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Poles on horseback fought Germans in WWII. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty And, voluntee
by hnbear 2y ago
Poles on horseback fought Germans in WWII.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty
And, volunteering is easy, especially for a group pre-disposed to defending their land. I’d be more surprised about them not volunteering.
I’d be surprised about them winning.
Then again, in ‘39, as above, the Polish cavalry charge delayed the Germans.
Charging machine-guns on horseback had the expected result in the end though.
- lolinder 2y agoAgreed! Like I said, I find it plausible that they participated. I just think that the crusader angle is a 1935 version of clickbait.