File talk:WBK -battle of Bzura 1939.jpg

[from: Steven J. Zaloga and Victor Madaj, The Polish Campaign,1939, New York, 1985. Note the two, horse-drawn light artillery pieces on the left and right of the cavalry. They were used as anti-tank guns].

It is simply misunterstanding. The decribing of this picture in the cited source is exact as above.

The next ( following fragment of text) ( about German helmets) is in connection of a movie made by German propaganda, showing alleged attack of cavalry on tanks and has nothing in common with this particular photo ( described in detail in cited by you source as above). Please read attentively the text you have cited ( an if you can - the Polish one, just under the photo). It is not a photo from this propaganda film. It is quite another case.

Best regards

Andros64 15:01, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

The whole fragment copying from your source is as following:

The Poles fought bravely against greatly superior German forces. The biggest battle of the campaign was the Battle of the Bzura river, in central Poland, where the Poles fought the Germans for several days.[photo]

[from: Steven J. Zaloga and Victor Madaj, The Polish Campaign,1939, New York, 1985. Note the two, horse-drawn light artillery pieces on the left and right of the cavalry. They were used as anti-tank guns].

Poland was an economically underdeveloped country in 1939, so it did not have a modern army, though it had a few up-to-date bombers and one armored brigade..

The Polish cavalry was used as a mobile force and never attacked German tanks, as claimed in some history books. This legend probably originated from the fact that when surrounded by tanks, cavalrymen charged between them to escape. Some Italian journalists reported cavalry charges against tanks and the Germans made a propaganda film showing Polish cavalry charging tanks, to show Polish recklessness. However, if one looks closely, the cavalrymen are wearing German helmets (!)

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There are two different matters described.

Andros64 15:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I do not wish to argue with you, because I don't believe in edit wars, however, I read the captions by Anna Cienciala. I included them in my edit (in both, English and Polish), which you reverted twice. Please read again the last passage you quote. "However, if one looks closely, the cavalrymen are wearing German helmets (!) Anna Cienciala is referring to the photograph of course. By the same token, if you look closely (at the photograph) you will notice the German helmets too. --Poeticbent talk 04:09, 27 November 2007 (UTC)