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	Polish army order of battle in 1939 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main aim of the army was to secure mountain passes in the Carpathians.
		The army was to defend fortified lines along the border with East Prussia near Mława, and then retreat towards Narew river.
		The Army was created on March 23, 1939 to defend Toruń and Bydgoszcz and to carry out delaying actions in the so-called "Polish Corridor".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polish_army_order_of_battle_in_1939 (730 words)

	Achtung Panzer ! - Invasion of Poland (Fall Weiss)
		Polish Campaign is surrounded by numerous myths such as the destruction of Polish Airforce in the opening hours of the invasion and Polish Cavalry charges against German armored units.
		Polish Airforce was deployed at numerous airfields and although numerically inferior and partially obsolete was very active during the course of the campaign (e.g.
		Polish cavalry brigades never charged tanks with their sabres or lances as they were equipped with anti-tank weapons such as 37mm Bofors wz.36 (model 1936) anti-tank guns (that could penetrate 26mm armor at 600m at 30 degrees).
	www.achtungpanzer.com /articles/polcamp.htm (2527 words)

	Red Army Studies, Article 0411030 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Luckily for the Soviets, the tank army organization was sufficient to overcome the resistance of the sparsely deployed Rumanian units on the flanks of Sixth Army and Fourth Panzer Army along the approaches to Stalingrad.
		When the five homogeneous tank armies were deployed in July 1943, the Soviets finally had a powerful combined-arms organization with the firepower and mobility to operate independently of its parent formation, and often as many as 70-80 kilometers ahead of the slower combined-arms armies.
		Additionally, four of the five combined-arms armies in the front each had a tank corps as their mobile group; the fifth was placed in front reserve, for use as a second echelon force during the breakthrough, the first time in the war this was done.
	www.redarmystudies.net /0411030.htm (8069 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All Polish units may counter-attack if they were not attacked in the previous phase (see [8.3]) and if they have in their Zones of Control German units which are not in offensive.
		Polish units which haven't moved this turn and which are not covered with the counter symbolizing retreat of a squad, may build fortifications.
		On all attacking Polish units, the counters symbolizing a unit in offensive are placed while on all German units which have retreated in consequence of the battle, the retreat counters are placed.
	grognard.com /info1/mlawa1939.doc (8543 words)

	POLISH HOME ARMY (AK) - HISTORY
		After the fall of France in June 1940, the Polish Government moved to London and established the Supreme Command of the ZWZ in Poland.
		When the German army was engaged in heavy fighting inside Russia in April 1942, the Supreme Commander issued an order to switch from sabotage to armed diversions.
		AK Units fighting against the German army behind the front lines and representatives of the underground civilian government were ordered to reveal themselves to the advancing Soviet Army and present themselves as representative of the Polish Republic and act as hosts in their own country.
	www.biega.com /museumAK/hak-e.html (3308 words)

	Fall Weiß - The Fall of Poland
		In March of 1939 immediately after the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, Hitler told Colonel General Keitel, chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces and Colonel General von Brauchitsch, commander in chief of the Army, that the time had come to settle the Polish problem by military means.
		Army Group North was to attack eastward into the Polish Corridor with one of its two armies, the 4th, while the other, the 3rd Army, would strike west from East Prussia into the corridor.
		Army Group South with three armies, the 8th, 10th and 14th was to advance from the Silesia and Slovakia toward the Northeast.
	worldatwar.net /wars/ww2/poland39 (1984 words)

	POLISH NEWS - Polish History Page - THE POLISH CAMPAIGN OF SEPTEMBER 1939 IN PERSPECTIVE.
		During the second week of the war, while the battle of Kutno was still raging and the fate of Poland was not yet definitely sealed, German forces in the unfinished Siegfried Line were in a critical situation.
		Yet, the French Army and Air Force stood passively facing these meager German contingents in the West; on the Allied side of the Western front were approximately 2,500 tanks, 10,000 guns, and nearly 3,000 French and British aircraft.
		Red Army units of the Leningrad military district were ordered to be ready to march into Estonia, while a squadron of the Soviet Baltic fleet immediately sailed into Estonian territorial waters.
	www.polishnews.com /fulltext/history/2001/history5.shtml (2268 words)

