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Poland 1939: The birth of Blitzkrieg

By Steven J. Zaloga

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2022
ISBN
9781472859877, 9781841764085, 1472859871
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
48 MB (50434921 bytes)
Pages
210\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-25 12:03:09

Description

The German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 began World War II in Europe, pitting the newly modernized army of Europe's great industrial power against the much smaller Polish army and introducing the world to a new style of warfare – Blitzkrieg. Panzer divisions spearheaded the German assault with Stuka dive-bombers prowling ahead spreading terror and mayhem. This book demonstrates how the Polish army was not as backward as it is often portrayed and fielded a tank force larger than that of the contemporary US Army. Its stubborn defence did give the Germans some surprises and German casualties were relatively heavy for such a short campaign.

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