The German campaign in Poland, 1939 /
by Robert M. Kennedy.
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| Summary: | The German attack on Poland precipitated World War II, making the Polish campaign one of particular significance to the student of the 1939-45 conflict. The lessons learned by the German Army in its operations in Poland were put to use in the later campaigns against the western Allies, the Balkan states, and the Soviet Union. Poland also formed the testing ground for new theories on the use of armored forces and close air support of ground troops. The complete destruction of the Polish state and the removal of Poland from the map of eastern Europe were grim portents of the fate of the vanquished in the new concept of total war. The purpose of this campaign study is to provide the United States Army with a factual account of German military operations against Poland, based on source material from captured records currently in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army; monographs prepared by a number of former German officers for the Historical Division, United States Army, Europe; and such Polish accounts as were available. -- Abstract. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
[Washington] :
Dept. of the Army,
1956.
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| Series: | German report series.
DA pam ; 20-255. |
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| Notes: | Apr. 1956. Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, paper, $2.00. Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137). Physical description: xii, 141 p. : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 24 cm. more |
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German campaign in Poland, 1939. |
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| 500 | |a Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, paper, $2.00. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part One. The background of the conflict : Polish-German relations to March 1939 -- German military developments to March 1939 -- Events leading up to the outbreak of hostilities -- Part Two. Poland's position and Germany's preparations for the attack : The Polish state and the armed forces -- The German plan and preliminary movements -- Part Three. Operations in Poland : Attack and breakthrough -- The destruction of the Polish army -- The end of the campaign -- The intervention of the Soviet Union -- The fourth partition and German occupation of Poland -- Conclusions. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a The German attack on Poland precipitated World War II, making the Polish campaign one of particular significance to the student of the 1939-45 conflict. The lessons learned by the German Army in its operations in Poland were put to use in the later campaigns against the western Allies, the Balkan states, and the Soviet Union. Poland also formed the testing ground for new theories on the use of armored forces and close air support of ground troops. The complete destruction of the Polish state and the removal of Poland from the map of eastern Europe were grim portents of the fate of the vanquished in the new concept of total war. The purpose of this campaign study is to provide the United States Army with a factual account of German military operations against Poland, based on source material from captured records currently in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army; monographs prepared by a number of former German officers for the Historical Division, United States Army, Europe; and such Polish accounts as were available. -- Abstract. | |
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