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

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Eh… there are two versions to Montanellis story which blend together nicely. One of them says that the reporters were assured by German soldiers on site that the cavalry charged tanks. Second one says Montanelli did write it because Italians were sympathetic of Poles and he wanted to show Polish courage on the battlefield which was not welcome by fadcists in Italy. German propaganda turned it around quickly to mock Polish stupidity. He did made things up as he confessed in 1998 but he did it from the scraps of information he recieved after the battle from German soldiers who told him there was a cavalry charge on tanks and his romantic idea of Polish soldiers bravery.