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First the element of surprise was in the Nazis favor as well as men and material superority. When the German army hit the border of Poland in September of 1939 the use of his mechanized troops against cavalry (yep, they only had horses and World War I style tanks while the enemy had expensive redesigned tanks) heavy army the outcome was obviously going to be victory for the enemy attackers. Also, Stalin put his two cents in to the German opinion of invasion by coming in from the East as things heated up shortly after the opening days of the invasion. This is not to say the Poles were stupid for using horses against tanks, they were brave fighters. It's just with the majority of their armed forces keeping a 1920s standard of military equipment and the total unpreparedness of the Polish high command structures for modern combat that now looking back it is of no surprise that they would fall quickly. When Polish forces using their rare but there small amount of late-modeled airplanes and armor they gave as good as they got.

Also it should probably be mentioned that after The Great War (also called World War I), other countries signed treaties vowing to come in with their military to protect Poland, should it ever be attacked again. So, they encouraged Poland to concentrate on rebuilding its infrastructure for civilian life, spending its economy to rebuild schools, hospitals, universities, civilian transportation, and so on, knowing they could count on other countries for military support. In the meantime, Germany spent the years after The Great War (of World War I) to mostly build the most modern army in the world "for their own protection".

It should also be noted Poland's style of government since 1779 was a constitutional democracy which was re-instated after The Great War/World War I, and re-instated again in 1991 after the Cold War.

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First the element of surprise was in the Nazis favor as well as men and material superority. When the German army hit the border of Poland in September of 1939 the use of his mechanized troops against cavalry (yep, they only had horses and World War I style tanks while the enemy had expensive redesigned tanks) heavy army the outcome was obviously going to be victory for the enemy attackers. Also, Stalin put his two cents in to the German opinion of invasion by coming in from the East as things heated up shortly after the opening days of the invasion. This is not to say the Poles were stupid for using horses against tanks, they were brave fighters. It's just with the majority of their armed forces keeping a 1920s standard of military equipment and the total unpreparedness of the Polish high command structures for modern combat that now looking back it is of no surprise that they would fall quickly. When Polish forces using their rare but there small amount of late-modeled airplanes and armor they gave as good as they got.

Also it should probably be mentioned that after The Great War (also called World War I), other countries signed treaties vowing to come in with their military to protect Poland, should it ever be attacked again. So, they encouraged Poland to concentrate on rebuilding its infrastructure for civilian life, spending its economy to rebuild schools, hospitals, universities, civilian transportation, and so on, knowing they could count on other countries for military support. In the meantime, Germany spent the years after The Great War (of World War I) to mostly build the most modern army in the world "for their own protection".

It should also be noted Poland's style of government since 1779 was a constitutional democracy which was re-instated after The Great War/World War I, and re-instated again in 1991 after the Cold War.

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