Victorious? The Luftwaffe's Mistakes in Poland
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The Luftwaffe did well in Poland and had a lot of success. Yet there where two problem areas that needed fixing. Only one ever was.
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The mistake was trying to make planes that could carry Goering
Doubtful.... It won't make any difference... Don't believe the hype...
How does brexit have to do anything with a comment
@@oxi8546 UA-cam probably used automated lunar deathrays to destroy pieces of context.
Either that or the bloke there is clueless.
No no no, they never tried to make those. That is the reason why Luftwaffe lacked (fortunately) heavy bombers.
Is this what's known as 'threadbare'?
In the summer of 1939 Polish Air Force bought also about 240 new planes abroad. These were 120 Morane-Soulnier 406 (fighters), 100 Fairey Battle (light bombers) and about 15 Hawker Hurricanes (fighters). Some of these planes were already on their way to Poland when the war broke out...
Hi Bismarck. Im From Poland and i really like your stuff. Keep up the good work. I just wanted to mention you the polish historician, author and former fighter Pilot BOHDAN ARCT. He published many books and if you dont know about him you should give him a chance. Books are very informative, nicely written and shows the situation on many fronts (He flew in Poland, Africa and UK). Fly safe.
Thanks for the recommendation
@@MilitaryAviationHistory I also can recommend very good memorandum written by Adam Zamoyski ("Orły nad Europą" - Eagles over Europe) where you can find very complex analisys about Polish Air Forces between 1918 - 1946.
Also there is a lot of polish pilots books where they have written their memories. Check authors: Bohdan Arct, Witold Urbanowicz, Wacław Król, Stanisław Skalski.
@@komandorbentus2731 Are they in english???
@@captainpinky8307 I am not sure, Maybe some them are. I can also recommend One of the Few written by John Kent. I think, Jan Zumbach books are also in english.
Ciekawe...muszę to sprawdzić!
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Great video again...
its WAR SAW btw
immer an Kriegssäge denken
But MAH Think of the children...
The ones at Googleplex that is.
it would need just a few bigger Outubers to switch to a different platform to reignite market values/better quality through competition
Why?
Ironic: pro socialist UA-cam censors video on socialist german content.
Simply superlative! Everyone talks about the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain but never about its true baptism of fire in Poland. Let alone even talk about the Polish Airforce itself.
Lots of new information and analysis I never knew all that much about. These big videos lately have most informative. I look forward to the next one.
BTW your way of pronouncing Warsaw as "Warshaw" sounds odd to American ears. Just interesting to note.
Same could be said for the invasion of france. Not much is talked on how the french airforce fought the luftwaffe and even as advanced as the lufwaffe was they had their faults at times.
the Warsaw pronounciation is just very simmilar to the german "Warschau"
Well, the funny thing is that it also sounds weird to German ears. :D
Basically it's as if you would pronounce the German spelling "Warschau" in English.
Well, everyone's weird in everyone else's ears. C'est la vie, non?
and the most funny thing is that Polish name of the city is kinda closer to his pronouncation than traditional english name "Warszawa" reads like "Varshava"
At 20:47 there is a pretty serious mistake. Modlin fortified area has been bombarded pretty much since the beginning of the war as a well known fortified position. It was being directly assaulted since the 17th including several (unsuccessful) ground assaults. The bombardments on the 26th and 27th have been preparations for a general assault to happen on the 29th. Modlin surrendered before the ground assault happened because of the lack of food, water and munition, as well as because the surrender of Warsaw on the 27th/28th made further defense of Modlin futile - not because of the threat of further air attacks.
There were also two minor spelling errors - it's Bzura, not Byzura and Warszawa-Okęcie, not Oklecie.
Some Polish pilots made it out, and into the RAF, and were exceptional fighter pilots.
Every pilot had great respect to the older Polish Aces, particularly in the bar (Lasham)
Im a brit and were i grew up there was a restaurant that served polish food and my gran was frendly with the owner who was a pilot in ww2 he flew a dehaviland mosquito and later a spitfire supermarine he got me the first air fix model of a plane my dad got me my first ever airfix and it was a tank i think i still have that somewhere anyway the guy was a legitimate polish fighter pilot shame i was only 4 at the time
Not just the Pilots but everyone else who fought with us,
In the meantime they still managed to fight in France. 174 fighter pilots shot down over 50 German planes and damaged about 10. In total, the Polish aviation personnel in France numbered several thousand people.
