German Campaign In Poland 1939 Illustrated Edition

Author : War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520986531
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Campaign in Poland written by War Department and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an in-depth examination of the successful tactics used by the German army and air-force, compiled by the United States War Department to be studied in preparation for meeting the Germans on the battlefield. The author explains how through the proper and effective use of intelligence, combined arms tactics, and fifth column activities the German military was able to secure a massive and overwhelming victory.

Author : Major Robert M. Kennedy
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782892419
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Campaign In Poland (1939) [Illustrated Edition] written by Major Robert M. Kennedy and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 6 maps and over 20 other illustrations The German attack on Poland precipitated World War II, making the Polish campaign one of particular significance to the student of the 1939-45 conflict. The lessons learned by the German Army in its operations in Poland were put to use in the later campaigns against the western Allies, the Balkan states, and the Soviet Union. Poland also formed the testing ground for new theories on the use of armored forces and close air support of ground troops. The complete destruction of the Polish state and the removal of Poland from the map of eastern Europe were grim portents of the fate of the vanquished in the new concept of total war. The purpose of this campaign study is to provide the United States Army with a factual account of German military operations against Poland, based on source material from captured records currently in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army; monographs prepared by a number of former German officers for the Historical Division, United States Army, Europe; and such Polish accounts as were available.

Author : Robert M. Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7J/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Campaign in Poland, 1939 written by Robert M. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German attack on Poland precipitated World War II, making the Polish campaign one of particular significance to the student of the 1939-45 conflict. The lessons learned by the German Army in its operations in Poland were put to use in the later campaigns against the western Allies, the Balkan states, and the Soviet Union. Poland also formed the testing ground for new theories on the use of armored forces and close air support of ground troops. The complete destruction of the Polish state and the removal of Poland from the map of eastern Europe were grim portents of the fate of the vanquished in the new concept of total war. The purpose of this campaign study is to provide the United States Army with a factual account of German military operations against Poland, based on source material from captured records currently in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army; monographs prepared by a number of former German officers for the Historical Division, United States Army, Europe; and such Polish accounts as were available. -- Abstract.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472859871
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poland 1939 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Steve Zaloga
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poland 1939 written by Steve Zaloga and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. If the outcome of the campaign was predictable, its conduct was not. The Polish campaign introduced the world to a new style of warfare: Blitzkrieg.

Author : Robert M. Kennedy
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1576383644
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Campaign in Poland (1939) written by Robert M. Kennedy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Army, 1956. (German report series).

Author : Roger Moorhouse
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465095410
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poland 1939 written by Roger Moorhouse and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "chilling" and "expertly" written history of the 1939 September Campaign and the onset of World War II (Times of London). For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's soldiers invaded, followed later that month by Stalin's Red Army. The conflict that followed saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later war-blitzkrieg, the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing, and indiscriminate aerial bombing-yet it is routinely overlooked by historians. In Poland 1939, Roger Moorhouse reexamines the least understood campaign of World War II, using original archival sources to provide a harrowing and very human account of the events that set the bloody tone for the conflict to come.

Author : David G. Williamson
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811708284
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poland Betrayed written by David G. Williamson and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the cover. After staging a mock attack at Gleiwitz, Germany unleashed its blitzkrieg on Poland on September 1, 1939. Two week later, Soviet forces streamed into the beleaguered country from the east. By early October, Poland had fallen. In a vivid narrative that follows the invading armies from the battle at Westerplatte to the siege of Warsaw, David Williamson takes a fresh look at the opening campaign of World War II, shattering enduring myths and misconceptions and giving voice to the men -- German, Soviet, and Polish -- who did the fighting.

Author : Robert M. Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Campaign in Poland (1939) written by Robert M. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Forczyk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472834941
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Case White written by Robert Forczyk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German invasion of Poland on 1 September, 1939, designated as Fall Weiss (Case White), was the event that sparked the outbreak of World War II in Europe. The campaign has widely been described as a textbook example of Blitzkrieg, but it was actually a fairly conventional campaign as the Wehrmacht was still learning how to use its new Panzers and dive-bombers. The Polish military is often misrepresented as hopelessly obsolete and outclassed by the Wehrmacht, when in fact it was well-equipped with modern weapons and armour. Indeed, the Polish possessed more tanks than the British and had cracked the German Enigma machine cipher. Though the combined assault from Germany and the Soviet Union defeated Poland, it could not crush the Polish fighting spirit and thousands of soldiers and airmen escaped to fight on other fronts. The result of Case White was a brutal occupation, as Polish Slavs found themselves marginalized and later eliminated, paving the way for Hitler's vision of Lebensraum (living space) and his later betrayal and invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Using a wide array of sources, Robert Forczyk challenges the myths of Case White to tell the full story of the invasion that sparked history's greatest conflict.