Was Poland fighting against Germany

Answer 1

Poland's plans of defense were much like those for most of Europe, they had their forward units posted to the boarders with Germany. These units were to delay the Germans long enough for mobilization of the second and third echelon units to finish and allow for Poland to push back against Germany. This was tied in with the anticipation of aid from both France and Great Britain. The Allied generals all expected a repeat of WWI, in that the war would consist of leg infantry moving at that pace. The German form of warfare, commonly called Blitzkrieg disrupted the forward Polish defenses. In addition, the Luftwaffe destroyed the Polish air force on the ground, so there was no way for it to interdict the Luftwaffe as they began disrupting the Polish mobilization efforts. Individually, the Polish fought well, and if I remember correctly they even once had a cavalry charge against the Panzers. So there courage was never in question, they suffered as would Belgium and France from outdated modes of thinking

AnswerI agree with Jerry but one additional point. Poland was also worried about Russia, coming from the opposite direction, and could never concentrate their forces on one front. Russia and Germany had a history of cooperation together at this time, until Hitler attacked Russia. The Polish soldiers who fled to Russia from the Wermacht, when Poland was finaly overran, where immediately interned in POW Camps and the Russians committed numerous atrocities on the Polish Officer Corps(Killing numerous Officers). Interesting, when Hitler invaded, the Russians couldn't get the Poles out of the concentration camps and arm them fast enough. Even forming a all Polish Unit with surviving Officers. AnswerPoland left almost no troops facing Russia. The Russian-German agreement to partition Poland was not known, and all but a few forces were facing the Germans.

However Polish mobilisation was still happening whenGermany invaded....units weer still in barracks or moving from them to positions, some units were caught still on trains, some soldiers were not with their units. Also the Polish army was deployed forward and the Germans were among them very quickly.

Answer 2

There is a film, The Flight of the Pheonix, in which the Polish cavalry, horse mounted, charge the German armour. Futile you might say, but the filming is terrific & the bravery of the men that did this was undoubted. Yes, the Poles fought valiantly to defend their homeland but were outclassed in terms of modern weaponry & the tactics of the blitzkreig.

Answer 3

Poland reacted very aggresively, but their troops were mostly overcome by sheer weight of forces on the Nazi side. The Wermacht had a huge superiority in tanks .

Many elements of the Polish Navy and Air force fought retreating actions toward Britain and large numbers of these Polish sailors and airmen fought on all through WW2.

Answer 4

Germany wanted Poland. Poland didn't want Germany to invade.Germany invaded and took Poland.

Answer 5

They had allies consisting Great Britain and France to support them.

Answer 6

Actually Poland got invaded by Nazi Germany