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Skvortsov
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VLADIMIR
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13.12.2021 09:44:52
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WWII; Армия;
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Может, лучше сразу процитировать?
>First to Fight: The Polish War 1939
>Roger Moorhouse - историк, владеющий несколькими языками, скорее всего имевший доступ к немецким источникам во время написания этой книги. Думаю, он вряд ли запустил бы осетра.
"The most success was enjoyed by the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade, under the command of Brigadier-General Władysław Anders, which flanked Tomaszów to the north and attacked German forces in the town of Krasnobród, seeking a way around the impasse. At dawn on a foggy morning, a two-pronged cavalry charge at German positions on the outskirts of the town soon had the enemy in retreat, pursued by sabre-wielding Uhlans. The Polish advance was temporarily checked by a counter-charge by elements of the German 17th Cavalry Regiment, making it one of the last cavalry-on-cavalry engagements in history. By that night, however, the battle was over. The Polish victory was crowned by the freeing of some 100 prisoners that were being held in a church and the capture of General Rudolf Koch-Erpach, commander of the 8th Infantry Division, the first German general to be captured in the Second World War. Moreover, victory at Krasnobród allowed some Polish units to escape southward. As Anders himself recalled: “At 11 p.m. the enemy was defeated, the opening made and the exhausted troops began to pass through the gap.”"