"The Polish Thermopylae: 800 vs 42,000 at Wizna, 1939" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Oct 2017 9:55 p.m. PST |
"As German troops poured across the border into Poland in 1939, one Polish captain, 40 miles from the front line, prepared for what he knew would be a desperate last stand. Władysław Raginis, commander of the Polish forces in Wizna began to set the stage for what would become known as the Polish Thermopylae. Raginis, the son of a landowning family, served with the Border Protection Corps of the Polish Army. They were in charge of securing border regions against all possible invaders. The unit trained in a combination of Police, Military, and Border Patrol tactics, and by the time Raginis joined in early 1939; it was an elite force. At the end of the summer that year, Raginis was moved to the area around Osowiec Fortress, near the border with East Prussia. There he took command of all troops in Wizna…"
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| Greylegion | 08 Oct 2017 1:56 p.m. PST |
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| Aapsych20 | 08 Oct 2017 9:27 p.m. PST |
Brest Fortress, 1941? Pavlov House, Stalingrad, 1942? |
| Tango01 | 14 Oct 2017 12:34 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!.
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