Briefing
Fall Weiss 1939 The german invasion of Poland Version 1.57 PBEM only 1. Background The September Campaign was codenamed Fall Weiß ("Case White") by the German Wehrmaht. The Polish September Campaign (the German attack of Poland in September 1939 - known in Polish also as the Defense War of 1939 - Wojna obronna). After staging a number of false provocations (Operation Himmler), on 1 September 1939, 4:45, the german battleship Schleswig-Holstein began taking the Polish enclave Westerplatte in Gdansk (Danzig) under fire. Soon, German troops attacked Poland alongside its Western, Southern and Northern borders, while German aircraft started raids on Polish cities. Despite some Polish successes in minor border battles, the German technical and numerical superiority made the Polish armies withdraw towards Warsaw and Lwow. The largest battle during this campaign took place near the Bzura river west of Warsaw from September 9-18 - it was the Polish attempt at a counterattack, that failed after an initial success. Warsaw, under heavy aerial bombardment from the first hours of the war, was first attacked on 9 Sept., then got under siege from 13 until its capitulation on 28 September. From 17 Sept. the Red Army ccupied the Eastern regions of Poland which had not yet been involved in military operations. The fortress Modlin north of Warsaw, capitulated on September 29. Until October 2 lasted a defence of the Hel peninsula on the Baltic Sea. The capitulation of the town of Kock (near Lublin) on October 6, after the 4-day battle, marked the end of the September Campaign. There are some common myths about the Polish Campaign. Although Poland had 11 Cavalry Brigades, the Polish cavalry never charged on German tanks. Secondly, the Polish airforce, though obsolete, was not destroyed on airfields, and remained active in the first two weeks of the campaign, causing some harm to the Germans. United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany on 3 Sept., but were unable to offer any real aid to their ally. Poland, fulfiling her alliance with them, had not surrendered in 1939 - there was Polish Government-in-Exile and underground civil authorities, legal successors to pre-1939 government and the Poles continued to be an extremely restive population under Nazi rule. 2. Significant events If germans taken Zamosc or Brzesc Lit. Red Army enters the war. If Germans take one of the folowing cities: Torun(18,29) Modlin(31,36) Bielsko-Biala(17,64) Lodz(23,44) Radom(34,45) polish supply will be reduced,a huge stockpiles of war euipment had been lost After the soviet's invasion at 17.09.1939 polish replacements will decreased,a lot of polish soldiers lost their hope in victory All Polish units crossing Hungary or Romania border are demobilized and PL player can't use them. Germans-Soviet units can't cross Hungary-Romania borders. 3. Special notes 1)Slovak's force proficiency was so low not because of their real combat skills,but because of that there were no good reason for Slovaks to fight for Hitler against Poland,so we decided to make them weak to give no bonus for german player of having that force. 2)Polish forces used HeavyATR because of that polish UR-1 had better armour piercing capabillity then german's ones,propably in that times better than UR were only russians PTR and PTRD,but UR-1 was shorter and lighter than them,can be used by a single soldier do not need the whole section. 3)There are little more(than historicall) motorcyckle squads and scout cars at polish cavalry brigades to improve their recon capabilities ,polish troopers were especially trained at night combat and guerilla war. 4)Russian and Polish cavalry were using Fast Horse Team with HMG called Taczanka,it gave firepower and high mobility,but there is no equipment like that at COW(there is only the Truck with MMG),so we decided to give polish troopers Motorcyckles Squads instead of Taczanka. 5)Through whole September Campaign'39 Luftwaffe hadn't spotted polish wartime airfields,they had found only peacetime airfields,but there is no chance to build the "secret" airfields at COW,so we decided to give polish airfields better Airattack Protection than they had historically,because of that the number of AA guns 40 mm at airfields airdefense units is greater than historical but at fighting units like regiments or division is at historical level. Barbaross@, Bartek, Przemek, Malcolm X.

