Finished Poland 1939 by @Roger_Moorhouse. A masterpiece of well written and well researched military and political history, reminiscent for me of Wm. Shirer's "The Collapse of the Third Republic" (the fall of France).
Some takeaways:
1/4
Some takeaways:
1/4
1) War is hell.
2) Polish units did much better than commonly supposed. Their cavalry was actually quite effective at times.
3) Armored trains, so strange.
4) The German slaughter of civilians and POWs was widespread and evil. The racism was vicious. 2/
2) Polish units did much better than commonly supposed. Their cavalry was actually quite effective at times.
3) Armored trains, so strange.
4) The German slaughter of civilians and POWs was widespread and evil. The racism was vicious. 2/
5) The Soviet backstab and class genocide was evil.
6) Germans & Russians clashed here & there, predictably.
7) The tepid UK/French response was predictable. But materially & geographically there was little they could do.
8) The Polish govt's flight to Romania is its own epic. 3/
6) Germans & Russians clashed here & there, predictably.
7) The tepid UK/French response was predictable. But materially & geographically there was little they could do.
8) The Polish govt's flight to Romania is its own epic. 3/
9) The 200,000 Polish dead in the first month was a mere fraction of the 5.5 million they would lose in WW2, a full 20% (!) of their population. Their suffering is unimaginable.
10) War is hell.
4/4
10) War is hell.
4/4
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