Polish Cavalry on September 1939

Polscy ulani podczas kampanii wrześniowej.
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Film & Animation

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• Poland
• Army
• Polish
• pride
• Cavalry
• Uhlans
• Second
• world
• war
• charge

[steve4123456789]

Fucking hell they were using pikes LOL.

[Nowik1991]

@steve4123456789

Lances not pikes,and in 1939 lances were out of use, they had only rifles, bofors guns, and sabres.

[Matchmaster6]

Very nice and romantic images of cavalry life.

[Lololoney]

@Nowik1991 Mieli również karabiny przeciwpancerne Ur-y, polskiego pomysłu i konstrukcji...

[licicaviki]

@LutzBrux1 Poles has his own tanks 7TP, Renault R35, TKS tankeetes... Cavalary has anti tank weapon Wz. 35 anti-tank rifles - weapon was effective against all German tanks of the period. Cavalary also used Bofors 37 mm anti tank gun. In 1 September 1939 Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade beat 3 German Panzer Divisions in one of the first battles of the invasion; the Battle of Mokra. Cavalary fought like dragoons - they moved on horses but fight on foots.

[LutzBrux1]

Maybe it is just a myth, the thing about charging tanks with sabres in horseback. But in my eyes, it gives a much more heroic idea of the Poles than your version.

Think about it:

Charging tanks with sabres is a feat of incredible bravery, even if in the end not successful

Fighting as normal infantry is just losing the war

I prefer the first version, its at least very gallant.

[10bkpm]

Beautiful army and that music.Good job :)

[licicaviki]

@embran Because this Goebbels propaganda was repeated by communists after war.

[embran]

Btw. Goebbels, thou in hell, is probably proud of himself; after 60 years people still believe in his unbelievable work of propaganda