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Old 22-06-05, 21:00
Bartek Bartek is offline
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I've found an interesting opinion about Polish Defence War 1939.Gen.Tadeusz Kutrzeba was a commander of Army "Poznan" during the WW II.After the war he wrote that most destroying influence on polish soldiers had Lufftwaffe not tanks,because soldiers were been able to fight against tanks,but they were totaly powerless against air attacks.Polish ID had only 4 40mm Bofors AAG,CavBde only 2 bofors AAG.At the effect the losses made by german air attacks wasn't been very high,but had very destructive influence on polish soldiers morale.Polish soldiers felt themselves totaly unprotected from air attacks and slowly loosing their fighting spirirt,very often even without fights against germany tanks or infrantry.Kutrzeba wrote that he often saw a shocked and totaly demoralized units from which soldiers hadn't even see the enemy,that was made only by air attacks.When soldier is unable to response the enemy he will lost his morale very soon.At thst situation polish units exhaustive and shocked were very weak opponents for german tanks.
The same situation took a place at Normandy at 1944.Allied air attacks very often destroyed german units before their came into the battle.

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