After regaining independence in 1918, Polish Army faced the task to integrate organization, tactics and equipment from the three different armies. This proved quite a task, but after several years their army was well unified and organized, and it was more than able to resist a Bolshevik invasion - Stalin and Trotsky were humiliated in a CurbStompBattle outside Warsaw in 1921. Contrary to popular belief, Polish pre-war army was not obsolete (on the contrary, it quickly adapted most modern technologies) but was underfunded and military industry was no match for the industry of other countries. Even then, Poland held out for nearly as long as France did. The whole "charging at tanks" story is Nazi propaganda - what actually happened was the tanks charged at the cavalry, after ambushing them before they got a chance to dismount and engage them with recoilless rifles. While the Poles still used horses in war (as did the Germans), and still had mounted cavalry, the horses were, at best, used as a fast and cheap method of transport for squads who would then dismount and fight on foot. Mounted recon troops were also common. Indeed, horse mounted Polish troops scored some notable successes in Poland and abroad.

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After regaining independence in 1918, Polish Army faced the task to integrate organization, tactics and equipment from the three different armies. This proved quite a task, but after several years their army was well unified and organized, and it was more than able to resist a Bolshevik invasion - Stalin and Trotsky were humiliated in a CurbStompBattle outside Warsaw in 1921. Contrary to popular belief, Polish pre-war army was not obsolete (on the contrary, it quickly adapted most modern technologies) but was underfunded and military industry was no match for the industry of other countries. Even then, Poland held out for nearly as long as France did. The whole "charging at tanks" story is Nazi propaganda - what actually happened was the tanks charged at the cavalry, after ambushing them before they got a chance to dismount and engage them with anti-tank rifles.  While the Poles still used horses in war (as did the Germans), and still had mounted cavalry, the horses were, at best, used as a fast and cheap method of transport for squads who would then dismount and fight on foot. Mounted recon troops were also common. Indeed, horse mounted Polish troops scored some notable successes in Poland and abroad.

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The Polish military were "The First to Fight" in WorldWarTwo, playing a major role in the Battle of Britain and having their own version of LaResistance (counting as much as a million people, several hundred thousands at once at its peak). They also gave a great deal of Intelligence support having some of the best field agents in Europe, and cryptographers who were GoodWithNumbers (they actually broke the merchant Enigma and thus greatly contributed to the joint effort of breaking the military one). It is worth noting that the large part of Polish LaResistance consisted of soldiers and officers (many of them veterans of First World War) who decided not to surrender and continue to fight as partisans. Polish troops that have succesfully withdrawn from occupied territory were later formed into many units fighting along their Allies, usually British. Among the best known is 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Market-Garden), 303 Squadron (the highest-scoring squadron in the Battle of Britain) Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Narvik Campaign), Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade (Siege of Tobruk), 1st Armored Division (Falaise pocket) and Polish II Corps (Italian Campaign).

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The Polish military were "The First to Fight" in WorldWarTwo, playing a major role in the Battle of Britain and having their own version of LaResistance (counting as much as a million people, several hundred thousands at once at its peak and maintained a whole functioning government, complete with postal and tax services, in form of the Polish Secret State, well, in secret, under the noses of the occupying Germans). They also gave a great deal of Intelligence support having some of the best field agents in Europe, and cryptographers who were GoodWithNumbers (they actually broke the merchant Enigma and thus greatly contributed to the joint effort of breaking the military one). It is worth noting that the large part of Polish LaResistance consisted of soldiers and officers (many of them veterans of First World War) who decided not to surrender and continue to fight as partisans. Polish troops that have succesfully withdrawn from occupied territory were later formed into many units fighting along their Allies, usually British. Among the best known is 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Market-Garden), 303 Squadron (the highest-scoring squadron in the Battle of Britain) Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Narvik Campaign), Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade (Siege of Tobruk), 1st Armored Division (Falaise pocket) and Polish II Corps (Italian Campaign).

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After regaining independence in 1918, Polish Army faced the task to integrate organization, tactics and equipment from the three different armies. This proved quite a task, but after several years their army was well unified and organized, and it was more than able to resist a Bolshevik invasion - Stalin and Trotsky were humiliated in a CurbStompBattle outside Warsaw in 1921. Contrary to popular belief, Polish pre-war army was not obsolete (on the contrary, it quickly adapted most modern technologies) but was underfunded and military industry was no match for the industry of other countries.  Even then, Poland held out for nearly as long as France did. The whole "charging at tanks" story is Nazi propaganda - what actually happened was the tanks charged at the cavalry, after ambushing them before they got a chance to dismount and engage them with recoilless rifles. While the Poles still used horses in war (as did the Germans), and still had mounted cavalry, the horses were, at best, used as a fast and cheap method of transport for squads who would then dismount and fight on foot. Mounted recon troops were also common.  Indeed, horse mounted Polish troops scored some notable successes in Poland and abroad.

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