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Been watching your videos since 1915 in the great war channel. What you guys have been doing for the past 6 years is amazing. Keep the amazing work

The suffering of civilians and the innocent is the one terrifying constant throughout this series. I can’t-imagine being stuck in Poland and having nowhere to run and no-one to help you.

My grandfather was one of the ones that was killed by the natzis he was a tailor in Warsaw and the natzis threw him into prison and tortured him ...he ended up getting tuberculosis and died :(

In Lordran, the flow of time itself is convoluted

Some extra informations about Campaign in Poland from Polish books: 1) Average Polish infantry division had : 16429 soldiers,6937 horses,76 cars and trucks,320 light and 132 heavy machine guns,81 grenade launchers,20 mortars,30 cannons schneider 1897 75mm,12 howitzers100mm, 3 long range 105mm guns,3 heavy 155mm howitzers and only 4 AA 40mm bofors and also only 27 anti tank 37mm bofors guns per division.The difference was average German infantry division had more artillery ( 36 howitzers 105mm,12 heavy 155 mm howitzers , 26 light and heavy infantry guns ,54 mortars) , a lot more anti tank guns 37mm- 75 vs.polish 27.German division had a lot more motor transport 334 cars,615 trucks,527 motorcycles. 2) Polish cavalry was almost the only( apart from 10th motorised Cavalry Brigade) mobile force faster then infantry.Poles used horses because of economy .Price of the horse at that time was 300-500 złoty.Price for truck was 10,000 złoty.Polish cavalry still had more firepower than infantry per number of troops.Polish cavalry brigade with 4 regiments had 7184 soldiers ,16 75mm schneider 1897 guns,13 light tankettes,and 18 anti tank 37mm bofors guns.During Battle of Mokra on the 1st of September ,one Polish Volyhnska Cavalry Brigade with support from armoured train ,stopped for all day German 4th Panzer Division ( more that 300 tanks alone) and one infantry Division. 2a) Polish only 10th Motorised Cavalry Brigade with 47 tanks and 18 anti tank guns protected mountain passes south of Cracow against German 22nd Panzer Corp with 500 tanks.It took Germans 5 days to go 25 km. 3) Polish aviation industry sent better planes for export and worse fighters for Polish army.Polish PZL11C fighters had just 334 km/h top speed and four MGs.They send abroad better fighter PZL24 that had 435km/h top speed ,two 20mm cannons and two MGs. 4) Polish Navy was not practical for Poland .It had 4 large modern destroyers,one mine layer,five large submarines and 6 minesweepers.It was very clear for everyone that in case of war Kriegsmarine will have huge advantage over Polish Navy on small sea like Baltic Sea.Modern large ships were very expensive and some officers argued that money spent on large destroyer could be better spent on coastal defences.They critisized expensive "ocean ambitions" of Polish High Command.Three of Polish destroyers left to England even before war begun. 5)Polish High Command waisted great sacrifice and courage from Polish soldiers and made a few big mistakes ( lack of cooperation during Battle of Bzura between various Polish Armies etc.).Before the war Polish High Command made propaganda slogan :"Silni ,Zwarci i Gotowi" which means :" Strong,United and Ready".But after massive mistakes from Polish High Command ( not the troops who fought with great courage) and after Polish High command left Warsaw after just 7 days , Polish High Command was called :" Silni w gębie, zwarci przy żłobie ,gotowi do ucieczki" which means :"Strong in talking,United to keep power,Ready to escape" .One of Polish Generals named Dąb Biernacki commanding Army Prusy( that supposed to plug the gap between collapsing Army Łódź and Army Kraków) he literally fled his staff and troops and went to Warsaw. 6)Poland did not have to fight against Hitler .In October 1938 Germany offered Poland to be their allies .Obviously this could be very unequal "alliance" .Poland supposed to agree for exterritorial motorway between East Prussia and rest of Germany etc.After the war when Poles were very disappointed with attitude of the West and Soviets some Polish historians suggested that maybe it was better idea to join Germany like Romania or Hungary( not the Holocaust of course). 7) On the 18th of September German units approached small town Stawy pod Dęblinem .There was Arsenal called " Arsenal of Poland" It contained : 100000 Polish rifles 17000 German rifles 80000 French rifles 1500 modern heavy MGs 2600 light MGs 150 75 mm French and Russian artillery guns 80 100mm Polish howitzers 45 155 mm French howitzers 6 heavy 220 mm mortars So in the same time when across Poland local people tried to form local self defence units to defend their homes ,Polish High Command kept under lock equivalent of 7-8 infantry divisions.Shocking !!! .When Germans approached the arsenal Polish generals ordered arsenal to be destroyed..they didnt distribute the guns to locals to try create underground army 9) Poland was doomed right from the start .No country in the World could fight Germany and USSR in the same time .Polish ordinary soldier did their best .Most of Polish Generals and especially High Command waisted their effort. English is my second language so sorry for poor grammar.You have great show

The more that I watch this channel, the more I find that I'm glad that I didn't live during WWII.

Thanks Indy and crew! Really enjoying this series and The Great War. If one were to only read a high school history textbook here in the states, you’d think WWII didn’t start until Pearl Harbor. It’s tragic that events in Eastern Europe and Asia get completely glossed over. Fascinating history and hugely relevant stuff!

