Ryan Reynolds

But there aren't that many of them and they don't have many planes. Again, I mean, I know that I keep going on about this, but it seems bizarre that the country with the impregnable defences, i.e. Czechoslovakia, gives them up and Poland that has no defences at all fights.

And is this a strategy that's been formulated or is it one that evolves in the context of the war? I think a bit of both.

And is this a strategy that's been formulated or is it one that evolves in the context of the war? I think a bit of both.

And is this a strategy that's been formulated or is it one that evolves in the context of the war? I think a bit of both.

But it's striking, because obviously the French do not adopt this. No. De Gaulle is very keen on it, but he doesn't have any leeway with that. But presumably it's adopted by the Nazi high command because it conforms with their sense of how a German army should be performing. Yeah, I think so.

But it's striking, because obviously the French do not adopt this. No. De Gaulle is very keen on it, but he doesn't have any leeway with that. But presumably it's adopted by the Nazi high command because it conforms with their sense of how a German army should be performing. Yeah, I think so.

But it's striking, because obviously the French do not adopt this. No. De Gaulle is very keen on it, but he doesn't have any leeway with that. But presumably it's adopted by the Nazi high command because it conforms with their sense of how a German army should be performing. Yeah, I think so.

And I suppose that's also true of the Air Force, isn't it? Yes. They've had to build it from scratch, so it's that much more advanced and cutting edge.

And I suppose that's also true of the Air Force, isn't it? Yes. They've had to build it from scratch, so it's that much more advanced and cutting edge.

And I suppose that's also true of the Air Force, isn't it? Yes. They've had to build it from scratch, so it's that much more advanced and cutting edge.

So Picasso's image of it is the kind of icon of bombing campaigns, isn't it? It is, absolutely. So it kind of does stand in for everybody else who suffers from it over the course of the war. It does.

So Picasso's image of it is the kind of icon of bombing campaigns, isn't it? It is, absolutely. So it kind of does stand in for everybody else who suffers from it over the course of the war. It does.

So Picasso's image of it is the kind of icon of bombing campaigns, isn't it? It is, absolutely. So it kind of does stand in for everybody else who suffers from it over the course of the war. It does.

Could I just ask at this point, I know that you wrote about this and put it in your notes and then removed it because you were worried about time, but I think it should mention it because it's probably the one thing that most people listening to this episode will know about the early days of the Nazi invasion of Poland, which is a vague, inchoate sense that the romance and glory of war is upheld by Polish lancers charging panzers.

Could I just ask at this point, I know that you wrote about this and put it in your notes and then removed it because you were worried about time, but I think it should mention it because it's probably the one thing that most people listening to this episode will know about the early days of the Nazi invasion of Poland, which is a vague, inchoate sense that the romance and glory of war is upheld by Polish lancers charging panzers.

Could I just ask at this point, I know that you wrote about this and put it in your notes and then removed it because you were worried about time, but I think it should mention it because it's probably the one thing that most people listening to this episode will know about the early days of the Nazi invasion of Poland, which is a vague, inchoate sense that the romance and glory of war is upheld by Polish lancers charging panzers.

And This is not true. They did not do this. However, there were cavalry engagements. So there's a famous cavalry engagement in the first hours of the Nazi invasion where a group of German soldiers have moved into a forest, clearing in a forest. that Polish cavalry units see them, attack them, clear them out of the forest.

And This is not true. They did not do this. However, there were cavalry engagements. So there's a famous cavalry engagement in the first hours of the Nazi invasion where a group of German soldiers have moved into a forest, clearing in a forest. that Polish cavalry units see them, attack them, clear them out of the forest.

And This is not true. They did not do this. However, there were cavalry engagements. So there's a famous cavalry engagement in the first hours of the Nazi invasion where a group of German soldiers have moved into a forest, clearing in a forest. that Polish cavalry units see them, attack them, clear them out of the forest.

And although they then get attacked by armoured vehicles and machine gunned, and they lose about a third of their men and horses, the rest get away. They have held up the German advance for a few hours and enable Polish forces to drop back. So very kind of heroic. And then the Germans... invite international journalists to come and look at the scene of this skirmish, this battle.