Pomorze 1939

Battle of Polish Pomerania in 1939 was fairly one-sided process. Quick links German divisions: 3 Armor, 2nd and 20 motorized three days in Tuchola surrounded the majority of the Polish units belonging to 9 and 27 Infantry Division (DP) and Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade (BK).

After a fairly chaotic Polish counterattack all Polish troops were shattered, got to slavery or dispersed. And only a lucky few managed to join the other forces of the Army POMORZE concentrating in Bydgoszcz, the enhanced oslanianej 15 DP.

Another course of action had EAST Operational Group, contained in the Army of Pomerania. Its two divisions (4 and 16) repelled the attacks dwudywizyjnego XXI Army Corps (KA). The first two days of fighting turned the Osa is not promised to defeat the Poles, but the first symptoms could no longer recognize. Errors in command of the 16 DP led to a disorderly retreat to the south. This movement began withdrawing all GO EAST in Torun and Wloclawek. This compound is therefore no longer counted in the calculations of staff officers as a force able to stop outgoing natercie German East Prussia. In conjunction with the retreating Army of Northern Mazovia Modline, thus turned over all of northern Poland in the hands of the occupier. The only bastion of Polish Pomerania in the hallway was still Bydgoszcz, but even this city was abandoned by the Polish army (on Sunday 3 September).

Maneuver was accompanied by a number of German saboteurs were recruited from among the numerous German population living there. They fired at the moving column of Polish troops. On both sides of the many victims died. In retaliation for the suppression of diversion, Germany after learning the city shot hundreds of innocent people. It was one of the many crimes which they committed the German Wehrmacht in the Polish civilians. During the war the Germans used the so-called events. "Bloody Sunday" as proof of Polish, caused by nothing, hatred of its western neighbor. But Adolf Hitler repeatedly suggested a peaceful solution to the Poles minority and border issues. One such solution was the mass extermination of the Slavic population, killings and rapes. Is such a solution could fit the Polish Government? On this question there is only one answer.

TO ARMS!
Compact, UNITED
We will prevail!

Will the campaign in Pomerania had to be so tragic for the Polish mileage? After sixty years since those events, you may be tempted to some conclusions, which give rise to conjecture that battle, but not to win, a clash could be much more advantageous for the Polish side. There is nothing explains the senseless loss of the ninth and 27 BK DP and Pomeranian. What does happen in the way of withdrawal of these units from the Pomeranian Corridor (similar to the 13th DP) in August and to assign them a task for closer defense Bydgoszcz borders? But a completely understandable is the continued failure by the 34th orders pp of the 9th DP (insecure gap between 22nd and 35 pp pp) and by the 27th DP (odmarzszu disobeying an order even on the night of August 31 and September 1). If these individuals were in positions assigned to them on 1 September, the campaign could have an entirely different course.

On the German side such a great success was greeted with surprise. It implies that in Tuchola to defend itself will be five divisions of infantry supported by numerous branches pozadywizyjnymi. Even suspected that the Poles withdrew their troops to Bydgoszcz and from there perform the attack on north. To counter such a possible maneuvers, the city blocked the forces of the 50th and 32 DP and BP Netze. Simultaneously with the actions of Bydgoszcz, the Germans began a much more difficult maneuver. Well, since 4 September, all units of the nineteenth KPanc. and reorganized KA XXI began regrouping to East Prussia, that there is loaded on rail transports to go to the east for further action on the Narew and Bug.

This game reflects in a realistic way all these aspects, also allows you to play a few alternative scenarios. You can enter the 13th of DP and the first Light Tank Battalion, Anticipating favorable action on other fronts, you can flip the fifth Pomerania DP GO KUTNO.

Fate of your country is in your hands.

Games are in Polish and do not include English translations unless otherwise noted in the condition note.