Salvete Omnes,
Today we, Polonians* around the world, observe the anniversary of the 'tragic death' of the 2nd Polish Republic- caused by the horrible invasion of Poland by Hitler's Germany (aided by Slovakia) and Soviet invasion on Sept., 17, 1939. The German invasion had a code name - Fall Weiss (Case White)
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| Artur Szyk pinxit |
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| Polish city of Lwow, defended by the Polish army and civilians, was surrounded by both actors- the Red Army and Wehrmacht |
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German army in 1939 still used hundreds of thousands of horses, mostly in wagon trains and for the field artillery. There were also 18 German cavalry regiments.
the beginning of atrocities and genocide - the German army killing of Polish prisoners of war
Today, I read some Hitler's speeches - one from the 22nd of August 1939 (day before the Ribbentrop-Molotov or Soviet -German past was made public) and one from the 1st of September 1939.
By the way, Robert Forczyk wrote a very good book on the military history of the German invasion of Poland - and I did a post about it - Case White The Invasion of Poland, 1939.
*Polonians - the XVI-XVII century English name for the Polish people eg Fynes Moryson .
Valete