Thank you Indy. I'm watching this from Berbera Somalia, while sipping tea 🍵 and enjoying lovely weather and beautiful beaches.

Is the sound improved as well, I feel that the pace is better now, I don't know but I like this pace and tempo

Sleep while marching? Sounds like some important skill for a college student.

oooof poor indy, he's gonna have a lot of bad phone calls to frown at this year

I think pretty much everyone here is well educated on this particular nasty part of history.....but my god even though I already know what to expect its still so shocking and deeply saddening

Thank you for this channel and the episodes about Poland 1939. My Polish grandfather was fighting in the Polish Army, he was first in Internment in Hungary and then became a P.O.W. in Germany. It is a pity I can not find out in which unit he exactly served...

Stalin: "The Ukrainians must be protected from all of their enemies except us!"

This is all going to be terribly depressing for quite some time

I was wondering where Indy had gone. Thank fully I found WW2. Th Great War and WW2 are some of the best documentary’s around….thank you for doing these. Myself and 12 year old daughter watch 3 episodes each night before bedtime not only to bond but to show her how amazing of a life we have had since the end of the 2nd 30years war(ww1/ww2)

September 27, 1939. Private Hans Schmidt of the 3rd Infantry Division is relieved that the besieged city of Warsaw has finally capitulated after weeks of fighting. 3 days later, his unit enters the ruined city, and soon after that, the final pockets of Polish resistance are eliminated. The thrill of victory in Poland boosts the morale of German and Soviet troops alike.

Gees, your studio set-up, your amazing personality, voice and gestures and of course the delivery is incredible. As clip goes on you almost sound as if reality have turned to "back to the future" scenario. Thanks a lot.

Thanks!

Lovely detailing on the off-white. 3.5/5

NKVD is translated from the russian as (People's Komissariate On internal metters), meaning they were not SECRET police, but an organizantion which was 3in1: police, military police and counter intelligence under a single leadership

Poland is not yet lost

0:”5 that face man, Indy probably made when he was leading all this and it still haunts him😢

I just realized how many phones Indy has around him.

Another great episode.

I'm watching these on a playlist and boy is it annoying that KZfaq wants to show me 2 mobile game ads at the end of each video, and then 2 more mobile game ads before I can start the next one. Not sure why it's all mobile games but there have been 8 in a row

I have to rewatch this. To many parallels to current events.

Winter is coming!!

Obviously Germany won here. The Lithuania thing was just Stalin saving face. For Hitler that simply meant that instead of taking Lithuania from Lithuania he's have to take it from Stalin, which was, if anything, a confirmation of his destiny to fight "Judeo-Bolshevism".

So glad that Germany lost and the USSR fell 1991, horrible empires which make me feel bad for being German. May all those who lost their lives in WW2 rest in peace.

Loving this channel! Question though ..anyone know why this channel get demonetized? Why is KZfaq hitting WW2 history channels?!?!

is he really doing this phone thing throughout the entire series

I comment because no one else does

So we're just not going to talk about Polish Rommel, are we

7:24 why 20 miles and not 32 km? or at least both? =/

Oh, so there is an ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL joke....nice

I GOT DRIP DRIP DRIP DRIP DRIPPY DROP.

Wonder when the polish uprising will happen?!?

Why do the Polish generals have German surnames? Ròmmel, Lagner?

thanks France , UK

02:56 Interesting, the great '80ies tv docu "Road to War - Germany" Used this footage to show German refugees fleeing "Polish terror" in 1939 🤔 So are they in fact German?

Don't know if anyone mentioned this guys, but I believe the credentials of Arthur Owens and Nikolaus RItter have been interchanged at 9:00 and 9:15.

Bro how were the allies so dumb to declare war on Germany for invading Poland, but not on the Soviets?

The generals resent him (Hitler) taking control of strategies (at 8:26)...well, what did they expect from a lunatic - thinking he can conquer the world! These were not medieval times, or even further back in history, tribes defending their fatherland. All you have to think of...two tyrants battled for more land/people etc but had no clue because they were completly arrogant and ignorant (it's not interesting enough for me to find how much education they received as boys - also, both Hitler and Satlin were punished with beatings by their fathers; respected their mothers who were literally helpless in protecting their boys. My degree in college was Humanities, and my seminar project was on these two monsters, so I had to find out a lot of stuff from the library (rermember that building with lots of books, compared to online resources). Thanks for this eye-opening episode...because I feel today's youth is completely in the dark about certain aspects of history which will be repeating, and soon...if it's not on a social media platform it doesn't count! That's what I see all around me...

This has an odd release date. In the series, it should be about two years ago, as now the invasion of the USSR is about a day away.

3 weeks in and prob a half million dead already...

The noble and mighty Poles did not get their country back after WW2 and we, the British, owe the Poles are apologies. Love to all, RIP my favourite father, conceived during this month. Xx

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Much is said about the war crimes committed by the Red Army in Germany. But seeing what Germany themselves did until the height of their power, they kind of brought it upon themselves.

Is Lviv a Polish city, are you serious?