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Case White
- The Invasion of Poland 1939
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
The German invasion of Poland on 1 September, 1939, designated as Fall Weiss (Case White), was the event that sparked the outbreak of World War II in Europe. The campaign has widely been described as a textbook example of Blitzkrieg, but it was actually a fairly conventional campaign as the Wehrmacht was still learning how to use its new Panzers and dive-bombers.
The Polish military is often misrepresented as hopelessly obsolete and outclassed by the Wehrmacht, yet in fact it was well-equipped with modern weapons and armor. Indeed, the Polish possessed more tanks than the British and had cracked the German Enigma machine cipher. Though the combined assault from Germany and the Soviet Union defeated Poland, it could not crush the Polish fighting spirit and thousands of soldiers and airmen escaped to fight on other fronts. The result of Case White was a brutal occupation, as Polish Slavs found themselves marginalized and later eliminated, paving the way for Hitler's vision of Lebensraum (living space) and his later betrayal and invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Using a wide array of sources, Robert Forczyk challenges the myths of Case White to tell the full story of the invasion that sparked history's greatest conflict.
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- James Vespa
- 24-12-23
Balanced and well researched.
The battle of France (French/British v Germany) lasted 42 days - The battle of Poland (Polish v Germany/USSR) lasted 35 days shows just how bravely the Poles fought!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-10-24
So much I didn't really know about the invasion of Poland
This book was a real eye opener. So much about what one is taught about the German invasion of Poland appears to stem from German sources. This book seeks to dispel and correct this. It does get a bit bogged down with Unit Designations, names, ranks and serial numbers etc., but if you persevere, it is an interesting Polish counterpoint to everything you thought you knew.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-20
Eye opening
Eye opening and informative. An excellent book, it is informative and well paced and doesn't get bogged down in detail.Well worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-03-21
Brilliant
Excellent balanced account of part of the war that is often overlooked, well worth the listen.
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- Tom Workman
- 26-10-23
Excellent book, excellently read.
Really clear and easy to listen to narration. The book itself is really detailed and informative without reading like a textbook. Definitely one I will keep and listen to again.
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- Goronwy-Wyn
- 19-06-20
An Excellent review of a sad period.
The reasons why so many war criminals escaped punishment still leaves me perplexed.
It's high time the list of Nazi and other war criminals was publicly reviewed.
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- mcfontaine
- 10-07-20
I’d hoped for more ...
I was really looking forward to this book because of its telling of the story from the Polish side.
Unfortunately, even though there was a disclaimer that it wouldn’t be biased, there were some howlers in it.
Everything up till September 1st 1939 is brilliantly told in great detail and then, for me, this book completely collapsed. It’s because of the narration constantly giving multiple translations of unit names and numbers. It completely destroys the flow of the book and turns it into what seems to just be a long list. It was distracting and made retaining information really difficult.
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- jules
- 02-11-21
It's ok
it's ok , lots of details but seemed to fizzle away a bit towards the end.
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- Tim Hookham
- 25-01-20
Rather drawn out
This book is well spoken but unfortunately it goes into searingly tedious detail which soon loses the readers attention.....
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