This was a great video. I learned quite a bit, and the presentation with graphics and IL2 footage looked good. Thanks for making this.
Thanks for making your videos too Greg.
The Great Zura, Janusz Zurakowski was one of the Polish pilots that distinguished himself flying Spitfires and becoming a very accomplished test pilot for the Brits. After the war me moved to Canada and became the chief test pilot for A.V. Roe on the CF 105 Arrow project.
He had an amazing and very and decorated career, even managing to break the sound barrier while diving one of our straight winged CF 100 Clunks.
He holds the cup, but never drinks. Such virtue. Such discipline.
How come if you drink a cup of coffee well you're doing these things you look smarter it just works.
With the jokes aside you are doing an absolutely amazing job!!!
I wish I had the focus ability and intelligence to do something like this but I don't so I rely on guys like you.
Keep up the good work.
Love the graphics in this video.
Thank you, I think there is room for improvement but glad to hear that you liked it.
Awesome video that shows the struggles of the Luftwaffe in the early days of the war. I would have loved if you expanded a bit on what was learned from the Spanish Civil war (and what not) and how well the Luftwaffe did afterwards, in Norway and Benelux/France. (you kind of did the latter, to be fair)
Thanks Bis!
I would also liked to have seen a little bit on how the Polish air force handled the Russian invasion.
Fascinating! I have to say, your videos are excellent. Informative, well researched and great visuals.
Thank you and keep them coming!
HA! I LOVE that T-Shirt you got on man!
Also, very well presented - clear. concise and well researched. I'm not trying to toot my own horn but I'm a history buff and aviation fan from way back. I'm 60 years old so I've had the time to gather information but you served me up a big dish of stuff I was completely unaware of in areas I THOUGHT I heard all that was available. You obviously have done your work and present it in easily digested information and I thank you!
Keep up the good work. I'm subscribing
I'm from Poland, nice video man
I can't wait to have Luftwaffles for Breakfast!
That profile pic combined with the comment!!!! xD
Excellent quality and knowledge, once the Poles got Hurricanes and Spitfires it was a very different story. Massive respect to Polish brethren who served in the BoB.
@9:34 I wouldn't say that bombing of civilian targets just 'happened' because of loose ROE. Bombing of Wieluń or Frampol did not just happened. There were planned actions, not incivudual initiatives. It is worth to note that probably made Luftwaffe the first German military force that conducted war crimes during WWII, even before Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS or Kriegsmarine.
Anyway, interesting stuff as always.
Never said it 'just happened'. I said that because anything beyond
beyond the bomb line was off-limits, it was even more likely to happen. And then
I say that Polish cities were deliberately targeted.
I don't know, the German Battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of the war while under the guise of a "ceremonial visit" at Danzig, when there was no declaration of war. Is that a war-crime?
I don't think so. Schleswig-Holstein targeted military depot, not civilian one.
I saw Walter Boyne write about it in one of his books that I read when I was a kid.
@D That's also very true. Of course, one can say that Germans start it all and no one can argue with that, but to me it was very disguting seeimg guncams from Mustangs and Thunderborts strafing such high military targets like... bikers or horses. And, according to Ch. Yaeger was also official order. Unthinkable.
Oh IL-2 1946 such memories ❤
Thanks for the great video, nice information and good effort.
Wow! So eloquent and informed! And I LOVE the genuine German accent and the proper pronunciation of German words! And the IL2 graphics is breathtaking! I feel as if I have lived through that campaign. Thanks for a polished and professional presentation! History like we've never seen it before!
Great piece Bis and that shirt change was absolutely flawless.......
Bismarck, keep the great work up man! Amazing video.
Great video bismark, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was very informative!
Interesting presentation 😊 take care! Peace ✌️ from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
0:34 I've just realised that I live ~ 500 meters from the very first official Stuka bombing target, neat
(let's ignore Spanish Civil War)
Nice to finally see your face, sir. Wonderful channel. I can't imagine how you can gather and process so much information.
they had a great deal of experience already from Spain. they learned a lot about combined operations in Spain and the need for multiple anti aircraft guns and the dual use of the 88 in Spain. What they failed to learn from Spain was the need for better defensive guns for bombers. Going into WW 2 with drum fed single rifle calibre guns was a severe mistake.
