Talk:Battle of the Bzura
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Bias
[edit]there is a strong pro-polish bias in this article..
- Do't like it? Fix it. Mieciu K 00:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC) Mieciu K 00:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
- Better yet, why doesn't wikipedia stop publishing crap? Fix it yourself, we aren't going to volunteer for free like you chumps.
- would be better intention, that Poles invaded Germany? --Matrek (talk) 15:25, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Notable participants
[edit]I've added a new section to this article, with a list of those officers who had Wikipedia bios that linked here. I left one name off, since it's my grandfather, and I want to avoid any appearance of Conflict of Interest. However, if anyone else thinks the name would be worth adding:
- Antoni Dunin, cavalry lieutenant, commander of the Third Squadron in the Wielkopolska Brygada Kawalerii, and awarded the Virtuti Militari medal
Thanks, Elonka 12:36, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Units
[edit]German divisions which participated in the battle:
Infantry - 3, 50, 208, 252, 221, 213, 17, 30, 24, 18, 10, 19, part of 31 = 13
Panzer and Light Panzer (armoured) - 1, 4 Panzer, 1, 2, 3 leichte Panzer = 5
Motorized - 29 = 1
Infantry Brigades - Netze = 1
Polish divisions and brigades which participated in the battle:
Infantry divisions - 16, 4, 26, 14, 17, 15, 25, 27 = 8
Cavalry brigades - Wielkopolska BK, Podolska BK = 2
Peter558
- And what is your source for that information? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:41, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Sources for this information are different maps. For example those from:
- "The German Campaign in Poland (1939)" by Robert M. Kennedy
- "Atlas historyczny. Od starożytności do współczesności" by Julia Tazbir
And also information from the website "World war 2 day by day" - "Daily reports" section - by Christoph Avender.
Only two Polish cavalry brigades - Wielkopolska and Podolska (and one regiment of third brigade - Pomorska) were participating in the battle.
Source:
"Lance do boju. Szkice historyczne z dziejów jazdy wielkopolskiej" by Bogusław Polak
I don't know why someone wrote "2 - 4" cavalry brigades - he should have provided info about those two additional, don't you think?
- I am pretty sure that the current info is a copyfrom unreferenced Polish Wikipedia. You are more then welcome to change the information in both articles, but please respect WP:CITE policy - and provide references (up to and including page numbers). Thanks! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 16:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Question (Moved from article)
[edit]Question?
[edit]Was the Polish military intelligence able to deliver a message to General Kutrzeba that since 12SEP1939 they knew that the Soviets were massed and ready to attack Poland? If "yes," was Kutrzeba trying to steal away even before the German counter--attack did come? Some of the Polish armored cars were destroyed on 15SEP1939 during an early withdrawal attempt because they could not be transported across a river, nor were able to ford it. (Asked by Kolakowski (talk) )
Last major military action on horseback
[edit]The following unreferenced claim has been moved from the article"
"It is also noted as one of the last major military actions ever to have been conducted on horseback and was a major battle in the German campaign of Poland."
Frankly, I don't think it was true anyway. While cavalry might have been used to some extent, it was hardly a cavalry battle. If this is ever restored, it should be properly clarified in more than one sentence. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 19:37, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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[edit]Passed, all seems fine. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 22:44, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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