Why did the Polish charge German Armor with Calvary? Were

isnt this story apocryphal?

>>2416872
Friendly reminder that the charges were actually succesful

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>>2416877
The polish were known to use Calvary against Motorized divisions,
it's very possible that they would've also charged Mechanized ones too.

>>2416872
>>2416877
I know its bait, but if you read the autobiography of one of the men involved in the charge, it reveals that the Cavalry unit charged advancing German infantry to cover an orderly Polish Inf retreat.
The Germans broke more easily than expected, and eager to push the advantage, the Cavalry pursued, running into German armoured cars which returned fire. The Cavalry then disengaged and retreated.
So yes, it technically happened, but only against armoured cars and not tanks. The story was inflated by all sides to emphasis either courage, foolhardiness or stupidity.

Furthermore, per unit, the Germans effected more cavalry charges than the Polish did in the opening of the War.

>>2416896

Considering the Polish had roughly 6 times the cavalry, that's not saying much.

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DO IT AGAIN BOMBER HARRIS

AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN

>>2416872
>Loose 674 tanks to sabers
>German engineering

>>2418238
FORDED ONE MIRRION TIMES

>>2416877

>Polish cavalry attack German infantry
>German infantry retreat
>German armoured cars arrive and drive off the Poles
>later German tanks arrive in the same area
>German war correspondants see dead Polish cavalrymen and horses next to German tanks
>Hey, the dumb Poles must have charged at the tanks! How dumb!

And so a myth was born.

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>>2417275

>>2416872
>Were the polish just dumb?
Yes.

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>>2416872
Lol, how can Germans compare

It is just propaganda

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>>2418340

Jewish bait

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>>2416872
>what poles imagine charging tanks will be like https://youtu.be/aXlPI2XSFrc

>>2416872
polish steel folded a mirrion times

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>>2417275
>>2418340
>>2419210

>>2419369
I like how that statue is in a pose that suggests that they knew people would fuck with it and wanted to make it look like he doesn't give a fuck about it anyway.

>>2416872
>were