	Betrayal: The Battle for Warsaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Polish government escaped to France and eventually to England, where it acted as the official Government-in-Exile of Poland.
		Polish soldiers who had escaped occupied Poland were organized by the Government-in-Exile into military units and attached to Allied forces, in the hope of eventually overthrowing the occupation of their homeland and re-gaining its freedom.
		Efforts to liberate other major Polish cities in co-ordination with the Russian Army had ended up in mass arrests of the Polish Home Army and Polish underground authorities, and the establishment of Soviet authorities in their place.
	www.polishculture-nyc.org /betrayal-more.htm (544 words)

	1939 continued
		After the Polish campaign had ended, Poland was divided into three major sections: the former "Polish corridor" was restored to West Prussia, the western third of Poland was dubbed "Warthegau," and central Poland became the "Government General for the Occupied Polish Territories," or General Government.
		West Prussia and the Warthegau ceased to be Polish territory and became part of the Reich, while the General Government was under civil administration.
		The Polish language, going to the movies, riding public transportation, even sexual relations were strictly prohibited, while libraries, art galleries, and monuments were destroyed and replaced with German substitutes; even Polish street and city names were changed to German.
	www.angelfire.com /ct/ww2europe/1939b.html (2914 words)

	POLISH NEWS - Polish History Page - Last Great Charge of the Polish Cavalry.
		The assault by a Polish mounted brigade against a column of infantry and motors - only a fragment of the fight against the German invasion in 1939 - was executed in the glorious tradition of the horse cavalry's saber-wielding charge.
		It was fighting a defensive battle against a light German army group, reinforced by the East Prussian cavalry division, which was the only great cavalry unit the Germans possessed at the time.
		The order of the brigadier was received with joy by officers and men alike.
	www.polishnews.com /fulltext/history/2001/history4.shtml (2214 words)

	1939
		Under the guise of honouring the anniversary of the Battle of Tannenburg, the German Battleship, complete with a hidden cargo of Marine assault troops, was allowed by the Poles to anchor directly off the strategic island of Westerplatte, located at the mouth of the Vistula River in Danzig.
		The German 3rd Army (von Kuechler) and 4thr Army (von Kluge) join in the Corridor and re-establish the land connection between East Prussia and the Reich that was severed in 1919 as a result of the Versailles Treaty.
		The 4th Army (von Kluge) captures Lodz and Radom, as the 4th Panzer Division reaches the outskirts of Warsaw.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1939eastern.asp (993 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Polish Navy order of battle in 1939 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was to organize the defence of the Polish seashore, as well as the borders with Nazi Germany and Free City of Danzig, as well as to prepare the defence of the Polish naval bases and the Westerplatte outpost in Danzig.
		As it was clear that the Polish defenders of the so-called Polish Corridor would be cut off from the Polish mainland, the defence was organized into several fortified lines that were to shield the naval base of Hel Peninsula and the city of Gdynia from all sides.
		The remainder of the Polish forces, including the improvised units, the mobilized Police, Border Guards, Border Defence Corps and the volunteers, were to defend the outskirts of Gdynia and the Oksywie Heights, while the 4th battalion of the Border Defence Corps was to defend Hel.
	random.dragonslife.org /polish-navy-order-of-battle-in-1939/5225 (1320 words)

	Timeline 1939
		1939 Mar 12, Pope Pius XII was formally crowned in ceremonies at the Vatican.
		In early 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution denied the internationally famed contralto the opportunity to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., because of her race.
		1939 Sep 4, The Polish ghetto of Mir was exterminated.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1939.HTML (10109 words)

	1939 Polish-Soviet War
		The problem ended in 1924 with the reorganisation of the cavalry arm, when the role of the mounted rifles was changed, and the regiments were organised as line cavalry and split into new units with the light horse and lancer regiments.
		Another group of Polish officers (the so-called "young cavalry school") pushed for the formation of cavalry corps (9 to 12 cavalry regiments), probably out of desire to put the horsed cavalry back into the role of the prime maneuver element.
		The Polish army began its cycle of mobilisations in March 1939, when Germany and Hungary invaded and tore apart the rest of what was once Czechoslovakia, taking large tracts of land for themselves, and in the process establishing the independent state of Slovakia.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/history/WWII/soviet/cached_1939.htm (3003 words)

