died 100000
1944
Polish resistance *ROTFL* smashed from Wermacht during Warsaw
uprising. German casualties 5000 polish casualtie 60000
Polish glorious and strong armed forces *ROTFL*
I wonder how you would make out fighting a modern equipped army with
antiquated weapons and half starved as was the case in 1944. A horse
back cavalry is no match for a tank! The Poles, more than held their own
during the Battle of Britain and later with ground forces in Europe
along with the other Allied armies. Records should be set strait in
this regard.
Polish Cavalry was the modern part of our army. Attack with sabres on tanks
is a myth!!!
They have modern antitank guns 37mm bofors (this gun could destroy all
german tanks in this time, and probably all tanks on the world), antitank
rifle Ur.They fought on "foots", horses was only to move to longest
distance.
True enough. I used to have a page bookmarked (3 jobs ago, sadly) that
detailed the incident that led to the myth of "horse cavalry vs. tanks".
The summary, as I recall it, is that a cavalry regiment was busily
wiping out a German infantry unit (footsoldiers vs. cavalry) when a
couple of armored cars (not! tanks!) showed up and chewed up the horse
soldiers with their mounted 20mm cannon. When reporters arrived, the
dead Germans had been removed, and the head of the press escort said
something about "horses vs. panzers *shrug*" and thus was the myth
begun.
We lost, becouse, our strategy was "out of date" (german blitzkrieg was to
fast) (France had bigger army, and they lost faster)
People also forget the backstab by the Soviet Union. The Poles were
holding their own against the Blitzkrieg, despite losing ground (but did
they ever make the Germans pay for that ground), until the Red Army came
across the eastern border.
In 1944 in Warsaw we had only light weapon (hand guns, rifle, MP). German
army had tanks, planes, guns (even Karl, 600mm mortar) and they fought over
2 months!
Yep. Anyone who says the Warsaw uprising shows the Poles couldn't fight
is talking out of their ass.
Had the Poles had a fully mechanized army in 1939 (that is, equivalent
to the Wehrmacht) I suspect they still would have lost, but the Germans
and Soviets would have paid a far heavier price.
ObTex: But what does this have to do with military aviation?
-Marc
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