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Regarding German losses against France and the Low Countries: Largest (much - a few times - larger than on any other day of the campaign) daily losses were suffered on two days of Fall Rot - namely 05.06.1940 and 09.06.1940. On each of these two days losses amounted to about 4,000 dead and missing. ...

In papers of 8. Armee (from German records microfilmed at Alexandria) there is "Bericht über die Kämpfe der 24. Division in Polen 1939" and part of this "Bericht" is the report "Gesamtverluste der Division im Polenfeldzug", which confirms Elble is wrong and divisional h...

F. H. Gentzen, Die Legende "Bromberger Blutsonntag" und die deutsche fünfte Kolonne in Polen [in:] September 1939, red. B. Spiru, Berlin (Ost) 1959

Main battles fought by Polish units in France in 1940: 1. Dywizja Grenadierów: ALTWILLER-LENING (26 May - 15 June 1940), DIEUZE (16 June 1940), LAGARDE (17 - 18 June 1940), BACCARAT (19 - 20 June 1940), 10. Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej: CHAMPAUBERT (13 June 1940), MONTMIRAIL (14 June 1940), MONTGIVRO...

About the book: (...) The original military report on which the book was based, was compiled in the year following the September 1939 campaign, and the author's forward was finished just as the Germans began their second major attack, the invasion of Norway. At this time, the rapid and stunning defe...

Neither Polish government, nor High Command, nor soldiers escaped to Romania before 18.09.1939:

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A wartime book - published in 1941 - about the Polish Campaign from the Polish perspective: "The Defence of Poland, September 1939" written by Lt. Gen. M. Norwid Neugebauer, translated by Peter Jordan, translation first published in March 1942, M. I. Kolin Publishers Ltd., London, England....

I know the thread is old as hell, but... A wartime book - published in 1941 - about the Polish Campaign from the Polish perspective: "The Defence of Poland, September 1939" written by Lt. Gen. M. Norwid Neugebauer, translated by Peter Jordan, translation first published in March 1942, M. I...

When it comes to the Polish success in combats against 1. Pz.Div. and 4. Pz.Div. on 16.09.1939: Instructions of gen. Knoll-Kownacki concernig repulsing tank attacks from 15.09.1939: Ruszki Kiernozia 1.jpg Ruszki Kiernozia 2.jpg Report of the commander of 25 DP saying that on 16.09.1939 25 DP repulse...

French tank losses (combat losses - without captured and abandoned) in May-June 1940: 1669 French tanks destroyed by artillery, AT guns, tanks 45 French tanks destroyed by mines 35 French tanks destroyed by Luftwaffe In total: 1749 destroyed French tanks (including 151 FT-17) Source: Survey of Allie...

The German description concerning combats around Zboiska is not exactly true. Polish units temporarily captured Zboiska and the neighbouring hills (including Hill 324), but later - due to some misunderstandings among Polish commanders - when 10th Motorized Brigade was ordered to withdraw to Hungary ...

When it comes to the defence of the Katowice Parachute Tower: The end of another myth. Not exactly the end. As usually happens with myths, some part was true and some part exaggerated. In this case the "core" of the story is true, because Scouts really defended the tower (interesting readi...

Hello Raul!, The AA 8 and the Marschgruppe A both advanced without problems but the Marschgruppe B hit against strong resistance (I./75 pp - Maj Mazewski; Company ON Rybnik - Maj Kwiatkowski and 5. Batería of the II. /23 pal - kpt Stranz) in Rybnik; after hard fighting, the Polish forces were destro...

Backstage of the Polish decision to withdraw to Romania and to avoid resisting the Red Army: ======================================== 11.09.1939: Soviet ambassador - Sharonov - leaves Poland and goes back to the USSR after ensuring the Polish foreign minister Joseph Beck, that "the attitute of ...

The superiority in numbers of German regular forces (without those paramilitary units) over Polish forces was: In command = two generals vs one colonel In men = around 2,6 to 1 In machine weapons = 4 - 3,5 to 1 (and qualitative superiority - rate of fire, etc.) In artillery for direct fire calibre 3...