Theo Young-Smith

And he said of the First World War, frankly, I enjoyed the war. So he's the guy who's observing all this. So he's not a wuss. No, he's not a wuss. And this is the interesting thing. He says... He is appalled. He says, this is not war as I understand it.

Carton de Ville said, with the first deliberate bombing of civilians, I saw the very face of war change, bereft of romance, its glory shorn, no longer the soldier setting forth into battle, but the women and children buried underneath it.

Carton de Ville said, with the first deliberate bombing of civilians, I saw the very face of war change, bereft of romance, its glory shorn, no longer the soldier setting forth into battle, but the women and children buried underneath it.

Carton de Ville said, with the first deliberate bombing of civilians, I saw the very face of war change, bereft of romance, its glory shorn, no longer the soldier setting forth into battle, but the women and children buried underneath it.

Yeah, the Poles, the idea of romance, and the Germans, the idea of backwardness, I suppose. I mean, it's definitely true the Poles had cavalry. The Nazis had cavalry as well. The Germans had cavalry. They did. They had a lot of horses. They did have a lot. They had a lot of horses. They took horses, of course, when they attacked the Soviet Union in 1941. And France, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, the Poles, the idea of romance, and the Germans, the idea of backwardness, I suppose. I mean, it's definitely true the Poles had cavalry. The Nazis had cavalry as well. The Germans had cavalry. They did. They had a lot of horses. They did have a lot. They had a lot of horses. They took horses, of course, when they attacked the Soviet Union in 1941. And France, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, the Poles, the idea of romance, and the Germans, the idea of backwardness, I suppose. I mean, it's definitely true the Poles had cavalry. The Nazis had cavalry as well. The Germans had cavalry. They did. They had a lot of horses. They did have a lot. They had a lot of horses. They took horses, of course, when they attacked the Soviet Union in 1941. And France, yeah. Yeah.

So it's not unreasonable to have cavalry. But at this point, the cavalry mean a lot to the Poles because of their historic traditions, and the land-owning classes tend to dominate the cavalry, as, of course, they did in Britain. But... I think that by and large they used the cavalry. They knew that they weren't stupid. They used the cavalry for reconnaissance and whatnot.

So it's not unreasonable to have cavalry. But at this point, the cavalry mean a lot to the Poles because of their historic traditions, and the land-owning classes tend to dominate the cavalry, as, of course, they did in Britain. But... I think that by and large they used the cavalry. They knew that they weren't stupid. They used the cavalry for reconnaissance and whatnot.

So it's not unreasonable to have cavalry. But at this point, the cavalry mean a lot to the Poles because of their historic traditions, and the land-owning classes tend to dominate the cavalry, as, of course, they did in Britain. But... I think that by and large they used the cavalry. They knew that they weren't stupid. They used the cavalry for reconnaissance and whatnot.

And there's this one incident, as you say, this very famous story, but they're not charging tanks at all. And it basically becomes an emblem of a doomed, futile struggle, which kind of suits... As you say, it has a kind of ambiguity to it. It works in different ways, but it's probably a bit misleading. I mean, the Poles are trying to fight a modern war. They just don't have the tools to do it.

And there's this one incident, as you say, this very famous story, but they're not charging tanks at all. And it basically becomes an emblem of a doomed, futile struggle, which kind of suits... As you say, it has a kind of ambiguity to it. It works in different ways, but it's probably a bit misleading. I mean, the Poles are trying to fight a modern war. They just don't have the tools to do it.

And there's this one incident, as you say, this very famous story, but they're not charging tanks at all. And it basically becomes an emblem of a doomed, futile struggle, which kind of suits... As you say, it has a kind of ambiguity to it. It works in different ways, but it's probably a bit misleading. I mean, the Poles are trying to fight a modern war. They just don't have the tools to do it.

Yeah. So by day two, the Poles are already going backwards. And a lot of their officers are already shell-shocked by just the speed and the ruthlessness of the German advance. There's a brilliant book on Poland in the Second World War by a guy called Jan Karski. And he was a cavalry lieutenant.

Yeah. So by day two, the Poles are already going backwards. And a lot of their officers are already shell-shocked by just the speed and the ruthlessness of the German advance. There's a brilliant book on Poland in the Second World War by a guy called Jan Karski. And he was a cavalry lieutenant.

Yeah. So by day two, the Poles are already going backwards. And a lot of their officers are already shell-shocked by just the speed and the ruthlessness of the German advance. There's a brilliant book on Poland in the Second World War by a guy called Jan Karski. And he was a cavalry lieutenant.

And he basically said it took three hours for the panzers and the Luftwaffe between them to reduce my division to complete and utter chaos. And he said, by the end of the first day, we weren't an army anymore. We were just a collection of random people stumbling towards some wholly indefinite goal. Now, the one hope they have... And it's not a completely vain hope.

And he basically said it took three hours for the panzers and the Luftwaffe between them to reduce my division to complete and utter chaos. And he said, by the end of the first day, we weren't an army anymore. We were just a collection of random people stumbling towards some wholly indefinite goal. Now, the one hope they have... And it's not a completely vain hope.

And he basically said it took three hours for the panzers and the Luftwaffe between them to reduce my division to complete and utter chaos. And he said, by the end of the first day, we weren't an army anymore. We were just a collection of random people stumbling towards some wholly indefinite goal. Now, the one hope they have... And it's not a completely vain hope.

They have powerful friends, Britain and France. I mean, Britain and France, for all that we have criticized them in the last few episodes, they're serious players. You know, rich, powerful empires, not just kind of industrial democracies. So the polls, it's reasonable for the polls to think, well, maybe... You know, the weight will be on our side. We outnumbered the Germans.