Название: Digests and lessons of recent military operations: the German campaign in Poland, September 1 to October 5, 1939
Издательство: Washington: Government Printing Office
Страниц: 43
Формат: PDF
Размер: 12 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Год: 1942
Язык: английский
The Army of the Third Reich was unleashed completely for the first time in the Polish campaign, which was a preview of German strategy, tactics, and technique. In 20 days of fighting the new German military machine annihilated the Polish armies; Warsaw capitulated after 27 days; and the last point of resistance was subdued in 35 days. Undoubtedly this swift victory was due in great measure to the overwhelming superiority of the German Army in both numbers and materiel, but of equal importance was the fact that the German High Command had learned vital lessons from the stalemates of position warfare in the first World War.
