Section 503 The General Staff Evolves into the European War
British theorist Liddell. Summing up the Polish campaign, Hart said: "The outcome of the war of 39 years can be summed up in two sentences: in the East, an army that is hopelessly old is disintegrated by a tank force with new technology and a superior air force; In the West, a slow-moving army is not able to exert any effective pressure at an early stage. Please search ()! The fastest updated novel"
It can be described as a breakthrough.
In this battle, the Polish army suffered 66,300 dead and 133,700 wounded, 694,000 were captured by the Germans, 217,000 were captured by the Red Russian army (including surrenders), and 100,000 fled to neighboring countries. The Germans lost 8,600 killed, 30,300 wounded and more than 3,400 missing. During the war, the German army successfully carried out the "blitzkrieg warfare" for the first time in actual combat on the European plains, which demonstrated the power of the tank corps to carry out large-depth and rapid assaults with the coordination of aviation units, and had a far-reaching impact on the development of military science. In carrying out the mobilization and deployment of the armed forces, Germany adopted the policy of attacking the enemy first. The military operations of the German armed forces against Poland illustrate the remarkable effect of the surprise and intensive assault of the pre-formed army and air groups. In the course of the war, tanks and air forces showed great strength, and in order to break through the enemy's defenses, for the first time, rapid heavy groups - tank divisions and motorized divisions of the tank army - were used, which operated in close coordination with the aviation forces. The conditions for maneuvering with a rapid heavy group to carry out a detour and encirclement of the enemy in the depth of the defense appeared. In this way, the depth of the offensive of the campaign can be expanded and the speed of the campaign can be increased. ”
When Wu Taiqian's report was written, he put down his pen, and all in front of him was the tragic scene of the smoke and smoke of the war, but since he put on a military uniform, he had to perform the duties of a soldier.
He continued: "Of course, in addition to victory and defeat on the battlefield, Germany's diplomatic strategy was also very effective. Due to the pinning down of the Polish army in Warsaw, it was difficult for the Germans to capture the Brest fortress. Moreover, from this battle, the German army also had a keen insight into the difficulties of attacking eastern Poland: the Polish army in eastern Poland still had more than 300,000 people at this time, and the north-south distance in eastern Poland was much longer than that in western Poland, and continuing to advance eastward was bound to greatly lengthen the front, and the total strength of the German army was insufficient, not only was it difficult to quickly annihilate the remnants of the Polish army, but also because it was getting farther and farther away from the western front, it would be impossible to transfer a large number of troops to the west in time. Obviously, it is best to ask Red Russia to send troops to help. When the fighting in eastern Poland ended on 25 September, a demarcation line was agreed upon, and the Germans launched a general attack on Warsa and soon captured the city. This fully shows that the Germans left the Polish army in Warsaw in the late stage of the campaign not really because of the lack of troops or the strength of the Polish army, but in order to annihilate more of the Polish army's vital forces and facilitate the westward transfer. It was precisely in the more than 10 days obtained by this that the German army annihilated the main force of the Polish army east of Warsaw and west of the Bug River, and achieved a huge advantage over the Polish army. In this way, even if the main force is transferred to the west on the Western Front, the remaining army can calmly deal with the remaining Polish army, and the danger of fighting on two fronts is basically eliminated. Otherwise, the Germans might not be able to annihilate the main force of the Polish army, nor would they be able to prevent the French army from being caught between the Polish and French armies in the event of a large-scale attack. ”
"The Chinese are ready to attack on the Western Front, and it is estimated that there will be a battle between Germany and France in three to six months, and from the current analysis, the German victory is very good."
Zhang Jianyuan, chief of the General Staff, analyzed: "According to the analysis report and comprehensive intelligence provided by the observation mission, after this war, the originally independent Poland has become a cake to be slaughtered, while Britain, France, and other countries that have been implementing the policy of appeasement have not really realized the danger they are facing, and the day of a full-scale war on the continent is approaching." Well, let's continue to analyze the lessons of the German-Polish war, Brother Yunjie, come on. ”
"First of all, the German army in this war, the appearance of Xiàn is indeed remarkable. Unlike our army, which has experience and norms in the large-scale use of armored units and three-dimensional coordinated operations, the German army was able to use a large number of armored units, motorized units, and other rapid corps for the first time in actual combat to break through the Polish defense line, quickly insert themselves into the rear of the Polish army, and encircle and annihilate them. It should be said that the main reason for the victory of the Germans at a relatively small cost was the proper use of blitzkrieg tactics. But the deployment of the German army should not be confirmed, although it did not play some disadvantageous role in real combat. The main attacking force of the German attack on Poland was the armored corps, and the key to ensuring the smooth progress of the battle was to avoid the advance of the armored forces being blocked as much as possible. The Vistula River, which runs through central and western Poland, is such a natural obstacle. If the Polish army relied on this huge "anti-tank ditch" for defense, it would be able to offset the weakness of insufficient anti-tank weapons in a large way, and it would have an adverse effect on the rapid advance of the German armored forces. ”
Zhu Yunjie's analysis made all the senior generals nod in affirmation.
In addition, the deployment of only 11 divisions by the German army in East Prussia was a big mistake. There are no armored units in these 11 divisions, and the assault capability is weak and the assault ability is not good; Moreover, East Prussia was surrounded on three sides by Polish territory and lacked support; If the troops are insufficient, it is easy to be annihilated by the opponent. If the Polish army concentrates its forces, even if it does not rely on armored forces, it still has a good chance of winning against these 11 divisions. If this force was annihilated, the strength of the German Army Group North would also be greatly reduced, which could eventually have an immeasurable impact on the outcome of the war. ”
"In addition, the Germans did not adopt a large-scale encirclement deployment in the formulation of the battle plan, but basically belonged to the pursuit plan, and thus failed to use the conditions of surprise attack to annihilate the Polish army in large numbers at the beginning of the war, which caused a delay of 32 days in the whole operation."