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You should do a video about the Polish Air Forces-- that kind of stuff on UA-cam is severely lacking... both 1939 and post-1939 and especially Polish Air Forces in the east (Soviet supplied).
Poland was also attacked from behind by the Soviet Union
that's because socialists/communists(there is No difference between the 2, there the same wolf in sheep's clothing) love taking it in the rear!
No country was screwed so hard in the second world war than Poland
The Poles attacked the USSR in 1919-1922, when there was a civil war going on. The Russians simply took back what was theirs decades and centuries prior to 1939.
Anyways there is more to the story and it is pure propaganda to describe the Poles only as victims...
@@geertvanschaik7976 And this is the dirtiest Soviet propaganda. Furthermore, the land they occupied wasn't theirs. This lands belonged to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth long before Russians took them as theirs. So I kindly ask you to stop spreading lies.
@@danielkieczynski9223 So what is incorrect exactly?
Did Poland attack Russia/Soviet Union in or around 1919/1920?
And was there land conquered from the Soviet Union or not?
And about what period are you speaking when it was Polish and for how long was it Polish?
These are just a few questions that popped up in my mind after reading your reaction. Later maybe more reactions from my part.
Always interesting, thank you.
Hail and glory to the Polish Pilots!
brilliant video , love these videos based on the early war .
A habit I picked up years ago is tabletop gaming. Win or loss, after or if possible during a game I make note of any mistakes I make and afterwards ask my opponent to list any they believe I comitted. Thatis a lesson the Luftwaffe should have taken heed of. Its rather odd as normally the wehrmacht and kriegsmarine were good about doing just that.
Would you say that Poland's plane doctrine was bad? From what you described, it sounds fairly similar to how tanks and artillery were often deployed, with smaller tank units assigned to divisions and then large tank groups ready to be deployed anywhere.
One of the best videos!
What a kickass name: Bismarck!
superb! great vid bismark.Aso could you please do more il-2 battle of stalingrad
It took longer to take little Poland than to take France. The French caved in with the largest army in Europe at that time
French had not largest army number of men,Soviet and German manpower capacity was far bigger.
Excellent. I wonder if Goering should have divided his airforce, and handed over stukas / some 110s & 109 Sqdns to the army, while giving the FW 200 Condors to the Navy ? etc
I really like you and your content keep up the good work
Very well researched as usual
By 1939, the budget for the Luftwaffe alone exceeded that of Polish military expenditure in its entirety.
10 times.Germany had military expenditures by far until late 1942 when got exceed by US.
I love this style
Interesting. Poland actually had a formidable military, it wasn't as solidly organized as the Wehrmacht, though the old myth of the massive and sudden Wehrmacht Blitzkrieg is being debunked more and more. Germany had to exert its military more to conquer Poland than it did France.
James Shunt To be fair, the French had a way bigger and way more modern army than poland. Also they didn't got their reorganizing troops destroyed by the Red Army.
The Germans grossly underestimated the number of bombs needed and used 2/3rd of those that existed in Germany.
The first AWACS was a von Richthofen. Beautiful.
Ordered my T-shirt last week !!!!
Victorious? Yes, indeed
Flawless? Far from that.
There's no such thing as "flawless" in the conduct of war. Flawless is an impossible standard.
You Europeans sure talk funny...........Kidding.........This is a great video! I studied WWII history for years and was not aware of what you presented here. Thank you.
I'd appreciate much more numbers, where available, to even better get the picture. Awesome videos still, thanks a lot!
As with so many battles in war, it's not about what the victorious force did right but what the losing force did wrong.
Polish air force was a separate brand of polish armed forces with own command structure communications and own uniforms. So comment in this video about polish air forces are basically wrong.
The Luftwaffe’s baptism of fire was in the Spanish Civil War, July 1936 - March 1939.
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Poland put up a fight for a month polish air force was not destroyed on the ground most experience polish pilots made it out of Poland they lacked modern planes like spitfire and hurricanes who knows how it would turn out of Poland had modern fighters.
Polish pilots saved English asses in battle of Britain the famous polish 303 kosciuszko squadron
Brachu, też jestem Patriotą ale nie przesadzaj.
Who knows how things would have turned out if my aunt had balls....
She would have been my uncle, but who would than have been my aunt?
Pointless if questions!
I will be honest. I find the new graphics distracting, often irrelevant and confusing. I loved the elegance of your earlier videos. Where statistical pictures were so succinctly presented. Good info.
