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Blitzkrieg in the East (September 1939 - October 1939)

Blitzkrieg in the East (September 1939 - October 1939)

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II. The invasion began on September 1st, 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and ended October 6th, 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.

The day after the Gleiwitz incident, German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. As the Germans advanced, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish-German border to more established lines of defence to the east. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage. Polish forces then withdrew to the southeast where they prepared for a long defence of the Romanian Bridgehead and awaited expected French and British support and relief.

The Soviet Red Army's invasion of the Kresy on September 17th, in accordance with a secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, rendered the Polish plan of defence obsolete. Facing a second front, the Polish government concluded the defence of the Romanian Bridgehead was no longer feasible and ordered an emergency evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania. On October 6th, following the Polish defeat at the Battle of Kock, German and Soviet Union forces gained full control over Poland. The success of the invasion marked the end of the Second Polish Republic, though Poland never formally surrendered.

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German Henschel Hs 126 Dive-Bomber - H. Gaub and G. Schoder, 1.(H)/14, Poland, September 1939 German Henschel Hs 126 Dive-Bomber - H. Gaub and G. Schoder, 1.(H)/14, Poland, September 1939 (1:72 Scale)

The Henschel Hs 123 was a single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support attack aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War and the early to midpoint of World War II. Although an obsolete design, it continued to see front-line service until 1944, and was only withdrawn due to a lack of serviceable airframes and spare parts.

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German Junkers Ju-87B Stuka Dive-Bomber - Alfons Orthofer, II/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Breslau, Germany, 1939 German Junkers Ju-87B Stuka Dive-Bomber - Alfons Orthofer, II/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Breslau, Germany, 1939 (1:72 Scale)

During the early to mid-stages of the Second World War, the Stuka (short for "sturzkampfflugzeug" or dive-bomber) struck terror in the hearts and minds of soldiers and civilians alike. The Stuka was a rugged machine, designed to swoop down and destroy its target using 500-lb bombs or tear into them using 37mm flak guns mounted underneath the wings.

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German Heinkel He-111H-2 Medium Bomber - 1H+JA, Stab./Kampfgeschwader 26, Westerland Airfield, Sylt, Germany, October 28th, 1939 German Heinkel He-111H-2 Medium Bomber - 1H+JA, Stab./Kampfgeschwader 26, Westerland Airfield, Sylt, Germany, October 28th, 1939 (1:72 Scale)

When World War I ended, the German Air Force was disbanded under the Treaty of Versailles, which required the German government to abandon all military aviation by October 1st, 1919.

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