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Title: Poland 1939: The Birth of Blitzkrieg (Campaign 107) by Steve Zaloga, Howard Gerrard, Steven J. Zaloga, Ramiro Bujeiro ISBN: 1-84176-408-6 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Poland 1939 scarce as hens teeth
Comment: There are few English histories on Poland 1939. The various explanations for this are unconvincing and irritating to those of us who want to study an important campaign. The collapse of the Soviet Union has seen a plethora of books on the Eastern Front descend on the market much to the delight of eager lay historians. There has been but a trickle on Poland. What is even more surprising is that there are few German source histories on this important campaign.
One has to view this book in the light of the above. I personally will read and welcome anything as long as it will give me more insight into the Polish 1939 campaign. The major fault of this book is its concise nature. I wish it were ten time longer. One only has to compare books on the fall of France where that campaign was over quicker than Poland. The book breaks new ground in suggesting that the Poles where not so unprepared and where not such a pushover as modern myth would have us believe. Its just too lightweight to be a heavyweight read. Having said this it is very readable and the illustrations are enjoyable. Buy it before it goes out of print due to the general lethargy surrounding this campaign.
Rating: 5
Summary: Blitzkrieg: the September Campaign in Poland
Comment: "Poland 1939: The Birth of Blitzkrieg" is written by Steven J. Zaloga and illustrated by Howard Gerrard. In this 96 page volume, the author concisely outlines the German invasion of Poland, which began WWII. This includes: opposing commanders, opposing plans, opposing armies, the campaign, and the battlefield today. Throughout the entire book, there are many black-and-white photographs and several color maps.
This is an excellent resource for those interested in the events and related issues of the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely Pleased with this Essential History.
Comment: I was very pleased with Osprey's Essential History number 107, Poland 1939, Birth of the Blitzkrieg. Finally, an easy to read, concise, inexpensive book on the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, and the beginning of World War II.
I was impressed by the amount of detail that is crammed into this small book, and by the quality of the information as well.
The author puts to rest some of the "romantic myths" about the Blitzkrieg in Poland: namely the idea that the German Luftwaffe destroyed all of the Polish airforce while they were still on the ground, and that the Polish cavalry, armed with lances, would routinely take on German Panzer tanks! While many of the Polish planes were destroyed while on the ground, many survived and dogged the German planes throughout the month long conflict (even if they were outclassed by the more modern German planes). The Polish cavalry, an elite force, trained with lances, but the author rightly discusses the tactics used by them, that is that they fought dismounted as rifled infantry.
I was also impressed with the beautiful illusrations in the book as well, especially the one of the Polish artillery train blasting some Panzers!
The only information lacking in the book was that of the Polish brigade, who retreated on foot and escaped from the German and Russian armies, and retreated to Tehran and lived to fight again.
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Title: Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity (Modern War Studies) by Alexander B. Rossino ISBN: 0700612343 Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Polish Army 1939-1945 (Men at Arms Series, 117) by Steven J. Zaloga ISBN: 0850454174 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: June, 1982 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Question of Honor : The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud ISBN: 0375411976 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies ISBN: 0670032840 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 06 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Lorraine 1944 : Patton Vs Manteuffel (Campaign Series, 75) by Stephen J. Zaloga, Tony Bryan, Steven J. Zaloga, Lee Johnson ISBN: 1841760897 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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