70 years ago today began the
invasion of Poland in 1939 Germany
by of Polish territory. It was the bloodiest event trigger and bloody history of World War II
which lasted six years and left 60 million dead.
The invasion of Poland was not the first war of aggression that Hitler's Germany
undertook to satisfy its expansionist desires,
known as "living space". should be remembered that
Third Reich had annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia, although these two measures did not lead to the declaration of war by the Allies
. The Germans "justified" their conduct based on the Treaty of Versailles
(with whom peace was signed in 1919) and the unfair loss of the corridor and Danzig
city, territory belonging to the former Prussian and Polish attack a German radio station, plan who carried out the Germans with common criminals.
The Polish army was easily defeated, unable to cope with higher Germanic troops who were using his famous technique called
Blitzkrieg ("lightning war" ) which was based on the rapid movement of armored vehicles and the maximum power Fire brutally applied. However, the fall of Poland would be accelerated by the subsequent invasion by the Soviet Union on 17 September, and the absence of help from its allies Britain and France. And, although today it may seem really strange and contradictory, August 23, 1939 was signed
Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and Soviet
Stalin and Hitler
where, in one of its secret clauses, established the division of Polish territory between the two powers.
The German plan was to attack Poland from three sides: to the north, from East Prussia , cutting the corridor and around the city of Danzig, where the population would reduce to Germanic weak Polish garrison, from the west, through West Prussia, and from the south, taking as its starting point the occupied Czech territory.
The cruiser Schleswig-Holstein Germany bombarded with artillery pieces of 250 mm from the start of operations at the Polish forces which protected the port of Gdynia in the corridor that opened to the Baltic and the door was Danzig, just the offensive began at 4.45 the early hours of September 1. By nightfall of the first day of the war the city was in German hands. As was feared, Hitler would not be satisfied until the entire country was under their control.
Although the Poles possessed of 30 active divisions by 40 of the German Nazi troops were well above the count with 3,200 armored vehicles, five times more than the Poles. As in the air, where the Luftwaffe had other 3,200 aircraft by 850 Poles. In
this link you can see all the troops participating armies detailed.
addition, the defensive strategy followed by the Polish army was simply disastrous , instead of giving up the defense of border areas without notable geographical features, and dig in easily defensible positions as were the rivers Vistula and San , Poland launched a two-thirds of his forces to repel the Germans as they entered Poland. The Wehrmacht , far superior in range of motion and an almost total air supremacy, had no trouble articulating a giant tweezers in which Polish troops were gripped willful.
After the initial fighting, the panzer Comenza
were shooting high speed across the plains in Poland, while planes
Stuka entered the chaos in the enemy communications. His dive bombing
terrorized the Poles at the time of starting the descent was in motion a siren automatically whose piercing howl, announcing the arrival of death.
Within a week, after traveling 250 kilometers, the German troops and threaten Warsaw. Day 6 Krakow had fallen and is now the capital that must face the Teutonic roll with the 1 st and 3 rd Armored Division. Day 8 closes the circle around Warsaw and the next day begins the final battle.
Poles trying to pass on the counterattack in Poznan to relieve pressure on the capital. This move ends with some success, making nests in the Polish government hopes that Warsaw can resist. The reason for the slowdown suffered by the German advance was the arrival of the first supply problems caused by the extension of its lines. But the Poles not take advantage of this momentary respite, not decided to organize an offensive launched uncoordinated and limited to claw along the entire front.
But this little light at the end of the tunnel that they have glimpsed the Poles off quickly. On 17 September the Soviet army cross the Polish eastern border , pursuant to the agreement signed in the Kremlin last August. The Poles do not have organized forces there to protect the border and the Russians advancing almost unopposed, seven hundred only suffering casualties. Stalin thus appealed to take the Polish part of the pie where it belongs. Before the 15th day of September, the 4th Panzer Division back to Warsaw, with the defenses and badly damaged, managed to enter, but had to wait for the infantry to fight house to house. On 21 September the Germans manage to close the city surrounding it with 13 divisions.
After several days resisting the siege, 25 September, known as "Black Monday", 1,200 aircraft bombarded the city with half of its stockpile of bombs to the Polish campaign, died many civil rights
. Afternoon September 26
Juliusz Rommel, head of the Polish Army, sent MPs to discuss terms of surrender
. On September 27, Warsaw capitulated and surrendered 140,000 soldiers. The last stronghold Polish, Kock, fell on October 6.
Germans have suffered ten thousand men, but have lost more than 150,000 lives Polish soldiers and civilian victims of the bombing. The fall of Poland would mean the sharp fall in living standards of its citizens, especially the Polish Jews, killing a 20% of the Polish population existed before the invasion during the occupation. The next objective of the Reich were strong words, France .
This is the translation into Castilian the song" Gethsemane " belonging to the successful opera rock "Jesus Christ Superstar" released in 1970 and later brought to the big screen. Remember that in Spain was performed by Camilo Sesto . After the Last Supper and the dispute with Judas, Jesus (Ted Neely) and his disciples are directed to the Mount of Olives specifically to the Garden of Gethsemane where Christ prayed to God last asking the reason for the situation is going to happen and begged him apart from the cup of crucifixion. 
