Reply To: Poland 1939 – Preparing for 80th Anniversary of World War II

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So the Strategy and Tactics article focuses on the 1st Battle where the Polish forces tried to breakthrough the encirclement. While retreating towards Warsaw and/or Lwów both armies “Kraków” and “Lublin” due to the presence of the Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade decided that the march needs to be continued along paved roads. This led to Tomaszów Lubelski which sadly was already in German hands. Polish forces divided into two groups. The first one attacked on the line Zielone – Rogoźno and it compromised of the 1 Pułk Strzelców Konnych (1st Mounted Rifles Regiment – don’t know if it’s the correct name in English yet) with the help of Vickers and TKS tanks company. The second one attacked through Łasochy and Pasieki and was made of 1st Rifles Regriment backed by a the armored group led by Stanisław Majewski (11th Armoured Detachment, 33 Armoured Detachment, 2nd Light Tanks Batalion – used 7tp Tanks and 62nd Recon Tanks Company – used TKS “tanks”) All in all the Warsaw Armoured Motorized Brigade had more or less 22 7TP tanks and 14 Vickers Tanks. While the Zielone – Rogoźno attack did not succeed. The Łasochy – Pasieki one was a success with the attackers clearing most of Tomaszów Lubelski but the overwhelming German forces managed to counter attack with the use of the 2nd Panzer Division. So the Poles had to withdraw. They took another attempt at taking the city but it did not succeed. That’s in a REAL nutshell.