Briefing

Fall Weiss 1939

The german invasion of Poland

Version 1.57

PBEM only

1. Background

The September Campaign was codenamed Fall Weiß ("Case White") by the German Wehrmaht.

The Polish September Campaign (the German attack of Poland in September 1939 - known in Polish also as the Defense War of 1939 - Wojna obronna).
After staging a number of false provocations (Operation Himmler), on 1 September 1939, 4:45, the german battleship Schleswig-Holstein began taking the Polish enclave Westerplatte in Gdansk (Danzig) under fire. Soon, German troops attacked Poland alongside its Western, Southern and Northern borders, while German aircraft started raids on Polish cities. Despite some Polish successes in minor border battles, the German technical and numerical superiority made the Polish armies withdraw towards Warsaw and Lwow. The largest battle during this campaign took place near the Bzura river west of Warsaw from September 9-18 - it was the Polish attempt at a counterattack, that failed after an initial success. Warsaw, under heavy aerial bombardment from the first hours of the war, was first attacked on 9 Sept., then got under siege from 13 until its capitulation on 28 September.

From 17 Sept. the Red Army ccupied the Eastern regions of Poland which had not yet been involved in military operations. The fortress Modlin north of Warsaw, capitulated on September 29. Until October 2 lasted a defence of the Hel peninsula on the Baltic Sea. The capitulation of the town of Kock (near Lublin) on October 6, after the 4-day battle, marked the end of the September Campaign.

There are some common myths about the Polish Campaign. Although Poland had 11 Cavalry Brigades, the Polish cavalry never charged on German tanks. Secondly, the Polish airforce, though obsolete, was not destroyed on airfields, and remained active in the first two weeks of the campaign, causing some harm to the Germans.

United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany on 3 Sept., but were unable to offer any real aid to their ally. Poland, fulfiling her alliance with them, had not surrendered in 1939 - there was Polish Government-in-Exile and underground civil authorities, legal successors to pre-1939 government and the Poles continued to be an extremely restive population under Nazi rule.

2. Significant events

If germans taken Zamosc or Brzesc Lit. Red Army enters the war.

If Germans take one of the folowing cities:

Torun(18,29)
Modlin(31,36)
Bielsko-Biala(17,64)
Lodz(23,44)
Radom(34,45)

polish supply will be reduced,a huge stockpiles of war euipment had been lost

After the soviet's invasion at 17.09.1939 polish replacements will decreased,a lot of polish soldiers lost their hope in victory

All Polish units crossing Hungary or Romania border are demobilized and PL player can't use them.

Germans-Soviet units can't cross Hungary-Romania borders.

3. Special notes

1)Slovak's force proficiency was so low not because of their real
combat skills,but because of that there were no good reason for Slovaks to fight for Hitler against Poland,so we decided to make them weak to give no bonus for german player of having that force.
2)Polish forces used HeavyATR because of that polish UR-1 had better armour piercing capabillity then german's ones,propably in that times better than UR were only russians PTR and PTRD,but UR-1 was shorter and lighter than them,can be used by a single soldier do not need the whole section.
3)There are little more(than historicall) motorcyckle squads and scout cars at polish cavalry brigades to improve their recon capabilities ,polish troopers were especially trained at night combat and guerilla war.
4)Russian and Polish cavalry were using Fast Horse Team with HMG called Taczanka,it gave firepower and high mobility,but there is no equipment like that at COW(there is only the Truck with MMG),so we decided to give polish troopers Motorcyckles Squads instead of Taczanka.
5)Through whole September Campaign'39 Luftwaffe hadn't spotted polish wartime airfields,they had found only peacetime airfields,but there is no chance to build the "secret" airfields at COW,so we decided to give polish airfields better Airattack Protection than they had historically,because of that the number of AA guns 40 mm at airfields airdefense units is greater than historical but at fighting units like regiments or division is at historical level.

Barbaross@, Bartek, Przemek, Malcolm X.