Hail and glory to the brave Polish pilots of World War 2!
German ground troops used to set fire to huts as they advanced to show supporting luftwaffe where the front line is.
For that reason people who survived the war called them Huns.
Poles called them germans.
I am personally not so much of a fan of the graphics in this video. Not that they're bad, I merely don't like how much movement there is with the constant transitions.
it is distracting and rather annoying
I think it looks cool although a mix of graphics + historical footage would work best
@@visionist7
I agree, historical footage and infographics are a good idea, as long as the footage is nit propaganda footage*, I just wished it was less ADHD. Having constantly moving graphics is fine, but these are created in a way which does not mix well with the way they are used.
*I'm looking at you, all of TV.
Poland could only muster troops for one front, soviets smashed any remaining forces, especially since east poland is where polish troops were mustering
But france and england ended up not intervening so that was that
Polish defenssive strategy was predicated in common sense... oh buggers.
Uncle Timo Actually the Wehrmacht still used its traditional tactics in the Polish Campaign in 1939. This was called Vernichtungsgedanke (concept of annihilation) and had been successfully used in the 1800's already as well as WWI. Blitzkrieg wasn't really seen until the the invasion of France in 1940 and *even then* most German commanders didn't adhere to this tactic. Only Heinz Guderian and Erich von Manstein were its main proponents and they faced a lot of opposition for it. Gerd von Rundstedt was in charge of the invasion of France and he objected to Manstein's daring, new plan (a surprise drive through the Ardennes bypassing the allied main lines). This is how Blitzkrieg became necessary since the allies needed to be outmaneuvered fast, fast, fast and not be allowed to form a defense line - or we'd see the "Miracle of the Marne 1914" all over again.
Those in the German high command who opposed the blitzkrieg tactic highlighted that it left the spearhead of the forced dangerously vulnerable to be outflanked and cut off. Indeed, this happened in France on a small scale, and might have happened on a much larger scale had some French commanders seized the opportunity. Since France fell in 49 days the success of the "Blitzkrieg" had gained mythical proportions. The fact remains the Wehrmacht was NOT fully mechanized in 1940 and most Germany infantry divisions invaded France *by foot* .
"No one has ever seen mass mechanized formations in a fast moving campaign." False. Most of the German infantry still marched on foot when they invaded Poland and France.
Blitzkrieg had one severe drawback. Logistics. The German logistics was lacking. The Polish campaign was so short and Poland was right next door so this wasn't really noticed. That being said the Wehrmacht reportedly was running out of shells and ammo and another two weeks would have left them without it and in a seriously bad place in 1939 already. Again, had the allies known about this... (hindsight is 20/20)
In 1940 the logistical problems of the German army was highlighted as Guderians panzer divisions had to stop for repairs and for the logistics and the infantry to catch up with them. Lucky for them France fell fast. Had it endured slightly longer the logistical issues of the Wehrmacht might have doomed them early in the war.
Enter Operation Barbarossa in 1941. It became apparent that Germany had nowhere near the amount of trucks required for the monstrous logistics this campaign required. So Germany used 700,000 horse. Yes, *horses* in 1941 to supplement the trucks.
"Again, blitzkrieg was very much a new idea, no one had a clue about how modern combined arms would work and the speed of the advance of mechanized formations - tanks and mech inf." Sorry to hammer this in. But the German infantry was NOT mechanized in 1939. Wasn't in 1940 either and given the fact they needed 700,000 horses for Operation Barbarossa in 1941 it's safe to say they certainly weren't on par with the British in 1940 (who *were* fully mechanized) or the Americans once their industry spat out an insane number of trucks.
I suggest you read more about the subject.
Here's another fact: Poland knew it could never defeat a German invasion on its own but hoped their allies (who btw gave them their assurances they would support them actively but did very little) striking Germany in the back would catch Germany in a two-front war. Had this actually happened then Stalin would never have attacked - as he only did so when it became clear France and Great Britain had abandoned Poland.
Poland also knew that Hitler would most likely want to occupy ALL of Poland and had prepared for a full-scale major invasion. This idea of yours of a "limited war of provocation" is false. Hitler had threatened Poland with total destruction if they didn't yield to Germany's demands. Polish intelligence also discovered 30 German divisions moving towards the border weeks in advance so it was *well known* the German invasion would be full-scale.