Zhu Yunjie's analysis continued, Du Zicheng, Wu Ziyu, Wu Shouqing and other veterans were all listening, and the most satisfied with these Mesozoic generals were Zhang Jianyuan, Zhu Yunjie, Lin Yuying and others.
In addition, many of the middle and lower rank officers in the German army were more competent, able to lead by example and boost morale, but this also caused a fairly high casualty rate among officers, which caused some battles to be thrown into disarray due to the lack of command. Since this battle was the first actual combat of the German army, the soldiers also lacked experience and lacked the concept of multi-arm coordinated operations in modern warfare. The troops mixed with each other during the march, and cowardice and accidental injuries occurred from time to time on the battlefield. The confusion of the German army gave Poland several opportunities to counterattack. For example, on September 9, the Polish Army "Poznan" forced its way across the Buzulu River and launched a counter-assault on the flank of the German 8th Army to the southeast, and the Germans, supported by 12 reinforcements, repelled the Polish counterattack and encircled the army. Fortunately, however, the situation in the Polish army was even more chaotic. If, after the defeat in the initial battle, the Germans were to be followed by the concentrated use of the remaining armored forces and cooperate with other units to counterattack the chaotic German forces at night, it was likely to pose a more serious threat to the German army. Therefore, the fair evaluation of the success of the German army in the use of blitzkrieg in the war against Poland is half due to its own efforts, and the other half is due to its own shortcomings that were not exploited by the Polish army and the opponent's own mistakes. ”
For the analysis of the pros and cons of the gains and losses of the German army, the Wehrmacht is more careful than the German army itself, this is also the consistent style of the Wehrmacht, there are war cases must be carefully figured out, multi-faceted analysis, will never let go of any such rare opportunity, but accustomed to the Wehrmacht and the Royal Air Force and even the Navy joint military exercises, for the arms to cooperate with such a naïve German army and the Polish army does not know how to cooperate at all, Zhu Yunjie is still a little disdainful, it is really a barbarian.
At this time, according to the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, Germany would have an occupied area of 188,000 square kilometers and 20.2 million people.
Therefore, before the end of the Polish campaign, Germany set up military districts to occupy Poland on September 8 and 13.
Feng?
"Posen" conducted by Worad Bokelberg
The military district (Posen, which later became the headquarters of Army Group Center, the main force of the German invasion of Red Russia) and the district of the district, which was later established by Walter ?
"West Prussia" commanded by Heitz
Military districts (estpreu?)
en), which occupied Greater Poland and Pomerania, respectively, and then incorporated them into their territory, with a total area of 90,000 square kilometers and a population of about 10 million, 250 kilometers longer than the eastern borders of the German Empire in 1914.
Later Sitara will appoint Arthur?
Glazer and Danzig's Workers' Party state leader, Albert?
Foster's two Workers' Party administrators administered the Posen and West Prussian military districts, while the remaining Polish territories were placed under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Polish Governor-General, under the command of Hans?
Frank was in charge.
On October 3 of that year, Sitara re-established "Lodz"
and "Krakau"
military districts, and commanded by Generals Rendest and Lister respectively.
During the occupation, the Workers' Party government "Germanized" the areas incorporated into German territory
The Poles were either expelled or sent to work as laborers in German families, and were denied the right to education, making them mere working people, and the killing of German soldiers simply because they were Poles was not unheard of, and some German generals, such as Blaskowitz, complained to Sitara about the actions of the SS, and Sitara later became ill-averted towards him.
The Poles and Jews who had been expelled from Germany were sent to the Polish Governor's Palace, where they were systematically slaughtered in large numbers of concentration camps.
On the Red Russian side, the annexed Polish territories were divided into the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (after the annexation of the three Baltic states by Red Russia in 1940) and "Russification" was carried out
policy, massacring a large number of Polish intellectuals, officers, landlords, and other social elites (the most famous being the "Katyn Forest Massacre")
), and sent a large number of civilians to the gulag labor camps.
According to the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, a total of 150,000 Poles died and 320,000 Polish citizens were deported during the Red Russian occupation from 1939 to 1941.
During the war, one-sixth (6 million) of the country's Poles were killed under the occupation of Germany or Red Russia, the highest proportion of casualties of any country in World War II.
Poland officially surrendered after the war, the remnants of its army fled to the Western Allies to continue the war against Germany, and a large number of soldiers took off their uniforms and hid in the forests or among the people, so Poland itself gradually gave birth to an underground resistance army, and during World War II there were many guerrilla wars in Poland itself, and the resistance movement in Poland was also the largest of the countries occupied by the Workers' Party in World War II. It was also the third largest underground anti-German armed forces (510,000) after the number of partisans in Red Russia (1.2 million) and Yugoslavia (800,000).
On September 30, Poland fielded Władysław?
As the leader of the government-in-exile, General Sikorski joined the Anglo-French forces in various battlefields against the Axis powers, and in retaliation for the latter's actions, Sitara ordered the Germans to destroy Warsaw, which was razed to the ground and became one of the most severely damaged cities of World War II.
In addition to providing available troops, the Poles also contributed to the Anglo-French forces in the field of intelligence, most notably for assisting in radio tapping and the pre-war deciphering of the Enigma cipher machine, all of which were already one-way transparent to the Chinese Democratic Empire with its supercomputers.
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