In fact, before the start of the war, in order to start such a big war, the German army must have been very intensively moved, and Poland was not unconcerned.

In fact, Poland is not only paying attention, but they are also paying attention.

In order to cope with such frequent military movements of the German army, the Polish army, under the leadership of their Supreme Commander, Field Marshal Smigway Reiz, mobilized 7 army groups, 4 battle groups, 870 tanks and armored vehicles, more than 400 aircraft, a total of 30 infantry divisions, 11 cavalry brigades, and 2 motorized brigades mobilized at the border and at home, ready to respond to the war at any time.

The total number of troops mobilized has exceeded 1 million!

It can be said that there are no problems at all with the response of the Polish army!

They adopted a forward defensive strategy, focusing on the Danzig Corridor, Poznan and Krakow areas to cover the national mobilization and await British and French support before turning to a counteroffensive in due course.

But no one thought that the German offensive was so fast, their marching speed was so fast, and their combat effectiveness was even more so strong, so strong that the Polish army had no power to parry, and so fast that the Polish army did not react at all.

As a result, they were still bombarded open by the Germans.

I have to say, this is a great irony.

And just after the Germans broke through the Polish lines, it wasn't the end!

After breaking through the Polish lines, the Germans advanced into the Polish hinterland at a speed of 50-60 kilometers per day.

As for the Polish army, in the face of the German army, there was no ability to resist at all, and this German-Polish war was an unprecedented march of mechanized troops in the history of human warfare for all mankind.

Although Poland put up a stubborn resistance, it was so powerless in the face of the German cannons.

War horses and tanks fought, rifles and artillery confronted, and in the midst of desperate struggles again and again, a massacre of disparity in strength was staged.

On the other hand, although Britain and France declared war on the German army and deployed millions of troops on the Western Front, they were always behind the fortifications, holding their troops and declaring no war.

Although the French army attacked, it was only for Salbrü to launch a symbolic attack.

This so-called war came to be known as the 'Strange War' or 'Sit-down War'.

Afterwards, Churchill even made a mocking remark: "Paris and London thought they could hide that debt by sitting still." ”

The inaction of the British and French forces undoubtedly gave the Germans a great opportunity to smoothly carry out their first battle plan.

On 5 September, the main forces of the German Army Group North surrounded the Polish Army Group Pomoriana in the Danzig Corridor, and the German Army Group South broke through the Polish defenses in the Częstochowa area and advanced towards Warsaw.

In the evening of the same day, the Polish high command ordered a retreat east of the Vistula.

September 6.

Under the powerful offensive of the German army, Poland could only retreat despite resisting, and the Polish government hastily evacuated Warsaw and moved to Lublin.

September 8th.

The German Panzer Division reached the outlying outskirts of Warsaw, the former capital of Poland.

September 14th.

The Germans completed the encirclement of Warsaw.

September 16th.

The German armies of the North and South Routes met in the area of Vvodava, southeast of Warsaw, and encircled the main forces of the Polish army in the area west of the Bug River.

September 17th.

Soviet troops occupied eastern Poland, and the Polish government withdrew to Romania.

September 18th.

The German and Soviet armies met at Brest and Litovsk, and the Führer wanted to take Warsaw as soon as possible, and ordered that the Germans must take Warsaw by the end of September.

September 25th.

The Germans began shelling forts, strongholds, and important supply centers on the outskirts of Warsaw.

On 26 September, the Luftwaffe began bombing Warsaw and the next day the defenders ceased resistance.

It was not until 28 September that the commander of the defenders of Warsaw formally signed the instrument of surrender to the commander of the German 8th Army, Colonel-General Blaskowice.

At this point, the entire territory of Poland was declared occupied.

This German-Polish suit that opened the entire world war has been over in less than a month and only 28 days after it was opened!

The result of the battle surprised everyone, at the beginning of the war, everyone thought that although Poland may not be the opponent of the German army, it would not be defeated so easily, but no one thought that in less than a month, Poland, a powerful military power, had completely fallen.

It's been delayed for less than a month!

Even to be specific, it's only 28 days!

This battle, like a slap in the face, slapped these people in Europe fiercely, and woke up all these noble lords from their spring and autumn dreams.

After the results of this battle, it was finally these people in Europe who realized the reality.

They finally understood that it was impossible for Europe to restore peace under such circumstances!

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The first campaign after the outbreak of World War II ended in just one month.

In this Bode war, the Polish army lost about 66,000 casualties, wounded more than 100,000, and captured more than 400,000 people. The Germans lost more than 10,000 killed, wounded more than 30,000, and lost more than 3,000.

After this short but far-reaching but far-reaching war, which even opened a great war that spread all over the world, Guderian, as the leader of the lightning raid, commented:

"By 3 September, we had formed an encirclement of the enemy, who was now surrounded in the wooded areas north of Schivez and west of Grauttenz. The Polish cavalry, because they did not understand the performance of tanks, suffered great losses as a result.

There was a Polish artillery regiment that was moving in the direction of Vestola, and on the way it was overtaken by our tanks, all of them were annihilated, and only two guns had a chance to fire. The Polish infantry also suffered heavy casualties, part of their engineering units were captured during the retreat, and the rest were annihilated. ”

In Guderian's recollections, all 3 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry brigade of the Polish Pomeranian Army were annihilated, while the 4 divisions commanded by Guderian suffered only 150 dead and 700 wounded.

In this very rapid war, the inhabitants of Poland suffered enormous casualties, nearly 250,000 people died in Warsaw alone, and tens of thousands of innocent citizens were injured.

Although the war was short-lived, it had a great impact.

This is the unprecedented scale of the mechanized army in the history of human warfare, in this great march, the founder of the German armored forces, Guderian successfully practiced his armored combat and lightning attack theory, and led the 19th Panzer Army to a complete victory.

And this rapid German-Polish war, although it has ended, is only the beginning for the world......

(End of chapter)