Thank you for your interesting and in-depth response . May I add my 2 cents - 1]The word ' Blitzkrieg ' was coined by the British press and , as you say , was unknown until 1940 . 2] Operation Barbarossa was in reality a Horse/cavalry invasion , there were more horses invading Russia than soldiers and vehicles combined . 3] Polish forward dispositions and particularly the movement of an army into Danzig and the Polish corridor , suggest the Poles were expecting a German attempt to grab the disputed territories . The puzzle is that both Wegrand and Gamelin on separate occasions , told Rydz-Smigly Polish dispositions were suicidal . His own Generals told him also . and finally , and this is the only part I disagree with you 4] The Anglo-Polish treaty had a secret protocol that excluded Russia and only applied to attack by Germany . By conspiring to dismember Poland , Stalin lured Hitler into attacking first then waited only long enough to appear to be an innocent liberator . There is much more to the true origins of WW2 than meets the eye
@@uncletimo6059 you are wrong, at the end of WW1 they had units in for example the Canadian army that would do mechanized formations in a fast moving campaign
You could make a video about He 123. Very good airplane!
It is good to know theory, but there are things that can only be learned in practice. But the Germans learned some things, including that even old and lightly armed fighters, would cause casualties to technically superior planes, if flown with courage and ability.
I would like to know the statistics of chronic air sickness in Stuka gunners. This must have been disabling I would have thought.
The most important and still repeated myth that Polish air force has been destroyed on airfields - one big bullsh*t!
You're welcome, and thank you for your content! Benjamin S
You should look at the PZL P.50
The sound in the "live" parts of the video is a bit too low methinks.
Other than that, great video as always
Graphics is distracting with all those swipes and actually quite annoying.
Other than that, a great video.
So this t-shirt is not available anymore??
😓
Excellent.
"You forgot Poland." Why does Poland just get wrecked in every war.
Also I would love to see a video about, well basically this topic but from the Polish side.
I love your videos they are well researched but can you use fottage from more modern versions from IL2 great battles il2 is a bit outdated
there was polish prototype aircraft capable of going the same speed as 109s and 12 or 20mm canon which could shoot thrugh armor of tanks easly from 300m distance
Take a shot every time he says "pretty much".
10 seconds in and I'm already hammered
The second world war was a horrible but interesting period in our worlds history, we will never see one like it again, long before a future war DE-evolved into the quagmire it became someone would start chucking Nukes. As a highly informed native of the German realm I have great respect for your opinions. Born late fifties, growing up throughout the 60's, graduating high school in the mid 70's, I was subject to all kinds of false information (when there was actually any study of it at all). The American school history lessons about fighting for Flag, nation and freedom simply wasn't all true, the average American Joe was fighting for his Buddy in the fox hole with him, same kind of scenario in the Air. Historical truth is important to understand where we go from here and not make the same mistakes, regardless how irrelevant anyone may think history is, human behavior has not changed, we are the same creatures as in 1939.
You’ve a good shirt.😃
Especially at the beginning the animations are too much with too few content. I would suggest to ease a bit on it's use there. Apart from that, great and informative video as usual.
Yup, we've noticed that as well and will dial it back a bit. Thanks for the feedback!
The Germans learned the final lesson about logistics at Stalingrad.
The Luftwaffe certainly made mistakes. In fact, the entire system of army, navy, and air force were severely flawed. Basically the Germans had the best 8 week army & air force in the world at that time. After that, it needed time to recuperate. This was hidden early on by the fact that all the campaigns were short. Anschluss with Austria, the break-up of Czechoslovakia, the Polish Campaign, the French campaign; they were all less than 8 weeks, and the armed forces were given time to rest & rebuild after each campaign.
The Battle of Britain was the first time the GAF (tired of typing Luftwaffe) didn't have time to recover between campaigns. They pretty much went from one to the other at the end of June, 1940. After that, until the Russian invasion, the GAF was in constant battle. The army had time to rest between June 1940 & February 1941, about 8 months. After that they were involved in North Africa, Yugoslavia, then Russia without a real break. Initial wild success in Yugoslavia & Russia helped disguise the army's weakness. By the beginning of 1942 Germany was firmly wedged in a meat grinder for the rest of the war. Once the British Empire, Soviet Union, and the United States became allies, Germany's fate was sealed. Hitler would have done better to stick with his original "one at a time" approach.