	Chronology 1939
		After months of agitation and recrimination between the Polish and German governments, and a number of border incidents between the two countries, the long-expected crisis came to a head when Albert Forster, the National Socialist leader in Danzig, proclaimed that the hour of deliverance was at hand.
		The German army, air force, and navy launched a concerted attack on Poland, utilizing Blitzkrieg tactics to annihilate the Polish army.
		While the Poles could field an army of 600,000 men, they were unable to mobilize efficiently or coordinate their defense.
	www.indiana.edu /~league/1939.htm (6628 words)

	Polish Home Army
		On 1st September, 1939, the German Army was ordered into Poland.
		British and Polish airmen flew in supplies from bases in Italy but it was difficult to drop the food and ammunition to places still in the hands of the rebels.
		In March 1945, 16 leaders of the army were arrested and sent to the Soviet Union where they were convicted of sabotage.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /POLhomearmy.htm (990 words)

	PolishRoots - History
		After the armistice 27,000 of the Austrian prisoners-of-war of Polish nationalily in Italy volunteered to join the Polish Army organized in France, and among them was Juliusz Schauder.
		Inasmuch as the Haller army had a reputation of virulent anti-Semitism, Jews did serve in that branch of the Polish Army on the Eastern Front, my father [Jakob Saks] being one of those.
		On Passover eve in 1919, the Polish army entered Lida and the soldiers of General Haller mounted a pogrom in which thirty-nine Jews were murdered.
	www.polishroots.org /hallers/jews_in_hallers_army.htm (2407 words)

	Polish 2
		In a village near to the small town of Schönfeld, the military band was playing the Polish national anthem "Poland is not yet lost".
		Armia WP, the 1st Polish People's Army - had a tough nut to crack: they were to break through the Pomeranian wall if at all possible.
		A few tanks moved in line towards the trunk road, and a red very-light soared into the air in a high arc: this was the signal for the cavalry to attack.
	www.cavhooah.com /polish_2.htm (806 words)

	1939
		Danzig, the old Polish city, owes her start and her richness to Poland.
		Gdynia - the new Polish sea port is capturing all the trade that used to go to Danzig.
		Whole of Poland is getting ready in case of war - shots troops leaving for posts - Polish army had affection and love of population - army ready - Poles live for honor and liberty - when time comes for fighting Poles will fight against everything for freedom of Poland.
	www.cinema.ucla.edu /Prelude/1939.html (2920 words)

	PolishRoots - Database
		Soldiers killed in battle in 1939 and exhumed from the battlefields are buried here.
		Polish Army soldiers of General Przedrzymirski killed around Aleksandrow on September 25-26, 1939.
		Soldiers of Army Krakow killed in action on September 15-17, 1939 in battles to overcome German positions in the direction of Lukow, Cieszanow, Rawa Ruska, and Lwow.
	www.polishroots.org /military/aleksandrow_cemetery.htm (246 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:WWII Consolidated Orders Of Battle
		Orders of Battle - German Panzer and Motorized Infantry in Barbarossa-1941
		These consist of a generic order of battle and a separate document with specific Panzer types and strengths for the different Panzer regiments.
		In April '45, they were sent to the US 3rd Army, which was advancing into Czechslovakia, and had the honour of liberating Prague (which shocked the Soviets somewhat, who were advancing into town from the other end - definitely unusual hypothetical scenario possibilities here: T34s versus Cromwells and Churchills anyone?).
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/ordersofbattle.shtml (828 words)

	Why Hitler lost the war!
		Although crushed, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising was a victory of the Polish spirit.
		Be all that is it may, the Polish-decrypted Enigma code was what gave the Allies a clear insight into German military orders battle plans, the full extent of which the Nazis never realized.
		Intercepted Enigma messages were decisive in winning the Battle of Britain and ensured Allied victories and decreased casualties in North Africa and the Italian campaign as well as the Battle of the Atlantic.
	www.polishamericancenter.org /HitlerLost.html (732 words)

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