"In 1939 Poles assumed they were able to attack Berlin"

Poland wanted to believe it could defeat Germany, even though the intelligence they were being supplied with suggested something very different, believes WWII historian Professor Richard Overy.

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[starsky6991]

Prof. Overy will also tell you that Polish cavalry charged German Tanks. They did not (in fact they won that particular battle of Krojanty) He will tell you that UK broke the Enigma code. They did not. Poland was listening in to Enigma messages back in 1930's Germany when it was in Aug. 39' together with the code cracking equations. Hitler only defeated half of Poland. Remember the cream of Polish forces, bombers & planes were ready to counter attack from East Poland but Russians invaded.

[AZsaturn]

@IustitiaPax

The reason of the war between USSR and Reich was not the ideology. But pure interestedness: Europe was too small for two all-powerful rotters. Only Stalin had then the potential to the destruction of Reich. Only Hitler had then the potential to the destruction USSR. It is all reasons of the east front. The ideology had an influence only in the Geobels's propaganda.

[carp3nt3r]

in large part, this represents a highly biased opinion of yet another Little Englander, but hey, what would you deliver to (RT) Russia Today? Poor

[Vebinz]

@zapasiewicz

You're right. That's something that too many people do over-look/ignore.

Maybe because it doesn't fit in with the image of Hitler as the sole villain.

[zapasiewicz]

@Vebinz I'm puzzled to see so many "minus points" here... the only wrong thing in this interview is that he doesn't say anything of the Soviet Invasion of Poland.

[InvincibleNumanist]

cont

the full title of the book for those interested is "1914-1918 The History of the First World War"

[InvincibleNumanist]

You people are making him out to be some kind of anti polish, Nazi apologist. The guy wrote a book comparing Hitler and Stalin and one of the conclusions he defends is that Hitlers foreign policy was aggressive whereas Stalins was a little more defensive. And sorry but Versailles wasnt the only cause of world war 2, they were closely linked but one didnt necessarily have to follow from another. David Stevenson in "The History of the First World War" demolishes such highschool simplified notions

[Logicman132]

@AZsaturn Yes but also no. Goebbels propaganda had to do with Hitlers ideals, which had to do with German interests, so your last argument is negated. Also it was Hitlers principal idea to expand to the East way before he became the leader of Germany. This is described in his book "Lebensraum". Th Second World War was perhaps not a war of ideology, but the Germans-Russian war was. Look at "lebensraum" and see it for yourself. Id be happy to talk about this.

[Logicman132]

@starsky6991 In this you are right. Nevertheless Poland was no match for Germany's Blitzkrieg tactic

[Vebinz]

Very good interview, though it covers the basics.

DSadly, too many idiots with an agenda in this comment section.

prof.Overy is highly respected in the field of WWII, and his word is more trustworthy than some moron on Youtube.