Could you do a video comparing the transport plane options and usage across WW2? I have seen that basically everyone, even Japan and Soviet Union, were using nearly the same plane.
"It was in Poland that the Luftwaffe had its baptism of fire"
Huh? I thought that was in the Spanish Civil War.
Well actually they started training during the war in Spain, where they learned how to guide troops during an actual war.
cool shirt
Hi Bismarck, you should make a video about the Chinese air force during WWII!
Well I guess if there's a reason the Luftwaffe didn't prepare for a long drawn-out war, it's because nobody thought Hitler would be crazy enough to attack the Soviet Union. That's probably less the generals' fault and more because Hitler was giving them an impossible mission.
Brilliant.
The poles were able to shoot down 109 German aircraft using obsolete. planes with excellent pilots. Also the Germans lost an entire tank division in their invasion because the poles had great antitank guns. The Germans covered up horrendous losses to their troops. The poles developed the enigma machine which eventually defeated the the Germans. The university of Warsaw mathematicians back engineered the Germans enigma code machine. And built one having never have seen one they smuggled the machines to Britain Bletchley park and the British were able to decipher Germans codes. Ultimately contributing to their defeat. Capture of German machines and code books added to the poles early work u505 and 2 other subs and a German transport all had machines and code books. So the poles really took them down sweet revenge
Just about 16.000 German died during Polish Campaign from the invasion force of 1.5 million men.
The Luftwaffe also fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Why isn't that considered their baptism of fire?
Almost no resistance.
"4,000,000 bomber squadrons"?
what?
Your English sehr gut unlike mein spreche
Wann hast du eigentlich die Idee bekommen videos über denn 2 Weltkrieg auf englisch zu machen und nicht auf deutsch? (kannst du vielleicht einen deutschen 2kanal erstellen)?
Lern halt englisch...
1000.000.000 Menschen sprechen English, 100.000.000 sprechen Deutsch; 10:1 Noch Fragen?
Naja, ich denke er war ja bei den ganzen IL-2 Leuten Ewigkeiten unterwegs, hatte deswegen durch die schon ein großes internationales Publikum. Außerdem finde ich, dass seine Videos so echt Charme haben!
Kapitain Nemo Natürlich muss da ja gleich wieder jemand rumpöbeln. Das war eine völlig legitime Frage.
@@kapitainnemoder5 so einen dummen und nutzlosen Kommentar hatte ich lange nicht mehr. Vielleicht kann ich nur nicht alle englischen Wörter gut verstehen oder deutsch zu hören ist angenehmer als die Sprache die nur zur Weltsprache zählt weil die Engländer damals so viel Krieg geführt haben.
Very good material. But Bzura not Byzura. :)
You might have already answered this question in another video. But if the Soviets had not intervened and the Allied plan to re-supply Poland via the Black Sea had taken place, what might have been the outcome?
Well German victory would have been the result with or without Soviet intervention, but would take far more casualties doing so.
As for a resupply effort via the Black Sea... not likely. Neither would be going through the Baltic Sea scenario.
Resupply via the Black Sea was the official plan. That is why 20 Polish divisions were concentrated in South East Poland at the time.
German forces were stretched and could easily have got bogged down tackling the concentrated Polish divisions in difficult terrain. That might even have encouraged the French and British to open a second front.
Most people know about the wonderful work done by Poles and Czechs flying for the RAF in the Battle of Britain. But I have never heard how they got to Britain, was it by small boats to Finland and Sweden and then by ordinary passenger ships?
The Polish government dipped to Romania where they were detained, the airforce followed a similar path but they went through Yugoslavia and basically circled around Germany. They got to France, where they didnt get to accomplish much, and then they evacuated by boat to Britain. I'm assuming it was a similar situation with the Czech troops. A Polish book I read called "Nad Obcym Niebem" explains the story of the Polish fighter pilots.
Thanks. I saw a Czech film Tmavomodrý svet. (The English version was called Dark Blue World), and I became interested in those pilots, but it didn't mention how the pilots got from Central Europe to England.
@@Dave_Sisson Glad I could help out, I should also check out that movie!
@@Dave_Sisson Ahhhh ok
Since Uncle 'Dolf gambled that Britain wouldn't honour the alliance with Poland it is arguable that Uncle 'Dolf's biggest mistake was invading Poland. Any way foillowing an amphetamine addicted gambler to war.... what could possibly go wrong?
Are you from Germany