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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.

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.

And there were kind of, you know, horses with their guts ripped out and dead cavalrymen, Polish cavalrymen. And one of these journalists who's writing for an Italian paper, he writes it up as a,

And there were kind of, you know, horses with their guts ripped out and dead cavalrymen, Polish cavalrymen. And one of these journalists who's writing for an Italian paper, he writes it up as a,

And there were kind of, you know, horses with their guts ripped out and dead cavalrymen, Polish cavalrymen. And one of these journalists who's writing for an Italian paper, he writes it up as a,

cavalry charging tanks and i guess it resonates because of the famous story of of the poles arriving at the siege of vienna yeah in 1683 yeah the kind yes all of that and so for i mean i suppose for for some poles and certainly for foreign foreign sympathizers, it becomes emblematic of an age of chivalry. It has been destroyed. Whereas for the Nazis, it serves as an emblem of

cavalry charging tanks and i guess it resonates because of the famous story of of the poles arriving at the siege of vienna yeah in 1683 yeah the kind yes all of that and so for i mean i suppose for for some poles and certainly for foreign foreign sympathizers, it becomes emblematic of an age of chivalry. It has been destroyed. Whereas for the Nazis, it serves as an emblem of

cavalry charging tanks and i guess it resonates because of the famous story of of the poles arriving at the siege of vienna yeah in 1683 yeah the kind yes all of that and so for i mean i suppose for for some poles and certainly for foreign foreign sympathizers, it becomes emblematic of an age of chivalry. It has been destroyed. Whereas for the Nazis, it serves as an emblem of

polish backwardness so even gun to grass you mentioned the tin drum i mean he describes this the polish cavalry as as kind of don quixote and by extension the whole polish state yeah so there that's it's a kind of interesting ambivalence isn't it yeah that that it is a myth polish lancers didn't charge tanks but it obviously spoke to something that both sides in the war wanted to believe for different reasons

polish backwardness so even gun to grass you mentioned the tin drum i mean he describes this the polish cavalry as as kind of don quixote and by extension the whole polish state yeah so there that's it's a kind of interesting ambivalence isn't it yeah that that it is a myth polish lancers didn't charge tanks but it obviously spoke to something that both sides in the war wanted to believe for different reasons

polish backwardness so even gun to grass you mentioned the tin drum i mean he describes this the polish cavalry as as kind of don quixote and by extension the whole polish state yeah so there that's it's a kind of interesting ambivalence isn't it yeah that that it is a myth polish lancers didn't charge tanks but it obviously spoke to something that both sides in the war wanted to believe for different reasons

Also, it highlights the imbalance in mechanization, which is what dooms them. Exactly. Because basically... The Nazis are stress testing what they can do with tanks, what they can do with modern airplanes. And as we all know, it's devastating.

Also, it highlights the imbalance in mechanization, which is what dooms them. Exactly. Because basically... The Nazis are stress testing what they can do with tanks, what they can do with modern airplanes. And as we all know, it's devastating.

Also, it highlights the imbalance in mechanization, which is what dooms them. Exactly. Because basically... The Nazis are stress testing what they can do with tanks, what they can do with modern airplanes. And as we all know, it's devastating.

They go back to France. And they outnumber the German forces in the West by five to one, six to one.

They go back to France. And they outnumber the German forces in the West by five to one, six to one.

They go back to France. And they outnumber the German forces in the West by five to one, six to one.

And I'm sure we'll come to this when we, in due course, I'm sure we will, we cover the phony war. But it is still, I mean, it's weird, isn't it? Why are they, I mean, is it psychological reasons?

And I'm sure we'll come to this when we, in due course, I'm sure we will, we cover the phony war. But it is still, I mean, it's weird, isn't it? Why are they, I mean, is it psychological reasons?

And I'm sure we'll come to this when we, in due course, I'm sure we will, we cover the phony war. But it is still, I mean, it's weird, isn't it? Why are they, I mean, is it psychological reasons?